“Performing in the acoustically crisp parish hall at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, the ensemble…..displayed impressive cohesion in every movement of every piece. Not a single entrance dragged; not a single passage faltered. But the group went beyond mere technical smoothness. They played with wit and style.”
The Lyrique Quintette has performed throughout the United States and abroad, including tours to Thailand, Germany, and Canada. The ensemble has been invited numerous national and international music conferences and festivals, and has commissioned and premiered many works by contemporary composers. Formed in 1990, the quintet has maintained an active performance schedule, with a regular home concert series and frequent guest artist tours. The group is on the Mid-America Arts Alliance roster and the touring roster of the Arkansas Arts Council.
The quintet performed at the invitation of the International Double Reed Society at their Conferences in Banff, Frankfurt, and Granada, among others. In their first tour to Thailand, the ensemble spent two weeks in Thailand in residence at Kesetsart University in Bangkok and Songkla University is Hat Yai, performing a concerto with the Kesetsart Wind Symphony, and appearing as guest artists on the Tamnak Pratham series in Bangkok. The quintet returned to Bangkok to premiere a new work written for them by composer Narong Prangcharoen, which was commissioned by the National Orchestra of Thailand for the Lyrique Quintette. The work featured the quintet as soloists with the National Orchestra of Thailand. The ensemble has also performed at the ClarinetFest and at the College Music Society National Convention.
The ensemble has toured Colorado, Nebraska, Tennessee, Texas, Oklahoma, and the Pacific northwest. Many of these tours were made possible through the Mid-America Arts Alliance.
The Lyrique Quintette is committed to furthering the musical education of young people, and has made hundreds of visits to schools, giving master classes and performing for aspiring musicians. The expertise of the quintet has resulted in inspiring educational programs, and programs which are tailored to the audience.
Recently, the quintet released an album celebrating contemporary music from the America’s in their highly acclaimed album “Arrivals and Departures: Music of the Americas” on the Mark label, featuring several commissioned works and new works from across the continents. The quintet previously released an album on the Nuance label entitled “Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue.”
Quintette Members
Dr. Ronda Mains
Professor of Flute and Department Chair at the University of Arkansas. She is an active performer, and is a member of the Lyrique Quintette. Dr. Mains is principal flutist of the Arkansas Philharmonic, and has appeared as a soloist with the North Arkansas Symphony, University of Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and Wind Symphony, Oregon Winds, Boise Summer Symphony, the Treasure Valley Wind Ensemble, and the Boise State University Symphony and Wind Ensemble. She recently performed the Liebermann Flute Concerto with the UA Wind Ensemble at the College Band Directors National Association conference in Boulder. She has performed solo and chamber music nationally and abroad. In 2001 she was a recipient of the Arkansas Alumni Association Distinguished Achievement Award in Teaching; in 2000 her teaching was recognized by a Fulbright College Master Teacher Award. She has been a member of the University Teaching Academy since 2002.
Dr. Theresa Delaplain
Performs and/or tours regularly as a solo recitalist and chamber musician. Dr. Delaplain is Principal Oboist of the Fort Smith Symphony, the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas, the Arkansas Philharmonic, and Opera Fayetteville, and she has performed with the Tulsa Symphony and the Oklahoma City Philharmonic. Dr. Delaplain teaches oboe at the University of Arkansas, in addition to teaching music theory, coaching chamber music, and performing in the The Lyrique Quintette. She has performed concerti with the Fort Smith Symphony, the North Arkansas Symphony, the Arkansas Philharmonic, the University of Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and Wind Ensemble, and the Thai National Orchestra. Dr. Delaplain earned degrees in Oboe Performance from the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati, Bowling Green State University, and the University of Michigan. Her teachers were Sara and Robert Bloom, Richard Killmer, John Bentley, Arno Mariotti, and Rachel Brudnoy Dr. Delaplain has taught chamber music and music theory at the Interlochen Center for the Arts Summer Arts Camp, and has been on the faculty at the Saarburg Music Festival in Germany.
Dr. Nophachai Cholthitchanta
A native of Thailand. Dr. Cholthitchanta holds degrees from Chulalongkorn University, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Indiana University, University of Northern Colorado, and University of Missouri-KansasCity, Conservatory of Music, where he was selected as a Liberace Scholar. His principal teachers include Eli Eban, Richard Lesser, Alfred Prinz, Bil Jackson, Jane Carl, Thomas Masse, Michael Campbell, Andrew Simon, and has studied chamber music under Alexander Schneider, Mathew Ruggiero, Abraham Skernick, Dorothy Dwyer, and Anthony Camden. He is principal clarinetist of the Arkansas Philharmonic, and was was the principal clarinetist of the Bangkok Symphony Orchestra, L’Orchestre Mondial Des Jeunesses Musicales, Asian Youth Orchestra, Asean Youth Orchestra and was a member of Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra, Kansas City Chamber Orchestra, and the New Ear Ensemble
Dr. Timothy Thompson
Professor of Music at the University of Arkansas, and is hornist for both the Lyrique Quintette and Boston Mountain Brassworks.He has served as faculty hornist for numerous summer festivals including the Music Festival of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR), Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp (Twin Lakes, MI), the University of Wisconsin and University of Arkansas Summer Music Camps, the Sequoyah Music Festival (a chamber music camp hosted by the Lyrique Quintette), and the CICA Music Festival (Eureka Springs, AR).
Dr. Thompson has appeared as recitalist at numerous symposia of the International Brass Congress, International Horn Society, International Double Reed Society, and various regional horn and other instrumental workshops. He has also appeared at educational workshops in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Michigan and others.
Dr. Thompson was a finalist both as soloist and as a member of the University of Wisconsin Graduate Horn Quartet in the 1979 Heldenleben International Concerto Competition
Dr. Timothy Thompson
Professor of Music at the University of Arkansas, and is hornist for both the Lyrique Quintette and Boston Mountain Brassworks.He has served as faculty hornist for numerous summer festivals including the Music Festival of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR), Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp (Twin Lakes, MI), the University of Wisconsin and University of Arkansas Summer Music Camps, the Sequoyah Music Festival (a chamber music camp hosted by the Lyrique Quintette), and the CICA Music Festival (Eureka Springs, AR).
Dr. Thompson has appeared as recitalist at numerous symposia of the International Brass Congress, International Horn Society, International Double Reed Society, and various regional horn and other instrumental workshops. He has also appeared at educational workshops in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Michigan and others.
Dr. Thompson was a finalist both as soloist and as a member of the University of Wisconsin Graduate Horn Quartet in the 1979 Heldenleben International Concerto Competition
Dr. Lia Uribe
Moosmann artist, is the Assistant Professor of Bassoon at the University of Arkansas and Principal Bassoonist of SoNA (Symphony Orchestra of Northwest Arkansas). Dr. Uribe maintains an active career as a chamber musician, orchestral player, and artist-teacher. Her international work includes venues and festivals in Colombia, Canada, Costa Rica, Finland, Germany, Ecuador, Greece, Puerto Rico, Japan, and multiple venues in the United States. Dr. Uribe performs on regular basis with the Lyrique Quintette, woodwind quintet in residence at the University of Arkansas, and the Diamante Trio, a clarinet, bassoon and piano chamber ensemble.
Originally from Cali, Colombia, Lia Uribe earned a bachelor’s degree in bassoon performance from Universidad Nacional de Colombia in Bogotá as a student of Mr. Sigfried Miklin. While in Colombia, she played with the Orquesta Filarmonica de Bogotá, Orquesta Sinfonica de Colombia, Orquesta de la Opera de Colombia, and Orquesta Sinfonica del Valle, and also taught bassoon at the Javeriana University. After graduation, Dr. Uribe attended the Banff Centre for the Arts in Alberta, Canada, for a fall and winter residency. Lia Uribe earned a Master of Music degree from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville under the tutelage of Dr. Richard Ramey, and a Doctorate of Musical Arts at the University of Kansas with Dr. Eric Stomberg
Dr. Lia Uribe
Moosmann artist, is the Assistant Professor of Bassoon at the University of Arkansas and Principal Bassoonist of SoNA (Symphony Orchestra of Northwest Arkansas). Dr. Uribe maintains an active career as a chamber musician, orchestral player, and artist-teacher. Her international work includes venues and festivals in Colombia, Canada, Costa Rica, Finland, Germany, Ecuador, Greece, Puerto Rico, Japan, and multiple venues in the United States. Dr. Uribe performs on regular basis with the Lyrique Quintette, woodwind quintet in residence at the University of Arkansas, and the Diamante Trio, a clarinet, bassoon and piano chamber ensemble.
Originally from Cali, Colombia, Lia Uribe earned a bachelor’s degree in bassoon performance from Universidad Nacional de Colombia in Bogotá as a student of Mr. Sigfried Miklin. While in Colombia, she played with the Orquesta Filarmonica de Bogotá, Orquesta Sinfonica de Colombia, Orquesta de la Opera de Colombia, and Orquesta Sinfonica del Valle, and also taught bassoon at the Javeriana University. After graduation, Dr. Uribe attended the Banff Centre for the Arts in Alberta, Canada, for a fall and winter residency. Lia Uribe earned a Master of Music degree from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville under the tutelage of Dr. Richard Ramey, and a Doctorate of Musical Arts at the University of Kansas with Dr. Eric Stomberg
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