Rutgers Woodwinds, Mason Gross School of the Arts

11/25/2025

Come study BASSOON at Mason Gross with our outstanding bassoon teachers, Roger Nye and Mark Timmerman! We have a major award of tuition, fees, and an additional $10,000 working award for a graduate (MM, DMA, or AD) bassoonist, and undergraduate (BM) scholarships are also available. Reach out to us with questions or to arrange for a free sample lesson. More information at masongross.rutgers.edu!

11/25/2025

We are accepting applications for all woodwind instruments for all degrees. We are offering an award of tuition plus fees as well as an additional $10,000 working award for one graduate (MM, DMA, or AD) bassoonist, and other scholarships are possible for all woodwind instruments and degrees.

Deadlines:
Undergraduate (BM): Dec. 1, 2025 for the Rutgers University application and Jan. 15, 2026 for the Mason Gross Talent Assessment
Graduate (MM, DMA, and AD): Jan. 1, 2026 for the Rutgers University Application and Jan. 15, 2026 for the Mason Gross Talent Assessment

Please reach out to Maureen Hurd, Woodwind Area Head and clarinet faculty member, or any of our woodwind faculty directly with questions and to take a free sample lesson/visit our campus. See www.masongross.rutgers.edu for more info!

11/12/2025

Woodwinds-Come study with us! Scholarships possible for all undergrad abd grad degrees (BM, MM, DMA, AD) and instruments with a major scholarship fo a bassoonist-tuition and fees plus a $10,000 working award! Applications open to work with our world-class faculty near NYC and Philadelphia. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQ7TSejj4MY/?igsh=MTQwMXZvbnQ1a242aQ==

11/12/2025

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Come study Woodwinds at Mason Gross!

11/14/2022

We are looking forward to welcoming Dr. Diane Barger for a Zoom presentation this Friday, Nov. 18 from 2-3 pm, exploring the life and legacy of the iconic orchestral clarinetist, conductor, and pedagogue, Robert Marcellus (1928-1996). She will share a timeline of his career highlights, discussion of his pedagogical concepts, focusing on the use of air, embouchure, articulation, and finger technique, and play numerous audio examples of his time performing as principal clarinet in the Cleveland Orchestra. Many of our students are great-grand-students of Marcellus, and this will be a fascinating chance to learn more about this musical lineage.

10/04/2022

Mason Gross School of the Arts is excited to host a Guest Artist Recital and Presentation by Dr. John Bailey this Friday at 2pm in Schare Recital Hall!

Dr. Bailey is on the faculty at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, plays principal flute with the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra, and is a member of the Moran Woodwind Quintet.

His recital features works by Philipe Gaubert, Libby Larsen, and Theodor Blumer, and will be followed by a 30 minute presentation, and a Q&A session.

04/27/2022