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SHELLY UNGER

Shelly Unger
Applied Instrument: Bassoon
Secondary Instruments: Oboe
Campus: Online, Lilburn
NSM Faculty: Since 1997

Ms. Unger received a Master's Degree at Rice University and pursued post-graduate study with Bernard H. Garfield. Shelley earned a Bachelor's Degree from Indiana University where she studied with Sidney Rosenberg. She completed her Doctoral Degree in Bassoon Performance with Dr. William Davis from the University of Georgia. Dr. Unger teaches music part-time at The Westminster Schools and she is principal bassoonist with the Carroll Symphony. Many of her students play with extracurricular music ensembles, including Atlanta Youth Symphony Orchestra, Emory Youth Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony, Metropolitan Youth Symphony Orchestra of Atlanta, and others. Each year a significant number of her students play district honor band and go on to make All State. In 2021 one of her senior students made first chair in the 11-12 orchestra. Dr. Shelly Unger joined our faculty in 1997.