Jenny Mann (bassoon: jmann@music.ua.edu) is Assistant Professor of Bassoon at The University of Alabama. She is also Principal Bassoonist with the Tuscaloosa Symphony and an active performer in surrounding orchestras and chamber ensembles.
Dr. Mann is a member of the Cavell Reed Trio and Capstone Woodwind Quintet that perform around the country and are committed to furthering both genres through the commissioning of new works and recording. In evidence of this commitment, “The Art of Collective Invention,” a new recording by the Cavell Trio, will be released in January of 2012 by Blue Griffin records. The disc includes both premiere recordings and centerpieces of the genre.
Dr. Mann’s interests have also extended into Cuba where she has been an active teacher and performer and is working to increase national interest in all modern chamber music genres with the Capstone Woodwind Quintet through public collaborative concerts with the Havana Woodwind Quintet.
In addition to her teaching, Dr. Mann coordinates the thriving Chamber Music Program at The University of Alabama which incorporates extensive educational outreach experiences.
Dr. Mann studied with Kristin Wolfe Jensen, John Hunt, David Van Hoesen, Jennifer Speck, Kent Moore and Janis McKay. She holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Baylor University and a Master of Music degree from the University of Texas at Austin. She began her doctoral studies at the Eastman School of Music and completed them at The University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Mann continues to be an active clinician and teacher for young musicians.
Jenny Mann was an Apprentice Musician at the Hot Springs Music Festival in 1999!
Apprentice applications:
Mahler I, movement III solo
Mozart Concerto, Exposition
Mozart, Marriage of Figaro Overture, mm. 139-171
Ravel, Bolero
Rimsky Korsakov, Scheherazade mvt. II solo and cadenzas
