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Amy Gillick, D.M.A.Bassoon Studies |
Phone: (562) 397-1225 Email: amy.gillick@gmail.com |
Gillick holds a doctorate degree in music from UCLA, claiming the proud distinction of becoming the first Doctor of Bassoon to graduate from UCLA. She also holds a master’s degree from UCLA, and a bachelor’s degree in music from California State University, Long Beach.
Gillick has taught bassoon at Azusa Pacific University since 2011. In addition to APU, she teaches at Moorpark College, Concordia University, the Orange County High School of the Arts (OCHSA), and the Idyllwild Summer Arts Program. She has taught many subjects, including Music History, Music Appreciation, 20th Century Music, and Music Theory. As a graduate teaching fellow at UCLA, she worked in the Cluster Program, designing innovative multidisciplinary arts courses and well as teaching music appreciation and woodwind methods courses.
In addition to playing co-principal bassoon with the Bakersfield Symphony, Gillick is a member of the Santa Monica Symphony. She performs with many other orchestras in Southern California, having played with the Pasadena Symphony, Long Beach Opera, among others. She also performs frequently with the Santa Monica Symphony Wind Quintet. She has also performed with many highly acclaimed artists, including Laurendo Almeida, Christopher Parkening, Joseph Kalichstein, Robert Levin, Edo DeWaart, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Steven Hough, Joseph Silverstein, David Zinman, Hugh Wolff, Edgar Meyer, Joshua Bell, Richard Carpenter, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Vinnie Colaiuta, Dishwalla, and many more.
Gillick has taught bassoon at Azusa Pacific University since 2011. In addition to APU, she teaches at Moorpark College, Concordia University, the Orange County High School of the Arts (OCHSA), and the Idyllwild Summer Arts Program. She has taught many subjects, including Music History, Music Appreciation, 20th Century Music, and Music Theory. As a graduate teaching fellow at UCLA, she worked in the Cluster Program, designing innovative multidisciplinary arts courses and well as teaching music appreciation and woodwind methods courses.
In addition to playing co-principal bassoon with the Bakersfield Symphony, Gillick is a member of the Santa Monica Symphony. She performs with many other orchestras in Southern California, having played with the Pasadena Symphony, Long Beach Opera, among others. She also performs frequently with the Santa Monica Symphony Wind Quintet. She has also performed with many highly acclaimed artists, including Laurendo Almeida, Christopher Parkening, Joseph Kalichstein, Robert Levin, Edo DeWaart, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Steven Hough, Joseph Silverstein, David Zinman, Hugh Wolff, Edgar Meyer, Joshua Bell, Richard Carpenter, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Vinnie Colaiuta, Dishwalla, and many more.
Education
D.M.A. University of California, Los AngelesM.M. University of California, Los Angeles
B.M. California State University, Long Beach
Department
- School of Music
Expertise
- Bassoon
- Chamber Music Instruction
- Music Performance
- Reed Making
- Studio Teaching
