Kansas University’s School of Fine Arts will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Midwest Double Reed Society during the seventh-annual Kansas Double Reed Festival with two special concerts Oct. 4-5. The events will take place in Swarthout Recital Hall in KU’s Murphy Hall.

The festival features a recital performed by guest artists Linda Strommen, professor of oboe at the University of Indiana, and Jeffrey Lyman, professor of bassoon at the University of Michigan, as well as event hosts Margaret Marco, KU associate professor of oboe, and Eric Stomberg, KU associate professor of bassoon. That recital will take place at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and is free and open to the public.

On Sunday, Lyman and Strommen will both offer master classes. A Midwest Double Reed Society member recital will take place at 1:30 p.m., followed by a special 25th anniversary recital at 3 p.m. debuting four new works commissioned by the MDRS for its anniversary.

Lyman has been associate professor of bassoon at the University of Michigan since 2006, and, prior to that, held positions at Arizona State University and Bowling Green State University.

Strommen is professor of oboe at Indiana University and has been a regular visiting oboe instructor at the Juilliard School of Music for more than 10 years.

All festival events are free for MDRS members with 2009-2009 dues paid. Sunday’s events are $25 for nonmembers and $15 for student nonmembers and senior citizens. For a complete schedule of events, visit www.mdrs.org/double.htm or call 864-3436.