Dr. Shane Werts and Prof. Michelle Fletcher are the new double reed faculty at Northern Arizona University as of Fall 2024.
Dr. Shane Wertz is the Assistant Professor of oboe at Northern Arizona University’s Kitt School of Music. He currently holds orchestral positions with the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra and the Amarillo Symphony Orchestra. Previously Dr. Werts has held positions with the Grand Junction Symphony Orchestra, with Colorado State University – Pueblo, and with the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University.
Michelle Fletcher is the Instructor of Bassoon at NAU and a doctoral candidate at Arizona State University. Her previous degrees are from Arizona State University (MM) and Brigham Young University (BM). She currently holds positions with the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra and Arizona Millennial Choirs and Orchestra, and is a regular substitute bassoon and contrabassoon with the Phoenix Symphony.
