Guest Oboists to Perform, Instruct This Week

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Cheryl Wefler and Bo Newsome

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Oboists Cheryl Wefler and Bo Newsome are coming to the University of Arkansas to perform in concert and to conduct a masterclass for students in the department of music in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences.

Wefler and Newsome, along with music instructors Theresa Delaplain and Tomoko Kashiwagi, will perform an oboe and piano concert at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 17, at the Fine Arts Center’s Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall. Saturday’s concert will follow a masterclass with Wefler, Newsome and Delaplain scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 16, the concert hall.

Wefler currently plays with the Eugene Symphony, the Oregon Mozart Players and Eugene Opera Orchestras. She has played in orchestras in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and North Carolina. Her business, Cascade Oboe Reeds, provides quality reeds to clients across the United States and abroad. During her visit, Wefler will also be performing with the University of Arkansas Wind Symphony at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 19, at the Walton Arts Center’s Baum-Walker Concert Hall.

Newsome has been a chamber and orchestral performer, teaching artist and composer. He has performed with orchestras in Alberta, North Carolina, Kentucky, Ohio and Pennsylvania. He is currently a member of Mallarmé Chamber Players and Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle.

Delaplain has taught oboe at the University of Arkansas since 1990, in addition to teaching music theory, coaching chamber music and performing in and managing the university's resident faculty ensemble, The Lyrique Quintette. She also performs with the Boston Mountain Chamber Players and Spectrum Trio and is a founding member of the Northwest Arkansas Chamber Music Society. As a performer, Delaplain performs and tours regularly as a solo recitalist and chamber musician. 

Tomoko Kashiwagi, a pianist and native of Japan, has studied piano since age six. She came to the United States in 1997 and currently serves as a visiting instructor of music at the university.  Kashiwagi performs nationally and internationally and has played at many prestigious venues including the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the 92nd Street Y in New York, the Gardner Museum and Jordan Hall in Boston and the Suntory Hall in Tokyo

The Friday and Saturday events are both free and open to the public. Parking is available in the Stadium Drive Parking Facility, where parking is free after 5 p.m. Entrance to the parking facility is on Stadium Drive, and the facility’s elevator will take patrons to street level directly across from the Fine Arts Center.