Luther’s Armstrong to perform instrumental recital Sept. 25

DECORAH, Iowa – Heather Armstrong, assistant professor of oboe at Luther College, will perform an instrumental recital on Friday, Sept. 25 at 7 p.m. in Noble Recital Hall in the Jenson-Noble Hall on the Luther Campus (http://www.luther.edu).

The program titled “Oboe+2” is open to the public with no charge for admission.

The recital will feature the premier piece “Sticks and Stones” for oboe, flute and clarinet written for the Talus Trio by Luther professor Brooke Joyce. The Talus Trio is composed of Heather Armstrong, Michael Chesher, and Carol Hester.

The recital will also feature works by Madeline Dring, Charles Loeffler and Randall Thompson.

Also Accompanying Armstrong are Luther faculty members Du Huang and Spencer Martin.

Armstrong holds the bachelor’s degree in music from Houghton College, the master of music and the doctor of musical arts degree from the Eastman School of Music.

She began teaching at Luther in 2006, where she teaches oboe, theory, and double reed methods.

Armstrong plays with the Lacrosse and Waterloo-Cedar Falls symphonies. She was recently appointed as principal oboe in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony. She has also played principal oboe for the Southern Teir Symphony and has made appearances with the Erie and Binghampton Philharmonic Orchestras, the Cayuga and Rochester Chamber Orchestras, and a series of concerts with the Olean Chamber Music Society.

Armstrong was recently given an Ylvisaker grant from Luther College which helped to fund the Talus Trio. The trio performed in Appleton and Black River Falls, Wis. and Cedar Falls, Iowa.