{"id":1933,"date":"2023-01-02T12:50:23","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T12:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musique-colombes.net\/en\/?p=1933"},"modified":"2023-01-02T12:50:23","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T12:50:23","slug":"conor-bell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.musique-colombes.net\/en\/conor-bell\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor Bell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.musique-colombes.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Conor-Closeup.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1934\" src=\"http:\/\/www.musique-colombes.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Conor-Closeup.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"309\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.musique-colombes.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Conor-Closeup.jpg 2400w, http:\/\/www.musique-colombes.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Conor-Closeup-427x640.jpg 427w, http:\/\/www.musique-colombes.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Conor-Closeup-768x1152.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.musique-colombes.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Conor-Closeup-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 309px) 100vw, 309px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Garamond, serif;\">Dr. Conor Bell enjoys a varied career as an educator, orchestral musician, and chamber musician. He currently serves as Assistant Professor of Bassoon and Music Theory at Middle Tennessee State University.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Garamond, serif;\">Bell is a passionate chamber musician, currently performing with the Elicio Winds and the \u00c6ther reed quintet. Recent chamber performances include conferences for the College Music Society, the International Double Reed Society, the National Flute Association, and community outreach concerts at various venues throughout the South.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Garamond, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Garamond, serif;\">Conor is also an active orchestral musician, having served as Principal Bassoon of the Owensboro Symphony since 2016, in addition to frequent appearances as a substitute bassoonist with ensembles including the Nashville Symphony and the Illinois Symphony.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Garamond, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Garamond, serif;\">As a performer, Conor is particularly interested in new music, championing the works of living composers and pursuing opportunities to commission new works, especially as a means to promote pieces by artists from under-represented backgrounds. He has more than two dozen premieres to his name, many of which came about by commission or consortium. Conor and his wife\u2014oboist Kathleen Carter Bell\u2014were recently awarded one of three commissioning grants by the International Double Reed Society to commission a new trio for double reeds and piano by Afro-British composer Althea Talbot-Howard which was premiered at IDRS 2022.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Garamond, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Garamond, serif;\">Conor holds a doctorate and master\u2019s degree from Indiana University\u2019s Jacobs School of Music, with minors in music theory and arts administration. He is fortunate to have studied with many wonderful teachers, including William Ludwig, Kathleen McLean, Tina Carpenter.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Conor Bell enjoys a varied career as an educator, orchestral musician, and chamber musician. He currently serves as Assistant Professor of Bassoon and Music Theory at Middle Tennessee State University. Bell is a passionate chamber musician, currently performing with the Elicio Winds and the \u00c6ther reed quintet. 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