Albie Micklich

Albie Micklich is Professor of Bassoon at Arizona State University. Prior to this appointment, he served on the faculties of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, University of Missouri-Columbia, Michigan State University, and University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He holds degrees from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Michigan State University, and The Juilliard School.

As a dedicated pedagogue, he is passionate about his students’ musical and professional career success. His bassoon students have gone on to win orchestral positions throughout the United States, Europe, and New Zealand; pursue advanced degrees at prestigious conservatories and universities; teach at universities and public schools; and have won the prestigious Fulbright Award and the Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst Award. 

His solo CD, Cantando, was released in 2017 on Soundset Records. Micklich published a number of popular arrangements with TrevCo Music Publishing and Potenza Music including: Felix Mendelssohn Concertpiece in F Minor, Op. 113 for oboe, bassoon, and piano; Robert Schumann Six Studies in Canonic Form, Op. 56 for oboe, bassoon, and piano; Francisco Tárrega Lágrima, Maria, and Recuerdos del Alhambra for two bassoons; Igor Stravinsky Suite for Woodwind Sextet (from Suites 1 & 2 for Small Orchestra); Antonio Vivaldi Sposa son Disprezzata for bassoon and piano; Max Bruch Four Pieces for clarinet, bassoon, and piano; and has more arrangements to be published in 2018 and 2019.

An active member in the International Double Reed Society (IDRS), Micklich, along with Professor Martin Schuring, was the host of the 2011 IDRS conference at ASU. Other IDRS conference performances and masterclasses include: Tokyo, Japan; New York City; Appleton, WS; Redlands, CA; Miami University, Oxford, OH; Birmingham Conservatoire, England; Provo, UT; Ball State University; Melbourne, Australia; University of North Carolina-Greensboro; and University of West Virginia.