Triforia
Winds is a professional woodwind trio whose focus includes advancing
the performance of woodwind chamber music, expansion of the repertoire for
woodwind trio, and educational outreach. The trio is comprised of Ms. Jocelyn
Goranson (flute), Dr. Mary Alice Druhan (clarinet), and Dr. Todd Goranson
(saxophone and bassoon).
Founded in 2005 as a faculty ensemble for Texas A&M
University-Commerce, Triforia Winds served concurrently as the woodwind trio of
the Dallas Wind Symphony for social performances, educational concerts, and
live radio broadcasts engagements on WRR 101.1 FM (Dallas/Ft. Worth). They have
performed throughout Texas and served as ambassadors for Mount Vernon Music, a
501(c)(3) charitable organization whose mission is to provide outstanding
performances of live music to communities primarily in northeast Texas.
Triforia Winds has performed extensively at international
venues, presenting world premiere performances in the United States, Puerto
Rico and the United Kingdom as well as Asian and North American premieres of
substantive works for woodwind trio. Conference
performances include the International Clarinet Association’s ClarinetFest in
2012 (University of Nebraska – Lincoln), the International Double Reed Society
Conferences in 2012 (University of Miami - Ohio), 2009 (Birmingham Conservatory
in Birmingham, England), and 2008 (Brigham Young University), the Texas Music
Educators Association 2010 Conference, World Saxophone Congress XV in 2009 (Mahidol
University, Bangkok, Thailand), and the OU Clarinet Symposium in 2006
(University of Oklahoma).
Triforia Winds has held guest residencies and presented
concerts and master classes for many music schools, including the Puerto Rico
Conservatory of Music, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Oklahoma State
University, and Messiah College (PA). Festival performances/master classes
include FlootFire (2008 & 2009), Clarinet Solutions (2008 & 2009), and the
Dallas Wind Symphony Summer Music Institute.
Championing new works for the instrumentation, Triforia
Winds has performed World, North American and/or Asian premieres of works by numerous
recognized composers, including Ted Hansen, Rodolfo Ledesma, David Gillingham,
Catherine McMichael, Biljana Bojinovska-Bojivic, and Eduardo Morales-Caso.
Jocelyn
Goranson (Instructor of Flute, Messiah College) is a Yamaha Performing Artist.
Mary
Alice Druhan (Associate Professor of Clarinet, Texas A&M
University-Commerce)
is
a Buffet-Group, USA Artist/Clinician.
Todd
Goranson (Associate Professor of Saxophone & Bassoon, Messiah College)
is a Yanagisawa (Conn-Selmer, Inc.) Artist/Clinician
and endorses Hercules Stands.
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