March 8, 2025 12 p.m. check in, 1-6 p.m. workshop, brief reception to follow Flute, Clarinet, and Saxophone Workshop
Are you a high school flute, clarinet, or saxophone player?
You’re invited to join the students and faculty at the UWSP Department of Music in a day-long workshop where you can:
- Perform your solo repertoire or etudes in a masterclass and get feedback from UWSP faculty
- Attend workshops on playing in a jazz combo, adjusting reeds, and individual instrument technique
- Perform chamber music with your peers and current UWSP students
- Hear UWSP students and faculty perform
- Build lasting connections with the woodwind community at UWSP and throughout Wisconsin
How do I register?
In order to register for our Flute, Clarinet, and Saxophone Workshop you simply need to fill out the registration form and pay the $20 participant fee. Once you’ve registered, the UWSP woodwind faculty will reach out to confirm your registration and provide you with next steps.
Fees can be paid through the mail via check or in person via cash or check on the day of during check in. Checks should be made out to “UWSP Music Department.” Please mail any checks addressed as follows:
Music Department, FCS Workshop
1800 Portage St.
Stevens Point, WI 54481
What to expect:
Register in the Noel Fine Arts Center lobby and meet student volunteers who will help show you where the rooms for your events are.
Enjoy attending a masterclass by the faculty on your instrument. In this class, our faculty will hear a few attendees play their solo pieces for solo and ensemble, etudes for all state or private lessons, or other relevant music. You can express interest in performing on the registration form or reach out to the professor who plays your instrument.
Rehearse with your peers to prepare a chamber music piece for the 5pm concert.
Choose a workshop to attend to learn more about playing with a jazz combo, work on single reeds (sponsored by D’Addario), or work on flute vibrato and double tonguing.
Take a break to chat with current students or warm up to prepare for your performance!
Featuring attendees, UWSP Professors, and current UWSP students
Enjoy a few snacks and congratulate each other on a wonderful performance.
Learn more about our woodwind faculty:
Dr. Danielle Breisach
Dr. Danielle Breisach’s exuberance and compassion permeate her performing and teaching. In demand as a collaborative musician and teacher, Dr. Breisach has performed all over the United States as well as in Canada, Asia and Europe. In addition to teaching as Associate Lecturer of Flute at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, she maintains a private studio of over 30 highly successful students in Madison, WI. In the summer, Dr. Breisach teaches at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Summer Music Clinics and the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Flute Camp. She has adjudicated competitions for the National Flute Association, the Florida Flute Association and the Wisconsin Flute Festival.
Sarah Manasreh-Decker
Sarah Manasreh-Decker is a Palestinian-American clarinetist, scholar, activist, and educator. Currently she is the Assistant Professor of Clarinet and Music Theory at the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point and principal clarinet of the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra and Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra. Sarah is active with the International Clarinet Association serving as the editor for The Clarinet [Online] and on the Social Media Committee. She is a Backun artist, performing exclusively on Lumiere clarinets, and a D’Addario Artist, performing exclusively on Reserve Classic Reeds. Prior to her appointment at UWSP, she was the Instructor of Clarinet at Alma College and Albion College.
Jessica Dodge-Overstreet
Jessica Dodge-Overstreet is a saxophonist and music theorist who has performed across the US, as well as internationally in Canada, France, and Russia. She is currently on the faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point where she teaches saxophone and music theory. As a performer, Jessica focuses on presenting music by living artists, as well as music by historically underrepresented artists. In 2019 she released Black & Gold as a member of Chyornii & Dorado, featuring a program of works commissioned for the project. In 2023, her debut solo album Root presented works from 1865-1923 by female composers, expanding the diversity of the saxophone’s transcriptions repertoire.
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