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Dr. Kirsten Nelson
knelson@sfasu.edu

Assistant Professor, Bassoon and Theory
Stephen F. Austin State University
Nacogdoches, Texas

D.M.A., Bassoon and Music Theory, University of Georgia
M.M., Bassoon, University of Georgia
B.M., Bassoon, West Texas State University

Dr. Kirsten Nelson

Background
KIRSTEN NELSON joined the SFA faculty in the fall of 1997. She received her Bachelor of Music degree in bassoon from West Texas State University, and her Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in bassoon and music theory from the University of Georgia. Her bassoon instructors have included Bruce Hammel, Tina Carpenter, and William Davis.

Dr. Nelson is the principal bassoonist with the Orchestra of the Pines. While in Georgia, she performed with the Macon Symphony Orchestra, the Augusta Symphony Orchestra, and the Greenville (SC) Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Nelson has also performed on concerts at International Double Reed Society Conferences and the National Association of Collegiate Wind and Percussion Instructors Symposium.

Listen to some audio excerpts of Ms. Nelson's performances:


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