Greeley’s own Tom Gocklin, UNC professor and oboe expert, wins a Grammy Award

By John Moore | The Denver Gazette

Did you know Colorado had a Grammy Award winner Sunday? We did, courtesy of Tim Gocklin, adjunct oboe professor and woodwind chamber music coordinator at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley. And, for a day, anyway, bigger than Ryan Tedder in the Colorado music world.

Gocklin’s Akropolis Reed Quintet and composer Pascal Le Boeuf took home the Grammy for Best Instrumental Composition for “Strands.” If you are tempted to click and give it a listen, Gocklin said: “I hope it makes you just get up and want to dance.”

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