Carl Rath, Bassoon

Carl Rath, Associate Professor of Music at the University of Oklahoma, is Principal Bassoon in the Oklahoma City Philharmonic Orchestra and performs with the Oklahoma Chamber Players, Oklahoma Woodwind Quintet, Accademia Filarmonica, and International Bassoon Quartet. He has performed concerts in the U.S., Canada, Austria, England, Hungary, Italy, Argentina, Taiwan, and China. Rath has taught at the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music (WI), Northwestern Louisiana State University, University of Denver, Ripon College, and OU, where he was honored with the College of Fine Arts Outstanding Faculty Award (2003) and 2006 College of Fine Arts Faculty Peer Recognition Award. Since 1979, he has taught and performed at the Red Lodge (MT) Music Festival, and was a member of the orchestra and soloist in the Classical Music Festival in Eisenstadt, Austria for 17 years. He is on 4 Compact Discs, with a 5th to be released in 2010. Carl has arranged numerous compositions for bassoon ensemble, bassoon, orchestra, or woodwind ensembles. Carl’s double life includes teaching courses in Rock-and-Roll and The Beatles, as well as drumming for the band MidLife Crysis.