October 2015 Newsletter

Clarinettissimo Festival at Southern Pacific University, Sean Osborne, Director

Special Guest: Eric Mandat, Professor of Clarinet, Southern Illinois University, and internationally-recognized composer/clarinetist and new music specialist.

Participants: International Clarinet Soloist Sean Osborn, SPU clarinet teacher Mary Kantor, Clarinetists Jennifer Nelson and Florie Rothenberg, Conductor William Blayney, and Pianist Jessica Choe.

Music by: Eric Mandat, Sean Osborn, Finzi, Crusell, Uhl, Jettel, Cavallini, and more.

Contact Sean Osborn to sign up to play in the master-classes.

Augsburg, Germany - (National Selections take place before around April in the European Countries)

In order to encourage talented young musicians, a Musical prize is presented annually on occasion of each Lions Europa Forum. During the Europa Forum a competition will be organized to identify the winner of the annual prize. The selected instrument, that is to be played in the competition, changes yearly.

A. Participants:
1) Participants should be maximum 23 years old on January 1st in the year of the competition.
2) Participants should have been resident in the territory of the entering member of the Europa Forum for at least five years prior to January 1st in the year of the competition. 3) “Members” are countries or states as defined in Article III - Rules of Procedures of the Europa Forum.
4) No winner of any competition may participate in any future competition.
5) Each member of the Europa Forum may nominate one and only one participant for the competition. Preliminary competitions are realized in most of the participating member countries (in Lions language: Multi-District level) or in smaller regional areas (in Lions language: District levels). Detailed information about these preliminary competitions you may get on your Multi-District or District homepages. If there remain questions don ́t hesitate contacting us.
6) The registration of the participants has to be done with the Chairman of the Committee by June 30th in the year of the competition.
7) All costs of a participant attending the competition will be the responsibility of the entering member.

1) Each participant will be required to perform: The imposed piece of a duration of approx. ten minutes and two pieces of his/her selection from a provided repertoire list. 2) The prizes will be:
1st prize: 3.500 EUR
2nd prize: 2.000 EUR
3rd prize: 1.000 EUR

CLARINET – AUGSBURG, GERMANY
REPERTOIRE LIST –
IMPOSED WORK - Compulsory
Concert in A-Major K.V.622, 2nd & 3rd Movement – W.A. Mozart
REPERTOIRE - each candidate must play one of these pieces for the MD Final and choose two for the European Final.
1. Four Pieces, op 5 – Alban Berg
2. Sonata No. 1 F-Minor op 120 1st movement – Johannes Brahms
3. Concert F-Minor, op 5 1st movement – Bernhard Henrik Crusell
4. 1ere Rhapsodie – Claude Debussy
5. Sonata for Clarinet Solo – Edison Denisov
6. Thema con Variazioni – Jean Francaix
7. Sonatine pour Clarinette et Piano - Darius Milhaud
8. Concerto op 57, 1st movement – Carl Nielson
9. Introduction, theme and variations – Gioacchino Rossini
10. Fantasiestucke op 73 – Robert Schumann
11. Rigoletto – Fantasia do concerto – Verdi/Luigi Bassi/Giampieri

The clarinetist and composer Jörg Widmann will write a piece for the competition in Augsburg.

All candidates are asked to prepare it. It will be performed – as a first performance - with orchestra during the closing session of the Europa Forum on 11th October in Augsburg/Germany by one of the winners of the 1st to 3rd prize. Also the imposed piece will be performed there. All participants of the European Final in Augsburg will receive the score of the Widmann composition through the organisation committee of the LEMC.

National Selections are taking place in the different European countries and on different dates.

Small clarinet ensembles ranging from a minimum of 3 to a maximum of 8 players. In lieu of screening recordings, each group must send a short referral/recommendation letter from a teacher or professional reference. Please send the letter, via email, to Dr. Rose Sperrazza, rsperrazza@comcast.net. Applications may be filled out and submitted on line (see below).

Repertoire: Original or transcriptions are acceptable. Please choose repertoire that shows the group at its best w...ithin the 8-minute time limit. Performances that exceed 8 minutes will be disqualified.

Date/Location: The competition will be held at Northeastern Illinois University, 3701 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue, Chicago, IL 60659. on October 17th, 2015 at 3:00PM. The competition will be open to audience members and begins at 3:00PM. Each group will be notified of acceptance within one week of application submission.

Requirements: There are no age restrictions. Groups of all experience levels are welcome but please be advised that letters of recommendation will be strongly considered. There is a $15 fee per member of each ensemble. Payment may be in the form of check (Chicago Clarinet Ensemble) or Pay Pal (you will be invoiced after acceptance). Payment must be made in full within 5 business days of the ensemble’s official acceptance.

Prize: $1,000. Taxes are the sole responsibility of the winners.

Adjudicators: To Be Announced

18 October 2015 - 3 PM at Life Center at Neumann University

VIP Ricardo Morales, Solo Clarinetist in the Philadelphia Orchestra, Soloist Performing Mozart Clarinet Concerto with the Delaware County Symphony

Aston, Delaware

18 October 2015

New York City

http://www.japanculture-nyc.com/2015/10/13/tokyo-to-new-york-concert-at-tenri-on-october-18/

Tenri Cultural Institute – 43A W. 13th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues)

Tickets: $25/$15 students and seniors

New Music by Tokyo & NYC Composers

David Del Tredici
Gilbert Galindo
Lyudmilla German
Masatora Goya
William Mayer
Jun Nagao
Ian Ng
Fernando Otero
Dana Richardson
Ned Rorem
Michael Rose
Richard Rosenfeld
Chatori Shimizu
Ippo Tsuboi
Russell Wimbish

Farewell for Clarinet and Piano   (World Premier. Clarinet version)
* He Rescued Them in their Peril for Clarinet and Piano   (World Premier)
* Molto delicato for Clarinet and Piano   (World Premier)
* Moon Rabbits 月兎 Tsuki usagi for Clarinet and Piano
Abandoned Bells for Solo Piano
Wanderers for Clarinet and Piano Four Hands (United States Premier)
Rose, Sunflower and Lily for Clarinet and Piano (World Premier)
Piringundin for Clarinet and Piano (World Premier. Clarinet version)
* Sakura for Clarinet and Piano   (United State Premier)
* Four Colors for Clarinet and Piano
* My Bones Seek Rest for Hichiriki and Piano (United States Premier)
* Peace for Clarinet and Piano   (United States Premier)
* Noise of a Pondering Mind  for Hichiriki, Sho, and Koto (World Premier)
Sky View Factor II for Clarinet and Piano   (United States Premier)
* Hardcore for Clarinet and Piano   (United States Premier)

* Composed for Thomas Piercy

Critically acclaimed clarinetist and hichiriki player Thomas Piercy will be joined by pianists Taka Kigawa and Judith Olson, Koto player Jun Ando, and Sho player Chatori Shimizu at “Tokyo to New York,” a concert featuring six world premiers and six U.S. premieres composed for Piercy by Tokyo- and NYC-based composers.

The music – in a wide variety of styles – features premieres by Fernando Otero (Latin Grammy Award), Gilbert Galindo (Meet the Composer Van Lier Fellow), Jun Nagao (Takemitsu Award), David Del Tredici (Pulitzer Prize), and Ian Ng (ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award).

Other world premieres on the program are by New York-based composer Lyudmilla German and Japanese composer Chatori Shimizu. U.S. premieres are by Tokyo composer Ippo Tsuboi and NYC composers Dana Richardson, Michael Rose, Richard Rosenfeld, and Russell Wimbish. Other works are by Masatora Goya, William Mayer, and Ned Rorem.

Under the direction of Thomas Piercy, “Tokyo to New York” celebrates connections between Tokyo and New York City with a series of concerts in Tokyo and NYC. The concerts feature new works composed for Western classical instruments as well as traditional Japanese instruments. They include a wide variety of styles of music, from Japanese avant-garde to American contemporary classical, abstract to minimalism, neo-Romantic to tango nuevo, J-pop to jazz-influenced pieces.

The composers range from 19 to 91 years of age. They come from all walks of life and experience: From university students to university professors; from self-taught composers to composers with Ph.Ds; from emerging composers to composers who have won such prominent awards as the Takemitsu Prize, Grammy Award, Latin Grammy Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. The musicians of “Tokyo to New York” have had the opportunity to work with many of the Japanese and American composers programmed in these concerts. Since 2012, “Tokyo to New York” has performed over 60 world premiers and numerous Japan and United States Premiers. All the works on the “Tokyo to New York” concerts are performed in both New York City and Tokyo.

This concert is co-Presented with Arts at Tenri. To make reservations, please email tci@tenri.org or call 212-645-2800.

For more information about “Tokyo to New York,” please visit Tonada Productions’s website.

19 - 20 October 2015

Master Class with VIP Eddy Vanoosthuyse in conjuction with the Mercadante Clarinet Competition

Bari, Italy

I am running a new Autumn clarinet course on the Isle of Raasay, Scotland (where I also run my bass clarinet course). The course is primarily aimed at adult amateurs of an intermediate - advanced standard, but I will welcome students too. Dates are 19th - 23rd October.
Bookings now open - please help me to spread the word! It's one of the most beautiful places in the world!
Sarah
http://raasaymusiccourses.com/R…/autumn_clarinet_course.html

The Big Picture in NYC and Europe Fall 2015

I am bringing my cinematic concert The Big Picture to NYC and Europe coming this fall!

Visit the new website for The Big Picture to find out (almost) everything you wanted to know.

THE BIG PICTURE is way more than a concert. It is true multi-media storytelling, where Krakauer acts as the audience’s tour guide through a landscape of collective memory, emotional catharsis and pure entertainment. Music and the movies are the through-line of it all.

See when The Big Picture is coming near you below or on my website here.

I thought I would share a few thoughts on why I chose each of these particular films for this project that is very special to me. In short, each of the films chosen relates to Judaism (and therefore to my story) either directly in terms of content or more philosophically in terms of sensibility. Both the CD and the show start off with these two pieces of music:

1) Willkommen (from Cabaret)
I saw Cabaret when it first came out, and was so moved both by Liza Minelli's performance and the powerful message of the film that talks about the rise of Fascism in the early 30s. And of course, what better way to start a show (in this case The Big Picture) than by saying "Wilkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome!"

2) La Vita e Bella (from Life is Beautiful)
The theme for this gorgeous movie really captures the innocence of childhood‎. For me it was interesting to musically combine that sense of innocence in the theme with the dark elements of the plot (i.e. The Holocaust) that are not brought out explicitly in the version of that music that's used in the film.

Read more about the films chosen for The Big Picture on my blog.

Andrew Marriner (Solo Clarinetist in London Symphony) Master Class at the Buffet Crampon New York Showroom

Principal Clarinet with the London Symphony Orchestra & Buffet Crampon Artist ANDREW MARRINER will be giving a master class at the Buffet Group NY Showroom on Wednesday October 21st from 3 - 5pm. Wine & Cheese - Buffet Group NY Showroom - 153 W 36th St , NYC

Kirsten Docter, viola / Bronwyn Branerdt, cello
Sergei Babayan & Rafael Skorka, piano

Beethoven Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 11, “Gassenhauer” (1796) [22:06] for Clarinet, Cello and Piano
Frank Cohen, clarinet / Bronwyn Banerdt, cello / Sergei Babayan, piano

Mozart Trio in E-flat Major, K. 498, “Kegelstatt” (1786) [20:30] for clarinet, viola and piano
Frank Cohen, clarinet / Kirsten Docter, viola / Rafael Skorka, piano

David Conte Clarinet Sonata (2015) – one mvt. [7-8 min] (premiere – written for Frank Cohen / ART 25th anniversary)
Frank Cohen, clarinet / Rafael Skorka, piano

1st weekend of sessions with Senior VIP Franklin Cohen (Cleveland Orchestra Principal Clarinetist Emeritus)

World Class Faculty - several WKA Artist Officer VIP's over several weekends of Master Classes and concerts

We are very excited to announce the founding and launch of the Boston Clarinet Academy! Our first intensive clarinet weekend features Franklin Cohen (Cleveland Orchestra) and Jonathan Cohler on October 31 and November 1. For more information, and to apply now click on the link below. SPACE IS LIMITED to 15 students and 5 Auditors so APPLY NOW! The 2015-2016 season includes eight weekends between October and June featuring the best clarinetists from all over the world such as Philippe Cuper (France), Wenzel Fuchs (Germany), Luis Rossi (Chile), Gabor Varga (Hungary), Franklin Cohen (USA), Jonathan Cohler (USA), Yuan Yuan (China), and more TBA. We hope to see you very soon at BCA! https://bostonclarinet.org

Save the date: on Saturday 31 October is there at the Utrecht conservatory again the annual klarinetdag! Clarinettists of all ages (Minimumnivo Hafa B+) can come play, attend workshops with various topics, lessons, get clothes and tools to try out, get personal advice and so on. A really fun and instructive day for both people who later to a conservatory want if amateurs who wish to look or even want to go through this as well as other interested parties. In order to gain an impression, check out this filmplje of last year! Is Allen, it is super!

MD 101 Sweden	Geijversvägen, 24 SE-112 44 Stockholm T + 46 8 744 59 00 F + 46 8 726 92 00	www.lions.se kansli@lions.se
MD 102 SwitzerlandLiechtenstein	Sibylle Frank Hirschmattstrasse 15, 6003 Luzern T + 41 41 22 66 108 F + 41 41 22 66 109	www.lionsclubs.ch Sibylle.Frank@oilatushof.ch
MD 103 France	295, rue Saint-Jacques FR-75005 Paris T + 33 (0)1 46 34 14 10 F + 33 (0)1 46 33 92 41	www.lions-france.org maisondeslions@lions-france.org www.lions-france.org/centre-est/grand_prix_de_musique_eur-2062.html
MD 104 Norway	Ensjoveien, 18 N0-0661 Oslo T + 4 7 23 24 46 30 F + 47 23 24 46 39	www.lions.no post@lions.no
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MD 106 Denmark	Kobenhavnsvej, 19 DK-3400 Hillerod T + 45 48 25 56 34	www.lions.dk lionskontor@lions.dk
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DATE	VENUE	CITY	DETAILS
Oct 10	Great Hall	Cedar Rapids, IA, US	with Orchestra
Oct 14	Museum of Jewish Heritage	New York, NY, US	The Big Picture
Oct 18	Museum of Jewish Heritage	New York, NY, US	The Big Picture
Oct 23	Republic	Salzburg, AT	Acoustic Klezmer Quartet
Oct 24	Akkordeon Akut Festival	Halle, DE	Acoustic Klezmer Quartet
Nov 12	Filharmonia Częstochowa	Częstochowa, PL	The Big Picture
Nov 14	Tolhaus	Karlsruhe, DE	The Big Picture
Nov 15	Gasteig	Munich, DE	The Big Picture
Nov 17	Moods	Zurich, CH	The Big Picture
Nov 21	La Cigale	Paris, FR	The Big Picture
Nov 22	Synagoga Pod Bialym Bocianem	Wroclaw, PL	The Big Picture
Dec 16	Kanbar Performing Arts Center	San Francisco, CA, US	with Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg
Dec 17	First Congregational Church	Berkeley, CA, US	with Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg
Dec 18	First United Methodist Church	Palo Alto, CA, US	with Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg
Dec 19	Herbst Theatre	San Francisco, CA, US	with Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg
Dec 20	Osher Marin JCC	San Rafael, CA, US	with Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg