Concert Program
Guest Artist Recital Series
Lara Dahl, Oboe
Oboe Rectial and Masterclass
Saturday, January 17, 2026
3 p.m. recital
3:45 p.m. masterclass
Recital Hall
Dr. Lara Dahl, oboe
Georgia State University
Vincent Fuh, piano
Madison, Wisconsin
Assited by
Laura Medisky
NIU oboe faculty
Concert Program
Recital Program
| Lara for Two Oboes and Piano | Nicole Chamberlain |
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Additional works for oboe and piano to be performed. This guest artist recital features the new work “Lara for Two Oboes and Piano,” composed by Nicole Chamberlain and commissioned by Lara Dahl in 2025. This powerful composition speaks to “the suppression of free speech, the silencing of dissent, and the costs of bearing witness.” In the words of Nicole Chamberlain: “In this work, Lara, the ancient myth of Lara—also known as Dea Tacita, the silent goddess—serves as both muse and metaphor. According to Roman mythology, Lara was once a talkative nymph who revealed Jupiter’s infidelities to his wife, Juno. As punishment for her truth-telling, Jupiter tore out her tongue and banished her to the underworld. This composition reimagines Lara not as a minor mythological footnote, but as a central figure—a woman punished not for lies, but for speaking truth.” |
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Masterclass
NIU oboe students will perform for Dr. Dahl; program TBD.
Performer Biographies
Dr. Lara Dahl is Principal Lecturer at Georgia State University where she teaches oboe and serves as Graduate Director and Woodwind Coordinator for the School of Music. A passionate advocate for inclusivity and equality for faculty, she was appointed the Non-Tenure Track Faculty Advocate for the College of the Arts in 2022 and is president of the Non-Tenure Track Faculty Affinity group for the university. She plays with the Atlanta Symphony, Atlanta Opera Orchestra and Atlanta Ballet Orchestra and is an active freelance musician in Atlanta. She has performed several artist recitals at International Double Reed Society conferences and is an invited guest clinician at universities in the southeast region. Dr. Dahl frequently offers masterclasses and sectionals at Atlanta’s publics schools, and she organizes and runs an annual Double Reed Day open to double reed players of all ages at Georgia State University every fall. For more information on the Georgia State University Oboe Studio, follow “GSU Oboes” on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.
Pianist Vincent Fuh has performed with the Madison Symphony Orchestra, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, Bach Dancing Dynamite Society, Oakwood Chamber Players, Sound Ensemble Wisconsin, Madison Chamber Choir, Madison Choral Project, Isthmus Vocal Ensemble, LunART Festival, Fresco Opera, and Opera for the Young. He was writer/arranger for salsa band Madisalsa and contemporary Afro-Cuban quintet El Clan Destino. He has joined University of Wisconsin Mead Witter School of Music professors on five CDs, one each with Marc Vallon (bassoon) and Tom Curry (tuba), and three with Mark Hetzler (trombone), including his electro-acoustic ensemble Sinister Resonance, which ventures from the music of Henry Cowell through jazz, dub, and heavy metal.
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