Kathleen McLean is Associate Professor of Music at the Jacobs School of Music (Indiana University) as well as the chair of the Woodwind Department. Kathleen was invited to become a Yamaha Performing Artist and is a sought-after chamber and orchestral musician, recitalist, and teacher. Internationally recognized, McLean was the associate principal bassoon of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra from 1992 to 2013. Since 2001, she has toured extensively with the prestigious World Orchestra for Peace.
McLean’s former orchestral appointments include principal bassoon of the Canadian Opera Company and guest principal bassoon with the London Symphony Orchestra (UK) and the National Arts Centre Orchestra, as well as with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. McLean has participated in many chamber music festivals, including the Evian International Festival, Vancouver Chamber Music Festival, Scotia Festival, and the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival. She is also a member of the International Chamber Orchestra of Puerto Rico.
She was appointed to the faculty of the University of Toronto in 1989, became a faculty member at the Royal Conservatory of Music and the Glenn Gould Professional School in 2002, and began as a bassoon instructor with the National Youth Orchestra of Canada in 2009.
She performs frequently with New Music Concerts, Amici Ensemble, Octagon Chamber Ensemble and is a founding member of the Caliban Quartet, Toronto Wind Quintet, Canadian Winds.
Kathleen Performing with the Three Tenors in Toronto, Canada
Orchestral Career
with the World Orchestra for Peace (2001).
World Orchestra for Peace
Co-Principal Bassoon
2000 – present
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Associate Principal Bassoon
1992 – 2013
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Guest Principal Bassoon
Performances in 2014 & 2015
London Symphony Orchestra
Guest Principal Bassoon
2008
Canadian Opera Company
Principal Bassoon
1989 – 1992
Select Solo and Chamber Performances
Toronto Wind Quintet
1992 – present
with Douglas Stewart, flute; Clare Scholtz, oboe; Stephen Pierre, clarinet; and Harcus Hennigar, horn
International Double Reed Society Conference
Solo Recital
July 2010
Works by Bernaud, Meijering, Lussier, Johnsen, Mignone
Indiana University
Faculty-Student Side by Side Recital
March 2010
Mozart Serenade in C minor
ChamberWorks Music Ensemble
May 2009
Beethoven Septet
Oberlin Conservatory
Guest Recital
January 2009
with Ben Kamins and Sue Heineman
Faculty-Student Side by Side Recital
March 31st, 2018
Triple Bassoon Concerto “Tribulations of Modern Love” by Chiel Meijering with Jim Campbell, Joseph Petric, Kathleen Mclean, and strings from the Jacobs School of Music
2019 Octagon ensemble Ontario Tour. Music by Kevin Lau
Beethoven and Strauss: the Septet in E-flat major, Op. 20, and Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, respectively.
New Music Concerts Toronto
2021 Octagon ensemble Parry Sound “Festival of the sound”
Mozart pianoquintet, Schubert octet, Beethoven septet.
2022 februari The International Chamberorchestra of Puerto Rico
Ravel, Beethoven, Prokofiev
2022 IDRS conference july 26 Boulder (Colorado)
Opening Gala Concert première “Big Booster”
concerto for bassoon and strings by Chiel Meijering