Kristine Klopfenstein Fletcher, Bassoon

Kristine Fletcher performs frequently as a collaborative artist and soloist.  She has appeared as solist for the Edinburg, Scotland Society of Musicians, on the Schubert Club's Courtroom Concert Series, the Elvehjem/Chazen Museum of Art, on international conferences of theInternational Double Reed Society, the International Clarinet Association, the International Wood Flute conference, the Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, on the national conference of MENC, the Iowa Composer's Forum, Iowa Bandmasters Association, and on Wisconsin radio and television. 

She performs regularly as a member of the Wisconsin Wind Quintet, the Sonora Reed Trio, Clearly Three Trio, and as prinicpal bassoonist of the Eau Claire Chamber Orchestra.  She has been a Visiting Fellow at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, and has toured England and Scotland as a member of the Wisconsin-In-Scotland Chamber Players.  She holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Bassoon, as Master of Arts degree in Bassoon, and a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education from the University of Iowa.  She also holds a Master of Library and Information Science degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.  Dr. Fletcher has written a number of music articles for professional journals and is the author of The Paris Conservatoire and The Contest Solos for Bassoon (Indiana University Press).  She can be heard on these CD recordings:  Clearly Three:  Trios from the Twentieth Century (Tonheim), Chamber Music Favorites with Alto Saxophone (Harry Hindson), Zodiac (Hemera), Eau Claire Chamber Orchestra LIve (Skyline Studios), and ECCO Tells the Tale (Tondheim).  Since 1982 Dr. Fletcher has been on the faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire where she teaches bassoon, woodwind methods, and related subjects.