Roger Martin | flute

A member of the music faculty at Tennessee Technological University since 1989, Roger Martin holds degrees from Virginia Commonwealth University (BM; Flute Performance) and Florida State University (MM; Woodwinds Performance, DM; Flute Performance).  Martin has concertized extensively, presenting solo recitals in Canada, the Peoples Republic of China, Hong Kong, and throughout the United States.  He has been principal flutist with Cookeville, Tennessee’s Bryan Symphony Orchestra (1989-present), the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony (1985-1989), and the Festival Chamber Orchestra of the Breckenridge Music Festival in Colorado (1987-2001).  He has also been a featured solo artist with all three of these organizations.  In Nashville, Martin has appeared as principal flutist with the Nashville Chamber Orchestra, the Nashville Opera, is a regular sub with the Nashville Symphony (with whom he has appeared as guest principal flutist), and does occasional recording session work.  Activities with the Cumberland Quintet (in residence at Tennessee Tech University) include numerous yearly concerts, and two compact discs (“Shadows and Dreams” on the Centaur label, “Into the Blue” on the Albany label), as well as performances at national conventions.  As a clinician and adjudicator, Martin has been active for the past twenty five years throughout the United States.  Previous faculty positions include Minnesota’s Moorhead State University (1984-1989) and the University of Missouri-Columbia (1983-1984).

William Woodworth | oboe

William Woodworth, Professor of Oboe at Tennessee Technological University, holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music where he was awarded the coveted Performer’s Certificate and Eastern Washington University. His major teacher at the Eastman School was internationally acclaimed pedagogue and performer Robert Sprenkle. Previous to his tenure at Tennessee Tech University, Woodworth taught instrumental music for ten years at Fairport (NY) Central Schools and taught and performed on oboe at the State University of New York at Geneseo. Mr. Woodworth came to Tennessee Tech in 1988 where he is the oboist in the Cumberland Quintet, which has released four compact discs along with several nationally aired radio and TV shows for PBS. Mr. Woodworth is the principal oboist in the Bryan Symphony Orchestra, teaches theory and aural techniques, and coaches several woodwind quintets. He is an active teacher, recitalist, adjudicator and clinician. Woodworth frequently performs and records in Nashville, and has performed on over 1000 CDs with the Nashville String Machine.

Wonkak Kim | clarinet

Praised by The Washington Post for “excellent breath control and fine command of his instrument,” Korean-born clarinetist WONKAK KIM has captivated audiences around the globe with “lyrical musicality and supple tone” (The Clarinet Magazine) and "impressive range" (The New York Concert Review). Since his solo debut in 2007 with Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic, playing Carl Nielsen's Clarinet Concerto, Kim has enjoyed a performance career spanning hundreds of venues in four continents, including Carnegie Hall, the Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, Constitution Hall, Le Louvre in Paris, Izumi Hall in Osaka, Japan, and the Seoul Arts Center. His acclaimed solo recitals in New York, Washington D.C., Paris, London, Geneva, Philadelphia, Boston, Minneapolis, Ghent, and Seoul garnered him international accolades. A laureate of the Presser Music Award, Kim received over dozens of national and international prizes and is frequently featured with orchestras/ensembles worldwide. He recorded solo and chamber music for Naxos, Emeritus, and Capstone labels as well as for the National Public Radio and Korean Broadcasting System. Wonkak Kim is represented by Price Rubin & Partners. He joined the music faculty at Tennessee Tech University in 2011.

Jeremy Hansen | horn

Jeremy C. Hansen, Assistant Professor of Horn, joined the music faculty in Fall of 2007. He teaches applied horn, aural techniques, and directs the horn choir. Dr. Hansen holds Bachelor of Music degrees in music education and horn performance from St. Olaf College. He earned his Masters Degree in Horn Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music, and his Doctor of Musical Arts Degree from the University of Iowa. Prior to joining the TTU faculty, he served from 2002 to 2007 as assistant professor of horn and theory at Eastern Illinois University, where he taught horn, theory, aural training, music appreciation, and rock history. He has served as instructor of horn and theory at Columbus (GA) State University, and taught applied horn and methods at the University of Iowa. Dr. Hansen is currently a member of the Bryan Symphony, and for five years acted as principal horn of the Danville (IL) Symphony.  He is formerly a member of the Terre Haute Symphony, the Quad City Symphony (Davenport, IA), the Columbus (GA) Symphony, and has performed in the summer months with the St. Louis Symphony. His teachers of horn include Kristin Thelander, W. Peter Kurau, Priscilla McAfee, and Michael Gast. Dr. Hansen is an avid fan of solo horn literature, natural horn, and wind chamber music.

James Lotz | bassoon

James Lotz, Professor of Music at TTU, is principal bassoonist with the Bryan Symphony Orchestra, a member of the Cumberland Quintet, the Nashville Chamber Orchestra, and serves on the faculty of the Sewanee Summer Music Festival. He has been the principal bassoonist of the Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra and the Jaap Schroeder Chamber Orchestra as well as a member of the Bridgeport Symphony, Norwalk Symphony, Connecticut Grand Opera, Knoxville Symphony, Breckenridge Music Festival and the Mexico City Philharmonic. An active studio musician in Nashville, he has participated in numerous commercial recordings for PDQ Bach, Matchbox 20, Alan Jackson, as well as recordings of classical chamber music, orchestral music and movie soundtracks. Mr. Lotz holds degrees from the University of Tennessee and Yale University. His principal teachers include Keith McClelland, William Winstead, Arthur Weisberg and Stephen Maxym.