First Name:
Dr. David
Last Name:
Wells
Main Title:
Assistant Professor of Bassoon
Office Location:
Room 316, Broyhill Music Center
Phone Number:
828-262-6460
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Dr. David A. Wells is the assistant professor of bassoon in the Hayes School of Music at Appalachian State University. As a performer, he enjoys exploring the richness of the bassoon’s past as well as forging new paths for the instrument’s future. He specializes in historically-informed performances on 17th-20th century period bassoons, playing regularly with ensembles such as the Carmel Bach Festival, American Bach Soloists, Sinfonia Spirituosa, and Philharmonie Austin. He is also adept on the modern bassoon and contrabassoon, equally at home with standard orchestral/chamber/solo repertoire and demanding modern works involving extended techniques or electronics. In addition, Dr. Wells relishes taking the bassoon to unexpected places, most notably having spent nine years in a Django Reinhardt-inspired swing sextet.
Dr. Wells serves as Co-Executive Director of Meg Quigley, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving equity and access within the bassoon world. He is also active as a music scholar, having presented papers at the conferences of the Association for Sound Recording Collections, the American Musicological Society, the Society for American Music, and the International Double Reed Society.
He holds both a D.M.A. in Bassoon Performance and an M.A. in Musicology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an M.M. in Bassoon Performance from Florida State University, and a B.M. in Bassoon Performance from Arizona State University.
Link: https://davidawells.com/