Gabriel Beavers 
Bassoon
Gabriel Beavers is the newly appointed Assistant Professor of Bassoon at Louisiana State University. Prior to joining the faculty at LSU, he served as Principal Bassoon with the Virginia Symphony under the direction of JoAnn Falletta where he made solo appearances with the orchestra in performances of Haydn’s Sinfonia Concertante. Formerly a member of the New World Symphony under the direction of Michael Tilson-Thomas, Mr. Beavers has also performed as Acting Principal Bassoon with the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra and the Jacksonville Symphony and served as Acting Second Bassoon with the Milwaukee symphony for one season. Mr. Beavers has also previously held the position of Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Music and has been a member of the Quartz Mountain Music Festival Orchestra that is made up of orchestral musicians from the New York Philharmonic, the Saint Louis, San Diego and Dallas Symphonies.
While performing in various orchestras Mr. Beavers has worked with renowned singers Placido Domingo and Thomas Hampson and soloists including Leila Josefowicz, Vladimir Feltsman and Sarah Chang. He has also worked under the baton of many distinguished conductors including Sir Neville Mariner, Marin Alsop, Robert Spano, and Hans Graf.
In addition to his orchestral career Mr. Beavers has performed with many chamber music groups including the Missouri Quintet, the Norfolk Chamber Consort, and the Sheridan Chamber Players as well as the Intermezzo Chamber Music Series in Salt Lake City, UT.
Mr. Beavers is a graduate of Boston University where he studied with Boston Symphony bassoonist Matthew Ruggiero and he holds a masters degree in bassoon from Southern Methodist University where he studied with Dallas Symphony principal bassoonist Wilfred Roberts. Mr. Beavers also spent two summers at the Kent Blossom Music Festival as well as the Chautauqua Music Festival and has been a participant in the National Orchestral Institute in College Park, MD.
Gabriel Beavers , Assistant Professor
School of Music
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803-2504
Voice: 225/578-2584
Fax: 225/578-2562
E-mail: gbeavers@lsu.edu
