Miriam Brack Webber

Co-Founder

Miriam Brack Webber, PhD is currently Assistant Professor of Music at Bemidji State University where she teaches bassoon, music theory and music technology, and acts as the Executive Director of the Bemidji Concert Series. She holds a Bachelor’s of Music from Ball State University in Bassoon Performance, and Master’s of Music from McGill University and the University of Kansas in Bassoon Performance and Music Theory, respectively, and a Ph.D. from the University of Kansas in Music Theory.

Her master’s thesis analyzed the late works of Dmitri Shostakovich according to post-tonal and Tonnetz-based methodologies. Her dissertation research investigated narrative processes within Shostakovich’s works as these processes relate to Soviet literary theory. Other research interests include pedagogy and performance studies. She has presented several papers at university events and international conferences.  She has also recently published an article in the International Double Reed Society’s The Double Reed. 

Currently principal bassoonist of the Bemidji Symphony and Heartland Symphony Orchestras, Webber is also an active bassoonist and has performed with orchestras across the country, including the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas, and Muncie Symphony, Kokomo Symphony, Southeast Kansas Symphony, Fort Hays Symphony, Springfield Symphony, St. Joseph Symphony, Springfield-Drury Civic Orchestras.

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