Kim Wangler holds a Bachelors degree in Musical Studies from the Crane School of
Music and a Masters in Woodwinds from Michigan State University. She has done
post-graduate work at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and the
Sweelink Conservatory of Amsterdam, Holland. Ms. Wangler has studied bassoon
with Frank Wangler, Edgar Kirk, Otto Eiffert, and Yoep Terwey. She has played with
many orchestras including the Lansing Symphony, Grand Rapids Symphony, and the
Orchestra of Northern New York. Kim has taught at Albion College, West Virginia
University and SUNY Potsdam’s Crane School of Music. Her teaching duties have
included Studio Bassoon, Reed Making, Music Theory and History, and Music Business
– having developed the program at Crane and directed it for nearly ten years.
Currently Ms. Wangler is serving as House Manager for the Community Performance
Series and is working on several publishing projects.
Frank D. Wangler
Frank Wangler, (Bassoon, Clarinet) holds a bachelors degree and a masters in
Woodwinds from Michigan State University and has studied bassoon with Edgar Kirk,
Charles Sirard, Sherman Walt and Bernard Garfield. He has also studied clarinet with
Elsa Verdehr, Keith Stein , Kymball Sykes and Charles Neidich and oboe with Dan
Stolper and John Mack. He has played co-principal bassoon in the National Symphony
Orchestra in Johannesburg, South Africa and has performed as principal bassoonist
and as soloist with orchestras in Michigan, Ohio and New York. He has also appeared
as soloist with the Faculty Orchestra and the Faculty Band at the National Music
Camp in Interlochen, Michigan, where he taught bassoon for ten years. He has
premiered new works at Weill Recital Hall and the American New Music Festival at
New York University. He recently performed new music for two bassoons (with Kim
Wangler) by Crane composers at the 2001 International Double Reed Society
Convention in Morganton ,West Virginia.
Mr. Wangler joined the faculty of the Crane School of Music, S.U.N.Y. - Potsdam , in
1975, after having been on the faculty at Kent State University for eight years. He is
currently professor of bassoon and clarinet at Crane where he performs with the
Potsdam Woodwind Quintet. In addition to being an active solo and chamber music
performer, Mr. Wangler also serves as principal bassoonist for Orchestra Of
Northern New York and has appeared with the orchestra as a soloist on several
occasions.
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