Richard Meek
Mr. Meek is Professor of bassoon and music
theory at Texas Tech University where he performs with the
Mariah Winds and the Devienne Trio. He holds the Bachelor of
Music from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, the Performer's
Certificate and the Master of Arts from the Eastman School of
Music where he served as principal bassoonist of the Eastman
Wind Ensemble and the Philharmonia. Among his teachers are
Rudolph Klepac (Akademie Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria), Kenneth
Moore, David Van Hoesen, Louis Skinner and Marcel Moyse.
Mr. Meek has performed at numerous annual
meetings of the International Double Reed Society both here and
abroad and served as its treasurer and as host for the First
International Gillet Competition for Double Reeds. He has
appeared as soloist with several orchestras and premiered a
number of solo works written for him. Formerly principal
bassoonist of the Midland-Odessa, San Angelo, symphonies and the
Orchestra of Santa Fe, Mr. Meek is currently principal
bassoonist with the Lubbock, Roswell (NM) Symphony Orchestras
and Abilene Philharmonic. He performs also with the Obietech
trio and on baroque bassoon with the Texas Baroque Trio. Mr.
Meek serves as editor for solo and ensemble works for the
bassoon with Allyn Publications and supervises bassoonists at
the annual Texas Tech Band/Orchestra Camp.
Richard is married to artist Carol Meek,
second bassoonist with the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra. They have
a daughter, Shanna, a dancer and Pilates instructor in Lubbock,
and a son, Jamy, a dancer with Nederland Dans Theater in The
Hague, The Netherlands.
To contact Richard Meek, email r.meek@ttu.edu.