David Oyen

Music Program Lead
Professor of Music, Bassoon
Area(s): Administration, Woodwinds, Private Applied, Music Theory

EDUCATION

• DMA in Bassoon Performance, The Ohio State University
• MM in Bassoon Performance, The Ohio State University

Profile

Dr. David Oyen is a Professor of Bassoon and Music Theory and serves as Music Program Lead at Morehead State University. He holds a B.M. degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, an Orchestral Music Diploma from the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik, Karlsruhe, Germany; and the M.M and D.M.A degrees in Bassoon Performance from The Ohio State University. He studied bassoon with Robert Wisneskey, Gary Echols, Günter Pfitzenmaier, Stephan Krings and Christopher Weait. Prior to joining the MSU faculty, he was principal bassoonist of the Springfield (OH) Symphony Orchestra and has performed with the Columbus (OH) Symphony Orchestra, Opera/Columbus, the Roanoke Symphony, Keith Brion's New Sousa Band and OBOHIO. As an MSU faculty member, he has performed with the Lexington Philharmonic, the West Virginia Symphony, the Kentucky Center Chamber Players, the Movére Wind Quintet, the Seneca Chamber Orchestra and the Baird Winds and in Trifecta, a clarinet, bassoon and piano trio. Trifecta released a CD recording in 2015 and has commissioned and premiered many works. He is now performing with the Solidago Reed Trio with faculty members Lori Baruth, clarinet, and Thomas Pappas oboe, with whom he has performed at the KMEA conference in 2020 and at the International Double Reed Society Virtual Symposium in 2021. Dr. Oyen has also performed at the International Double Reed Society Conferences in 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2011 and 2017. As a board member of the Kentucky Music Teachers Association (KMTA) Dr. Oyen has served as Local Conference Host, Elementary Competitions Coordinator, First Vice President, President and Past President. He currently serves as the Instrumental Chair of that organization. In addition to his teaching duties at Morehead State, Dr. Oyen served on the faculty of Lutheran Summer Music from 1997 to 2018 and has taught at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp.