LSU DOUBLE REED DAY 2026
February 21st, 2026 // LSU Baton Rouge Campus
The LSU School of Music is pleased to present our 14th Annual Double Reed Day on Saturday, February 21st, 2026. This event is for double reed enthusiasts of all ages and abilities - professionals, students of all ages/abilities, teachers, and music directors are all welcome!
This year's guest artists, Emily Tsai and Adrian Morejon, are renowned for their artistry and teaching expertise. LSU faculty Andrew Parker and Nanci Belmont will join them for a day of classes and workshops that will culminate in a Grand Finale concert including guest artist faculty and participants.
The registration fee includes lunch, a Double Reed Day T-shirt, along with access to all master classes, vendors, and performances.
Our schedule for the day will feature:
- College Masterclasses
- Middle/High School Fundamentals Classes
- Reed Classes
- Double Reed Ensemble
- Recitals
- Vendors
Double Reed Day Guest Artists (Check our their full bios below)
- Emily Tsai - Oboe, Washington National Opera; The University of Maryland
- Adrian Morejon - Bassoon, Talea Ensemble, Dorian Wind Quintet; Mannes School of Music
To learn more about the event and register, please visit our registration page. Though registration will be open through the day of the event, to guarantee that T-shirt size and lunch order please register by February 7th.
Any questions can be directed to Nanci Belmont, Assistant Professor of Bassoon (nbelmont@lsu.edu) or Andrew Parker, Associate Professor of Oboe (awparker@lsu.edu). .
Guest Artist Bios
We are excited to welcome several distinguished guest performers to participate in this year's LSU Double Reed Day.
Emily Tsai
Emily Tsai is Assistant Principal Oboe of the Washington National Opera Orchestra at the Kennedy Center and professor of oboe at the University of Maryland. Featured by The Washington Post, she also performs with major regional orchestras, toured globally with WindSync, and has recorded chart-topping and Grammy-nominated projects.
Emily Tsai is the Assistant Principal Oboe of the Washington National Opera Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and is the oboe professor at the University of Maryland. The Washington Post’s opera critic, Michael Brodeur, quotes Emily’s playing as “frequently catching my ears from the pit.” She can also be heard playing with the National Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and the National Philharmonic.
Emily was formerly the oboist of WindSync, receiving a gold medal at the Fischoff Competition, bronze at the M-prize Competition, and has performed across the globe. She has recorded several albums including WindSync plays Miguel del Aguila, recorded at Abbey Road Studios, debuting at #1 on the Classical Billboard charts, and the National Philharmonic’s 2026 Grammy Nominated Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
At four years old, Emily started playing the violin and then oboe at ten. Her main teachers include Mark Hill, Richard Killmer, and Malcolm Smith. Emily received her BM in Oboe Performance, with a Performer’s Certificate and Chamber Music Award from the Eastman School of Music, and BS in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from the University of Rochester, graduating Magna Cum Laude. She received her MM from the University of Maryland as part of the Graduate Fellowship Quintet.
Adrian Morejon
Praised by The New York Times for his “teeming energy” and “precise control,” bassoonist Adrian Morejon performs as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player across the U.S. and Europe. A member of the Dorian Wind Quintet, Talea Ensemble, and Orchestra Lumos, he is on faculty at Mannes, and is a Curtis and Yale alum.
Praised by the New York Times for his "teeming energy" and "precise control," bassoonist Adrian Morejon has established himself as a solo, chamber, and orchestral musician. As a soloist, Morejon has appeared throughout the US and Europe with the Talea Ensemble, IRIS Orchestra, Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), and the Miami Symphony. An active chamber musician, he is a member of the Dorian Wind Quintet and Talea Ensemble, and has appeared with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Boston Chamber Music Society, Chamber Music Northwest, the Portland Chamber Music Festival, Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival and others. Morejon is a member of Orchestra Lumos and has performed with several ensembles such as the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Orchestra of St. Luke's and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. He was a recipient of the Theodore Presser Foundation Grant, 2nd prize of the Fox-Gillet International Competition, and a shared top prize at the Moscow Conservatory International Competition. An alum of the Curtis Institute and Yale School of Music, Morejon is currently on faculty at the Mannes School of Music at the New School.