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                    Happy New Year from Stefan Harg of Stockholm with Early Period Clarinet

 

Buffet Clarinet Academy 08

Italian Clarinet Dat

Ticino Festival with Sabine Meyer

ClariFest at University of Nebraska

DeFranco Jazz Festival

Millersville University Single Reed Festival

Johnstone Clarinet Festival - Ohio State University

Indiana University Clarinet Workshop

Oklahoma University Clarinet Symposium

Clarinetfest 08

 

NEWSLETTER - WINTER - JANUARY - MARCH 2008

               As the New Year enters 2008,  it is noteworthy to notice all the upcoming events and trends now making their mark on the music field.  In the International arena, especially in Europe and in Germany, there are numerous activities that should interest players here and open their eyes to the booming arts atmosphere ever making their mark.   Europe has long been known as an Arts prosperous area in the world, along with many areas in Asia, as Japan, Korea, and other areas, where the State governments support the performing arts to a multi-timed extent as compared to the United States, where all Performing Organizations are non-profit and need to constantly struggle and almost beg for funding to sustain, resulting in cultural deficiency which is well indicated by the lower education standards without a clue as to how to solve it.  When Music Education programs are cut  due to ignorant School Boards and Administrators, one may want to move to Europe where there is grass-roots cultural quality. As an example of proactive effort, below is an ensemble in Frankfurt, Germany engaging in an ensemble series of important literature that should interest players everywhere.  Of interest there are prodigy discoveries which deserve to be noted, such as a 11 year old Korean clarinetist who should be an inspiration to all young players.  Name is

Michael Han Kim, 11-year old Korean clarinettist

 http://youtube.com/watch?v=8AzV_Sz-oYw

We invite you to discover this incredible young clarinettist from Korea, who is only 11 years old...

Mate Bekavac - Slovenia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrS-CanzAtU
 

Buffet Crampon USA is pleased to announce application and audition information for the 2008 Summer Clarinet Academy, to be held August 4-9, 2008. Please click on the links below for information on how to apply to the Academy, audition materials, the Artist Faculty, curriculum and the University of North Florida, once again the Academy's host institution.  (Academy open to US residents age 18-26 only)  Deadline for Application and CD submission is 15 May 2008

This year's Academy Artist Faculty is again an unparalleled assembly of some of finest clarinetists in the world! Students accepted to the Academy will have the opportunity to study with J. Lawrie Bloom (Chicago Symphony Orchestra), Pascual Martinez-Forteza (New York Philharmonic), Eugene Mondie (National Symphony Orchestra) and Ronald Van Spaendonck (Mons and Brussels Royale Conservatoire, Brussels, Belgium).

About the Academy

Audition Procedure

Application Procedure

Student Application

Auditor Application

Curriculum

Tuition and Scholarships

Artist Faculty

Academy Administration

Housing and Transportation

University of North Florida

For any questions or more information on the 2008 Summer Clarinet Academy, please contact Mary Marshall at mary.marshall@buffetcrampon.fr or 866.434.9240.
 

* - Fifth Academy Artist Faculty Member to be announced
 

                                                                                           

Im neuen Jahr startet das MUTARE ENSEMBLE seine neue Reihe mit zunächst drei
aufeinander bezogenen Konzerten:

13. Januar - 24. Februar - 18. Mai.

Die Veranstaltungen finden jeweils sonntags um 17.00 Uhr im Finkenhof
(Finkenhofstr. 17) statt.

Eintrittspreis: 15,- Euro - ermäßigt 10,- Euro
Kinder und Jugendliche (bis 18 Jahre) Eintritt frei

Es ist unsere Idee, in der neuen Reihe jeweils mehrere Konzerte unter einem
besonderen Aspekt miteinander in Beziehung zu setzen. Gemeinsam mit unserem
Publikum möchten wir dabei verschiedenste  Perspektiven auf die Musik
einnehmen und diese immer wieder neu beleuchten.
Inhaltlich sind die ersten drei Konzerte zunächst über die Kammermusik Nr. 1
für 12 Soloinstrumente von Paul Hindemith verknüpft. Dieses Werk wird in
jedem der drei Konzerte zu hören sein - beleuchtet jeweils von einem ganz
unterschiedlichen Beiprogramm. Hindemiths Kammermusik kann als eines der
Werke gelten, die den neuen Typus des Kammerensembles definieren, der für
das 20. Jahrhundert zum zentralen Klangkörper werden sollte. In der
Kombination von Holz- und Blechbläsern mit solistischen Streichern, zu denen
Hindemith Klavier, Harmonium (bzw. Akkordeon) und Schlagzeug hinzufügt, geht
er weiter als etwa Schönberg, der in seiner Kammersinfonie lediglich Bläser
und Streicher kombiniert.
Die Konzeption des MUTARE ENSEMBLE mit seiner variablen Besetzung ist die
Konsequenz der, u.a. von Hindemith angestoßenen Entwicklung. Es entsteht
hier nicht nur ein neuartiger Klangkörper zwischen Orchester und
Kammermusik - es entstehen zugleich neue Formen des Musizierens, der
musikalischen Interaktion und es werden Rollen wie die des Dirigenten neu
definiert.
Hindemiths Kammermusik bildet gleichsam den Kristallisationspunkt der drei
Konzerte zu dem alle weiteren Werke in Beziehung treten.
Im ersten Konzert werden Werke zu hören sein, die in zeitlicher Nähe
entstanden sind und auf unterschiedliche Weise ebenfalls die Idee des
Kammerensembles thematisieren.
Im zweiten Konzert werden Werke präsentiert, die im weiteren Verlauf des 20.
Jahrhunderts das Konzept des Kammerensembles weiterdenken.
Im dritten Konzert schließlich trifft Hindemiths Kammermusik mit Werken
zusammen, die bereits im 19. Jahrhundert mit der Möglichkeit des
Ensemble-Musizierens experimentieren.

In den Veranstaltungen unserer neuen Reihe wünschen wir uns eine Situation,
die Ausführende und Hörer als eine Einheit begreift und in der es um
gemeinsame Erfahrungen geht. Wir wünschen uns einen Dialog in dem jeder
Beteiligte Fragen stellen und Antworten geben kann. Wir wünschen uns einen
lebendigen Austausch und würden uns freuen, wenn unsere Hörer ebenso viel
Neugierde mitbringen, wie wir sie in uns empfinden!

G.M.-H.

MUTARE im Finkenhof
(Finkenhofstr. 17)

1. Konzert
13. Januar 2008 - 17.00 Uhr

Programm:

Igor Strawinsky
1882 - 1971
Suite aus "Histoire du Soldat" (1917/18)
für Klarinette, Fagott, Trompete, Posaune, Violine, Kontrabaß und Schlagzeug

Ferrucio Busoni
1866 - 1924
"Berceuse élégiaque", op. 42 (1909)
f. 9 Instrumente gesetzt von Erwin Stein
für Flöte, Klarinette, Harmonium, Klavier, 2 Violinen, Viola, Violoncello
und Kontrabaß

Serge Prokofieff
1891 - 1953
"Quintett", op. 39 (1924)
für Oboe, Klarinette, Violine, Viola und Kontrabaß

Paul Hindemith
1895 - 1963
"Kammermusik Nr. 1 mit Finale", op. 24 Nr. 1 (1921)
für 12 Solo-Instrumente (Flöte, Klarinette, Fagott, Trompete, Klavier,
Schlagzeug, Akkordeon, 2 Violinen, Viola, Violoncello, Kontrabaß)

2. Konzert
24. Februar 2008 - 17.00 Uhr

Nicolaus A. Huber
*1939
"6 Bagatellen" (1981)
für Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette, Fagott, Harfe, Violine, Viola, Violoncello,
Kontrabaß und Schlagzeug

Gerhard Müller-Hornbach
*1951
"Passacaglia" (1981)
für 13 Instrumente (Flöte, Oboe, Baßklarinette, Fagott, Horn, Trompete, 2
Posaunen,
2 Violinen, Viola, Violoncello, Kontrabaß)

György Ligeti
(*1923)
"Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester" (1966)
für Solo-Cello und Kammerorchester (Flöte/Piccolo, Oboe/Englischhorn,
Klarinette, Baßklarinette, Fagott, Horn, Trompete, Posaune, Harfe, 2
Violinen, Viola, Violoncello und Kontrabaß)

Paul Hindemith
1895 - 1963
"Kammermusik Nr. 1 mit Finale", op. 24 Nr. 1 (1921)
für 12 Solo-Instrumente (Flöte, Klarinette, Fagott, Trompete, Klavier,
Schlagzeug, Akkordeon, 2 Violinen, Viola, Violoncello, Kontrabaß)



3. Konzert
18. Mai 2008 - 17.00 Uhr

Richard Wagner
1813 - 1883
"Siegfried-Idyll" (1870)
für kleines Orchester
(Flöte, Oboe, 2 Klarinetten, Fagott, 2 Hörner, 2 Violinen, Viola,
Violoncello, Kontrabaß)

Gustav Mahler
1860 - 1911
"Kindertotenlieder" (1901-04)
nach Texten von Friedrich Rückert
für Singstimme und Kammerensemble bearbeitet von Gerhard Müller-Hornbach
(Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette, Fagott, Horn, Harmonium, Klavier, Schlagzeug, 2
Violinen, Viola, Violoncello, Kontrabaß)

Johannes Brahms
1833 - 1897
"Serenade Nr. 1", op. 11 (1858), -Rekonstruktion-
Nonett für Flöte, 2 Klarinetten, Fagott, Horn, Violine, Viola, Violoncello
und Kontrabaß

Paul Hindemith
1895 - 1963
"Kammermusik Nr. 1 mit Finale", op. 24 Nr. 1 (1921)
für 12 Solo-Instrumente (Flöte, Klarinette, Fagott, Trompete, Klavier,
Schlagzeug, Akkordeon, 2 Violinen, Viola, Violoncello, Kontrabaß)
 

                                            


               Gustav Mahler is as a composer second to none, but also his song cycles are irreplaceable elements of the music of the 20th century, outstanding and trendsetting. The attempt to transfer the musical substance to smaller ensembles initially followed practical considerations. The aim was to perform orchestral works in concerts by “the Club of musical private performances “, with the aim of solely funding smaller ensembles, rather than a full orchestra. The flexibility and diversity of the chamber ensemble, however, inevitably led to the chamber ensemble becoming the central body of sound. It thus proved correct to risk “this new classical adventure “anew and to add further song cycles through Schönberg and the arrangements of the “songs of the travelling Journeyman”. Gerhard Müller-Hornbach dared this “adventure” with the “children´s death songs” and “five supporting songs “. He finds like Schönberg a very specific view of Mahler´s music without pushing himself as arranger to the forefront of the music. The intimacy of the song components, which repeatedly demands a chamber musically flexible interaction between the instrumentalist and the singer, which he achieves in an ideal way. A “new “ Mahler, exciting to discover, but well penetrated by a specific expression of Mahler music.

                                                              

Clarinetist Michael Norsworthy Performs at Special Boston Modern Orchestra Project Concert on January 25 at New England Conservatory in Boston

January 22, 2008
For Immediate Release
Press Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net
 

Clarinetist Michael Norsworthy will be guest artist at a special concert
celebrating Boston Modern Orchestra Project’s 10th season at New England
Conservatory. The concert will be given on Friday, January 25 – 8 PM at
Jordan Hall at New England Conservatory, 30 Gainsborough St., at
Huntington Ave. in Boston, Massachusetts.
 
Works to be presented include the World Premieres of Osnat Netzer’s
Common Ground (2007) and Ezra Sims’ Concert Piece II (2005), William
Bolcom’s Violin Concerto in D (1983), Michael Gandolfi’s Concerto for
Bassoon and Orchestra (2007) and Leon Kirchner’s Toccata (1955). In
addition to Mr. Norsworthy, other guest artists will be Amy Advocat,
clarinet, Byron Hitchcock, violin and Richard Svoboda, bassoon.
 
To purchase tickets for the January 25 concert, call 617-363-0396 or
visit http://www.bmop.org/buy_tickets.aspx.
 
In 1996, Gil Rose set out to restore a widening disconnect between
contemporary audiences and contemporary music - a relatively recent
trend in the rich history of orchestras. The result was the Boston
Modern Orchestra Project and a new orchestral model. Eleven years later,
BMOP remains dedicated to its mission and is considered by many to be
the leading orchestra for commissioning, performing, and recording
modern orchestral music. Fro more about them, visit www.bmop.org
 
A dedicated and persuasive champion of the music of our own time,
Michael Norsworthy has given premieres of over 80 works in collaboration
with composers Harrison Birtwistle, Elliott Carter, Chris Dench, Pozzi
Escot, Brian Ferneyhough, Michael Finnissy, Lukas Foss, Hans Werner
Henze, Magnus Lindberg, Ralph Shapey and Marc Anthony Turnage, among
many others.
 
As soloist, Michael Norsworthy has performed an extensive repertoire of
concerti, ranging from Mozart to Ferneyhough, with the Aspen
Contemporary Ensemble, Callithumpian Consort, NEC Contemporary Ensemble,
Pottstown Symphony, Soria Chamber Players, Southern Illinois Symphony
and Symphony Pro Musica, while audiences have heard his numerous
recitals in Boston, Cambridge, Chicago and St. Louis. He has also
collaborated with Tony Arnold, Patrick Demenga, Stephen Drury, Aleck
Karis, John Zorn, the Borromeo String Quartet, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project. Conductors he has worked with
include Boulez, DePriest, Knussen, Levine, Muti, Robertson, Ozawa,
Tilson Thomas and many others. Michael Norsworthy plays on Buffet
Clarinets and mouthpieces by Kalmen Opperman.
 
For more information about clarinetist Michael Norsworthy, including a
bio, reviews and much more, please visit
http://www.michaelnorsworthy.com/. You can also contact Jeffrey James
Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 
Post-concert Commentary: click here
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FEBRUARY 17, 2008 - 4 pm
Divine Genius:
       The Music of Mozart

All Mozart - All Glorious!

John Bruce Yeh, Basset Clarinet


            Go to Tickets Page

WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?
Alas, we will probably never know. Mozart's copious letters are filled with information of a trivial or practical nature, including liberal doses of his bawdy sense of humor. But there is precious little revealed to us about the miraculous music he created - and that's probably as it should be. The mysteries of Mozart's genius continue to defy description.

GUEST ARTIST
A familiar face to Chicago's musical community, John Bruce Yeh is Assistant Principal and Solo E-Flat Clarinet of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. In addition to his intensive duties with the CSO, John is renowned as a champion of contemporary music, frequent performer of chamber music, and distinguished teacher.  

THE ORCHESTRA
The typical instrumental complement of Mozart's day consisted of a select group of strings, with pairs of oboes and horns. But the range of orchestral expression was continually expanding and, as circumstances allowed, Mozart added flutes, clarinets, trumpets and tympani for extra depth, color and brilliance. The "Jupiter" Symphony is perhaps the ultimate landmark in the development of the orchestra in the 18th Century. And so that we can truly appreciate the thrilling coda of this great work, the orchestra will demonstrate Mozart's amazing fugal writing for the audience as an introduction to the symphony itself!
 

  MOZART:
Symphony No. 10, K. 74

MOZART:
Concerto in A Major for Clarinet K. 622

MOZART:
Symphony No. 41, "Jupiter," K. 541

 
 


 
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          27 January 2008          

Clarinet Convention 2008


The 2008 Clarinet Convention at Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff will be on Sunday 27th January 2008 and will be led by Les and Peter. We hope to see lots of our old friends and new faces too.
Philippe Cuper the Principal clarinettist "super soliste" of the Paris - Opera will be the guest artist and will give a recital and master classes.
 

The Clarinet Convention hosted by the Junior Department of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama has now become an institution in its own right, a real success story that has attracted no less than over 400 clarinettists to its door over the period it has been in existence. The convention led by Leslie with friend and colleague Peter Fielding has inspired many clarinettists over the years and the array of guest tutors becomes more illustrious year on year.









 
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Vanaf nu kun je terug online inschrijven voor de klarinetstage!


Een organisatie van het Koninklijk Muziekverbond van België - het Muziekverbond West-Vlaanderen en het Claribel Clarinet Choir

 
 
 
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Washington, DC Metro Area

The U.S. Army Orchestra Young Artist Competition 2008

Deadline for CD’s and application: Monday, February 11, 2008

Final Round: Monday, March 10, 2008 from 7-9 PM at Brucker Hall, Fort Myer

Performance with U.S. Army Orchestra: Sunday, May 4, 2008 at 4:00 PM at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, University of Maryland

Download application

First place winner will appear as featured soloist with The U.S. Army Orchestra at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, University of Maryland, on Sunday, MAY 4, 2008 at 4:00 PM (No tickets required).

All award winners, finalists and honorable mentions will be invited to join The U.S. Army Orchestra in one performance number on May 4, 2008.

Each contestant will receive a written evaluation of their competition entry.

Eligibility

The Young Artist Competition is open to Washington, DC-area high school string, woodwind, brass, and percussion instrumentalists in grades 9-12. (DC-area to include the District of Columbia, Prince Georges Co., Montgomery Co., Howard Co., Anne Arundel Co., Fairfax Co., Fairfax City, City of Falls Church, Prince William Co., Loudoun Co., Arlington Co., Alexandria City, and Baltimore County.) Applications may be accepted from students who do not live in these jurisdictions, but have a connection to them through either a musical organization or a private teacher.

PLEASE NOTE: Competition participants must be available to compete in the finals on Monday, March 10 and rehearse and perform with the U.S. Army Orchestra on the afternoon of Sunday, May 4, 2008. All students are eligible to receive a written evaluation of their competition entry regardless of availability.

Former U.S. Army Orchestra Competition first place winners or performers under professional management are not eligible to compete.

Application Procedure & Deadlines

  1. Submit a CD recording of applicant performing required musical selection in its entirety with piano accompaniment. Guidelines for repertoire are listed in the next section under “What to Play.” Include only name of piece performed and applicant’s address when labeling CD. (No DVD’s, please).
  2. Submit application with all information and signatures complete.
  3. Application and CD must be received by Monday, February 11, 2008. Please allow at least 7 to 10 business days for all mail delivery to Fort Myer, excluding overnight express. You will be notified by email when your entry is received. If you would like additional confirmation, please call or email Master Sgt. Laura Knutson:

    Master Sgt. Laura Knutson
    laura.knutson@fmmc.army.mil
    (703) 696-6043

    The U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s Own”
    The U.S. Army Orchestra Young Artist Competition 2008
    ATTN: Master Sgt. Laura Knutson
    400 McNair Road
    Fort Myer, VA 22211-1306

    Finalists and honorable mentions will be notified once evaluation of CD’s is completed.

  4. The final round will consist of a live audition with piano accompaniment (provided by applicant) at Brucker Hall, Fort Myer on Monday, March 10, 7-9 PM. For more information (including repertoire inquiries), call Master Sgt. Laura Knutson at (703) 696-6043 or laura.knutson@fmmc.army.mil.

What To Play

Applicants are encouraged, but not required, to choose one (1) selection from the list below. Selections not on this list must be approved, to ensure availability of orchestral accompaniment parts, prior to submission of application and CD. Please direct questions about repertoire to laura.knutson@fmmc.army.mil.

Clarinet

  • Concerto K622, 1st movement (Rondo) or 3rd movement (Allegro), by Mozart (International)
  • Concertino by Carl Maria von Weber (Kendor Music)
  • Concerto No. 1 or 2, 1st movement, by C.M von Weber

 

 
 
 
Bethlehem Clarinet Festival

Monday, February 18, 2008

Dr. Deborah Andrus, director

"Clarinets on Presidents Day"

The clarinet program at Moravian College is pleased to present the first Bethlehem Clarinet Festival. A day of recitals, workshops, clarinet expo, master classes, and a concert featuring the renowned chamber ensemble, The Verdehr Trio. Register now and bring your instrument to perform in the Festival Clarinet Choir.

 

FEATURING The Verdehr Trio

An acknowledged leader in the field of new music, the Verdehr Trio for over thirty years has concentrated on molding and defining the personality of the violin-clarinet-piano trio.  The Trio has over the years created a large repertoire by commissioning over 200 new works from some of the world's most prominent and exciting composers--known and unknown, young and old, from this country and abroad.   These efforts are entitled The Making of a Medium because, in a real sense, this is what has happened over the years.

A handful of earlier trios by Bartok, Stravinsky, Milhaud, Khachaturian, Berg, Krenek, Poulenc and Ives showed the potential tonal and musical possibilities of this grouping.  Now, with more than 230 total works in this genre, the violin-clarinet-piano trio has become a viable chamber music medium whose substantial literature may be recognized together with other major mediums as the piano trio, woodwind and brass quintets and the piano quartet.  To round out its repertoire with Classical and Romantic works, the Trio has rediscovered as well as transcribed 18th and 19th century pieces for inclusion in its concert programs.

The Verdehr Trio has performed throughout the world: in seventeen European countries, the former Soviet Union, in South and Central America as well as in Asia, Australia and in almost all of the United States. Among major concert halls where the Trio has appeared are Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Library of Congress, Vienna's Brahmssaal, Sydney Opera House, London's Wigmore Hall, Auditorio de Madrid, Dvorak Hall in Prague, IRCAM Centre in Paris and Leningrad's Philharmonic Chamber Hall. The Trio has also played at various international festivals--the Spoleto Festival, Prague Spring Festival, the Vienna Spring Festival, Warsaw Autumn, the Grand Teton Music Festival and at numerous international clarinet festivals. Recently the Trio received a Creative Programming Award from Chamber Music America. 

The Verdehr Trio is in residence at Michigan State University. An article about the Trio appears in the new Groves Dictionary of Music and the Trio won an Adventuresome Programming Award from ASCAP and Chamber Music America.


Tentative Schedule Of Events

8:00 am - Noon Registration & Coffee - Foy Lobby
Repairs by Scott Brodt of Nazareth Music Center
8:00 am - 4:00 pm Clarinet EXPO - Payne Art Gallery
Recital I  
9:00 am- 9:45 pm Sanders, Schwartz, Andrus, Pearson
In Foy Concert Hall
Clarinet Choir Rehearsal  
10:00 am - 10:50 am Bring your instrument and rehearse for the evening performance with Neil Wetzel, Director of Jazz Studies in Foy Concert Hall
Master Class I  
11:00 am - Noon Master Class with Raphael Sanders
In Foy Concert Hall
Lunch Break  
Noon- 1:00 pm Lunch on own on campus or in a Main Street eatery
Master Class II  
1:00 pm - 2 pm Master Class with Deborah Andrus and John Schwartz
In Peter Hall
 
Master Class III  
2:15 pm - 3:30 pm Master Class with Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr
In Peter Hall
Break  
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Visit the Displays in the Payne Art Gallery!
Clarinet Choir Dress Rehearsal  
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Clarinet Choir (Bring Your instrument)
In Foy Concert Hall
Dinner Break  
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Dinner on own on campus or in a Main Street eatery
Recital II  
6:30 pm - 7:15 pm Allentown Symphony Clarinet Trio performing Reisteter premiere and Festival Clarinet Choir conducted by Neil Wetzel
In Foy Concert Hall
Featured Concert  
7:30 pm The Verdehr Trio
In Foy Concert Hall

REGISTRATION & FEES

Full Program (including Verdehr Trio concert): 
$40 General / $20 Student (postmarked by Feb 8)
$50 General / $25 Student (after Feb 8)

Verdehr Trio concert Only: 
$15 General / $10 Student

Bethlehem Clarinet Festival T-shirts
$8 each (Adult sizes only: S, M, L, XL, XXL)

Registration Form (PDF)

For more information call 610-861-1650 / email music@moravian.edu

Act 48 credit available for K-12 educators.


Sponsors

 


Moravian College Music Program

Moravian is a private, coeducational, selective liberal arts college located in eastern Pennsylvania tracing it's founding to 1742. It is recognized as America's sixth oldest college. Music degrees include a Bachelors of Arts in Music and a Bachelor of Music in performance (vocal, instrumental, jazz), music education, composition, or sacred music.

The Bachelor of Arts program allows for musical study within a liberal arts curriculum. The Bachelor of Music is for students who desire more comprehensive music studies. Study in clarinet includes private lessons, ensembles, clarinet pedagogy, clarinet literature, twentieth century techniques, and recitals.

 


Performer Bios

DEBORAH ANDRUS is the second clarinetist with the Allentown Symphony Orchestra, and is a member of SATORI, the Southeastern Trio and the East Winds Quintet. Before moving to Pennsylvania, she held the principal clarinet position with the Natchez Opera Festival Orchestra, and has performed with diverse ensembles throughout the United States. Dr. Andrus performed at the International Clarinet Association Clarinetfest in Atlanta, GA in August 2006, performing Matthew Quayle's Trio, a work she commissioned in 2004. She also commissioned De Profundis by Patrick Long, which she played at the Potsdam Single-Reed Summit in October 2006. In 2008, Dr. Andrus will perform at the New Jersey and Oklahoma Clarinet Symposiums.
Dr. Andrus is the Artist-Lecturer in Clarinet at Moravian College, Susquehanna University and Lehigh University. Formerly, she was Professor of Clarinet at Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi and at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, Louisiana. She earned her doctorate in 1998 as a Presidential Fellow at The Ohio State University. Originally from New York State, Dr. Andrus received her BM from The Crane School at SUNY Potsdam, and the MM from Michigan State University. Her teachers include Alan Woy, James Pyne, Theodore Oien, Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr and Mark Nuccio. During the summer, she teaches and performs at the New England Music Camp in Sidney, Maine. Dr. Andrus is an Artist-Clinician for the Buffet-Crampon USA Corporation, and plays Buffet R-13 clarinets.

VALERIE PEARSON is an active clarinetist and teacher in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania. She holds a BA degree in Music from Moravian College, and a BSE degree in Paper Engineering from Western Michigan University. She is an artist-lecturer at Moravian College and at the Eastern Conservatory of Music in New Jersey. As a clarinetist, she currently plays in the Allentown Band and in the Moravian Clarinet Choir. Previously, Ms. Pearson performed with the Columbia Orchestra and the Columbia Concert Band in Columbia, Maryland, and the Chattanooga Concert Band and Chattanooga Clarinet Choir in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She has performed in master classes with Mark Nuccio of the New York Philharmonic, Robert DiLutis of the Rochester Philharmonic, and John Schwartz of the Allentown Symphony Orchestra. Her primary teachers include Deborah Andrus, Christopher DiSanto, Marguerite Baker-Levin, Nikolasa Tejero and Maurita Murphy Mead. Valerie currently resides in Nazareth with her husband and two daughters.

STEVE REISTETER was born and raised in Bethlehem, PA. He is a member of the Allentown Band, the Allentown Symphony, the Hanover Woodwind Quintet and frequently plays in the the pit orchestras for area musicals. As a pop musician, he has performed with Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald, Bob Hope, Clay Aiken, Johnny Mathis, Bernadette Peters, The Four Tops, The Temptations and the national touring company of “Grease.” A published composer, Steve’s compositions have performed across the world by such groups as the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Amherst Saxophone Quartet, the US Coast Guard Academy Band. He also has written theater and film scores. One film, “Tragic Irony,” for which Steve wrote and performed the score, was recently broadcast on the Discovery Channel. He is an elementary school vocal and instrumental music teacher in the Whitehall-Coplay School District and resides in Bethlehem with his wife, Johanna.

RAPHAEL SANDERS is currently Assistant Professor of Clarinet at the Crane School of Music, State University of New York at Potsdam. Dr. Sanders holds degrees from the University of Hawaii, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the University of North Texas. Raphael’s clarinet mentors include Robert Marcellus, David Breeden, Henry Miyamura, and James Gillespie. Originally from Hawaii, Raphael has performed with orchestras in San Francisco, Houston and New York, the USAF Band, and has taught at the college level in Texas and Nevada. Raphael performs regularly throughout the United States and abroad and recently returned from a 9-day residency in Canton (Guangzhou), China and a 4-day residency in Cardiff (Wales, UK). He is a member of the acclaimed group Texas Clarinet Consort, which has performed in Sweden, Belgium, France, England, Vancouver, and Mexico. Raphael performed his New York City debut recital in June 2005, followed by solo performances in Flushing, Douglaston, Manhattan, and the Weil Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in 2006. Dr. Sanders is a performing artist with Buffet Crampon, conducts clinics and masterclasses throughout America, and recently completed a tour of Colorado and Texas. He is also a gold performing artist with D’Addario. He is currently the I.C.A. New York State Chair. At Crane, Dr. Sanders teaches applied clarinet, clarinet tech and directs the critically acclaimed Crane Clarinet Choir. In 1997 Raphael established the I.C.A. Orchestral Audition Competition. He has been teaching at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in the summer since 1998.

JOHN SCHWARTZ received his bachelor's degree from West Chester State and a master's degree from Temple University. Additional graduate study was done at Villanova University. His principal clarinet teacher was Anthony Liberio, a protege' of Gino Cioffi, former principal clarinetist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. His tenure in the Bethlehem Area School District included teaching at Northeast Middle School and Freedom High School. During that time, he also served as an instructor at Moravian College teaching clarinet and woodwind techniques. Currently, he teaches clarinet privately and at the Community Music School in Allentown. Mr. Schwartz currently serves as principal clarinetist in the Allentown Symphony Orchestra. He has also played with the Allentown Band, Pottstown Symphony, Reading Symphony and in PA Sinfonia. Additionally, he organized and performed in the following chamber ensembles: Leval Woodwind Quintet, Allentown Symphony Woodwind Quintet and the Chaleureux Trio.

Dr. Neil Wetzel is Assistant Professor of Music at Moravian College where he teaches saxophone and is Director of Jazz Studies. Having earned both a BM (Jazz Perf.) and MAT degrees from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, in 2007 he completed the EdD program at Teacher's College, Columbia University. His dissertation focused on teaching jazz improvisation. As founder and music director of Moravian College's summer music camp, July Jazz Getaway, Mr. Wetzel has worked and played with Clark Terry, Al Grey, Terrell Stafford, Milt Grayson, Stanley Turrentine, and Bobby Watson. He has backed many great performers including Tony Bennett, Natalie Cole, Bob Hope, Johnny Mathis, Bernadette Peters, the Temptations and the Four Tops. He has recorded with the Philly Pops Orchestra and singer Patti Page in Carnegie Hall; this CD won the 1999 Grammy for best Pop Traditional Performance. He can also be heard on four CD's with jazz pianist Eric Mintel: Live, Hopscotch, Dynamo and Four on the Floor. Mr. Wetzel has also played and taught at the Lana Jazz Festival in Lana, Italy as well as the Karel Velebny Jazz Workshop in Frydlant, Czech Republic.

 

 

ContraBass Clarinets in rehearsal

Charles Willett and Dr Diane Barger

Master Class with Willett and Barger

Faculty- students discussion session

Dr Gainey, Pam Gordon, Pianist, Dr Barger, Charles Willett

UAB Department of Music Presents the 6th Annual UAB Clarinet Retreat,  Dr Denise Gainey, Director - 1 March 2008

Event Information
 
City: Birmingham
Begin Date: Saturday, March 1, 2008
End Date: Sunday, March 2, 2008
Other Location: UAB Mary Culp Hulsey Recital Hall, 950 13th St. S.
Registration is open to clarinetists of all ages. The weekend features recitals, rehearsals and master classes with clinicians as well as a final concert. All recitals and the concert are free and open to the public. For information or to register, contact retreat coordinator and UAB associate professor of clarinet Denise Gainey, D.M.A., at clarinet@uab.edu or call 205-975-0558.
Hours: Call for a schedule.
Contact Information
Phone: 205-934-7376
Web Site: http://www.music.uab.edu
Payment Information
Admission: Free

 


 

C A L E N D  A R OF E V E N T S
HARVARD UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC
 

Clarinetist Michael Norsworthy to Perform at Fromm Players Concerts on
March 7 and 8 at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts
 
Clarinetist Michael Norsworthy will perform the music of David Felder
and Pierre Boulez as part of the Fromm Players at Harvard: 60 years of
Electronic Music Concerts on Friday, March 7 and Saturday, March 8 – 8
PM each evening at John Knowles Paine Concert Hall on the campus of
Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
 
The March 7 program, which will feature Mr. Norsworthy’s performance of
David Felder’s Coleccion Nocturna, will also include music by Bresnick,
Reich, Feldman, Ferneyhough and Lachenmann. Two of the composers, Brian
Ferneyhough and Helmut Lachenmann, are currently on the composition
faculty at Harvard.
 
The March 8 program, which will feature Mr. Norsworthy’s performance of
Pierre Boulez’ Dialogue de l’ombre double, will also present music of
Harvey, Davidovsky, Ussachevsky, Czernowin and Sims.
 
Other performers on these concerts will be Patti Monson, flute, Evan
Ziporyn, clarinet, Stephen Olsen, piano, Gabriela Diaz, violin, David
Russell, cello, and Dinosaur Annex. Curated by German composer Hans
Tutschku, this year’s Fromm Festival will also employ the sound
diffusion of HYDRA, a system of multiple speakers arranged throughout
the concert hall.
 
The March 7 and 8 concerts are free and open to the public. For more
information, visit http://www.music.fas.harvard.edu/calendar.html#fromm
or call 617-496-6013.
 
A dedicated and persuasive champion of the music of our own time,
Michael Norsworthy has given premieres of over 80 works in collaboration
with composers Harrison Birtwistle, Elliott Carter, Chris Dench, Pozzi
Escot, Brian Ferneyhough, Michael Finnissy, Lukas Foss, Hans Werner
Henze, Magnus Lindberg, Ralph Shapey and Marc Anthony Turnage, among
many others.
 
As soloist, Michael Norsworthy has performed an extensive repertoire of
concerti, ranging from Mozart to Ferneyhough, with the Aspen
Contemporary Ensemble, Callithumpian Consort, NEC Contemporary Ensemble,
Pottstown Symphony, Soria Chamber Players, Southern Illinois Symphony
and Symphony Pro Musica, while audiences have heard his numerous
recitals in Boston, Cambridge, Chicago and St. Louis. He has also
collaborated with Tony Arnold, Patrick Demenga, Stephen Drury, Aleck
Karis, John Zorn, the Borromeo String Quartet, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project. Conductors he has worked with
include Boulez, DePriest, Knussen, Levine, Muti, Robertson, Ozawa,
Tilson Thomas and many others. Michael Norsworthy plays on Buffet
Clarinets and mouthpieces by Kalmen Opperman.
 
For more information about clarinetist Michael Norsworthy, including a
bio, reviews and much more, please visit
http://www.michaelnorsworthy.com/. You can also contact Jeffrey James
Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net.

 

Second Annual Northeast Clarinet Day - Saturday, 8 March 2008

Texas A & M University, Commerce Texas

Texas A & M University Clarinet Day - 8 March 2008

Schedule of Events

Guest Clinician - Dr Gary Whitman, Professor of Clarinet, Texas Christian University

Masterclass Application

The event is designed for high school and college students from around the region as well as for Band Directors and private teachers. All events are free to the public and students do not need to register to attend this event.

Master Classes will be given by guest artist Gary Whitman, Professor of Clarinet at Texas Christian University along with performers from this region.

The festival schedule is still tentative, so check the websites for updated information and contact Dr Mary Alice Druhan

                                                                                                                                                                                  

Musikmesse Frankfurt Messe Frankfurt
  Musikmesse Frankfurt
International trade fair for musical instruments, music software and computer hardware, sheet music and accessories


Next Musikmesse in Frankfurt am Main will be held from
12 to 15 March 2008


 

 
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Musikmesse set a new record for visitor numbers in 2007. 79,700 visitors – an increase of 6.8 % compared to the year before. You can benefit from this positive development by exhibiting your latest products at the next Musikmesse in Frankfurt from
12 to 15 March 2008

                    

The Woodwind and Musical Concepts of

Joe Allard

 

A Masterclass Presented by Woodwind Artist and Educator

 Dr. Edward Joffe

 March 14, 2008   -    11am-3pm

 2600 Netherland Ave. #425

Riverdale NY, 10463

 Topics to include:

Embouchure, breathing, articulation, equipment, preparing for auditions (orchestral/university) and opportunities in today's music business.

 

         The class is open to both clarinetists and saxophonists. It will be held at 2600 Netherland Ave, Riverdale, NY and is easily accessible by NYC public transportation. The class is limited to six participants. $50 admission charge. Please RSVP to jdaug4780@msmnyc.edu as early as possible to reserve a seat, directions, and for possible carpool options from Manhattan.

Joseph Allard studied at New England Conservatory, clarinet with Gaston Hamelin, Daniel Bonade, and Ralph Maclean, and saxophone with Chester Hazlett.

He  performed with the New York Philharmonic, the NBC Symphony Orchestra [under the direction of Arturo Toscanini], and the NBC Symphony of the Air. He also performed on the Firestone Radio Shows, with Cavalcade of America, Band of America and on the Bell Telephone Show from their first radio show to their last television show for over 15 years. Mr. Allard was a feature solo clarinetist on the Bell Telephone Hour.

He taught saxophone, clarinet & bass clarinet at Juilliard, Manhattan School of Music, Mannes College of Music, New England Conservatory,  Brooklyn College, Columbia and Long Island University. His students have performed as regular members of every major orchestra and jazz band in the U.S. for the last 60+ years.
 

       Versatile woodwind artist Edward Joffe has been a vital part of the New York music scene for over thirty years. He has performed in every type of musical situation and taught from elementary school through graduate school. A native New Yorker, Dr. Joffe performs recitals frequently throughout the New York Metropolitan area.

      Orchestral performances with the New York City Ballet, Philadelphia Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, New Jersey Symphony, Brooklyn Philharmonic,  Westchester Philharmonic, Kirov and Bolshoi Ballets.

     New Jersey City University Professor of Woodwinds & Jazz

     Chamber Music performances with the Philip Glass Ensemble, the Steve Reich Ensemble, and the New York Chamber Symphony.


     
Commercial music performances/recordings with Barry Manilow, Audra McDonald. Shirley Bassey, Ray Charles, Mel Torme, Kiri Te Kanawa and Aretha Franklin.


     
Broadway shows including
The Drowsy Chaperone, Fosse, Victor Victoria, Oklahoma, Gypsy, Damn Yankees, Me and My Girl, and A Chorus Line

 

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Announcing Midwest ClariFest 2008

University of Nebraska

Friday, March 28, 2008

Featured Artist,  Nathan Williams, clarinet

Nathan Williams--hailed by critics as "outstanding for his musicality, breath control, robust and brilliant tone, and flawless technique" (El Nuevo Dia Domingo, San Juan), "a highly effective soloist" (The New York Times), and "a stellar musician, capable of the most exquisite and expressive playing" (The Winston-Salem Journal)–-has appeared as concerto soloist and given recitals and chamber music performances at Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Hall, and Kaufmann Hall at the 92nd St. Y, as well as throughout the United States, and in Austria, Canada, China, Israel, Hungary, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, the Netherlands, and the Czech Republic.

Dr. Williams has been heard in concert broadcasts on National Public Radio, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the Austrian Radio Network, NCRV (Dutch Radio), and WNCN-New York. He has taken part in world-premiere recordings and performances of both solo and chamber music for the New York Guild of Composers, the Austrian Composers Foundation, the Focus! Festival at New York’s Lincoln Center, and San Francisco’s Composers, Inc. He has received critical acclaim for his compact disc recordings for Albany, Composers Recordings, Inc., Naxos, New Dynamic Records, and Arizona University Recordings. He is also a featured soloist on "Music from the I.C.A.", distributed by the International Clarinet Association. In 1999, Strata–-a trio he founded with violinist James Stern and pianist Audrey Andrist--recorded works by Aram Khachaturian, Max Bruch, Martin Rokeach, Igor Stravinsky, and Don Freund for AUR. A duo CD with Andrist, Spontaneous Lines (Albany Records, TROY 311), features works by American composers Leslie Bassett, Sebastian Currier, Robert Maggio, Robert Muczynski, and Martin Rokeach.

Dr. Williams earned the Artist Diploma with highest honors from the Academy of Music and Fine Arts in Vienna, Austria, as well as graduate degrees from the Eastman and Juilliard schools, where he studied with Stanley Hasty. A former clarinetist with the Continuum ensemble in New York, he was the principal clarinetist of the Winston-Salem Symphony from 1996 to 2003, and from 1990 to 2001 he was on the faculty of the East Carolina University School of Music in Greenville, N. C.

Since 2001 Williams has been the Instructor of Clarinet at the Interlochen Arts Academy. He is on the Artist Roster of Lois Scott Management, Inc. in New York and is an Artist/Clinician for Buffet Crampon. He also recently joined the artist faculty of the Amalfi Coast Chamber Music Institute in Vietri-sul-Mare/Naples, Italy. Upcoming engagements during the 2007-2008 season include performances in Colorado, Illinois, North Carolina, Iowa, Arizona, Texas, New York, Florida, Nebraska, Italy and China.
 

The UNL clarinet studio is looking forward to the 12th annual Midwest ClariFest on Friday, March 28, 2008. All events will take place in Kimball Recital Hall on the UNL campus. There is no registration fee for the festival or for the recitals, and clarinetists of all ages are encouraged to attend. For further information, please contact

Dr. Diane Barger at dbarger1@unl.edu

Click on the form below to download a PDF file of the 2008 Midwest ClariFest flier and registration form!

 

 

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College of Musical Arts - Bowling Green State University, Ohio,   29 March 2008

Kevin Schempf, Director

Clarinet Conference

March 29, 2008—Free and open to the public

Hosted by Kevin Schempf, associate professor of clarinet.

Eric Satterlee from Meridian Winds will provide clarinet repairs and will be selling clarinet accessories from 9 a.m.–5 p.m.

Special Guest Eli Eban

Eli Eban was born in New York and received his early musical training in Israel, studying the clarinet with Richard Lesser and Yona Ettlinger. After serving as solo clarinetist of the Israeli Defense Forces Band, he was accepted into the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he studied with Anthony Gigliotti. Immediately upon graduation, he was appointed principal clarinetist of the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra under Lukas Foss, and shortly thereafter he joined the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra at the invitation of Maestro Zubin Mehta. During his 13 seasons with the Israel Philharmonic, he performed and recorded all the major orchestral repertoire, working with pre-eminent international conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Daniel Barenboim, Leonard Bernstein, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Charles Dutoit, Christoph Eschenbach, James Levine, Kurt Masur, Sir Simon Rattle, Leonard Slatkin, Sir Georg Solti and Klaus Tennstedt. He has appeared as a soloist with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra on many occasions and also performed concertos with the English Chamber Orchestra at the Barbican Center, the City of London Sinfonia at Royal Festival Hall, the Salzburg Mozarteum Camerata, the Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra, the Israel Camerata Jerusalem, the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra and the Louisville Orchestra.

Eban tours extensively as a chamber musician, collaborating with world-renowned artists and ensembles. He has appeared as a guest artist with the Alexander, Audubon, Orion, St. Petersburg, Tel Aviv and Ying quartets. He was a frequent participant of the famed Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont. While at Marlboro, he was invited by legendary Hungarian violinist Sandor Vegh to perform at the Prussia Cove festival in England, drawing critical acclaim from the London Guardian for his “high-powered, electrifying performances.” His subsequent recordings for Meridian Records, London, were cited by the Penguin Guide To CDs as being “full of life and highly sensitive.” He has also recorded for the Saphir, Crystal and Naxos labels. Eban was a member of Myriad (a chamber ensemble formed by members of the Cleveland Orchestra) for seven years, and has often traveled to Eastern Europe to perform and teach as a visiting artist of the European Mozart Foundation.

Eban served as visiting professor of clarinet at the Eastman School of Music before joining the faculty of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in 1990. In 2007, he was named a Rudy Professor by the Indiana University Board of Trustees. This distinguished ranks professorship is named after James H. Rudy, an Indiana University graduate who dedicated his estate to the recognition and retention of outstanding faculty.

Eban divides his time between teaching at Indiana University, performing with the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra and touring as a soloist and chamber musician. He spends his summers performing and teaching at the Sarasota Music Festival and playing principal clarinet in the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra. Recent engagements include a world tour as acting principal clarinetist with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, directed by Lorin Maazel, and critically acclaimed performances at London’s Wigmore Hall.

Additional Guests

Schedule of Events

  1. Master Class: Eli Eban. Noon, Choral Rehearsal Hall.
  2. Recital: featuring Curlette, Luevano, Belisle, Klaas, Langworthy and Ford. 1 p.m., Bryan Recital Hall.
  3. Clarinet Choir Reading Session. 3 p.m., Choral Rehearsal Hall.
    All clarinetists are welcome to play in this.
  4. Concert with special guest Eli Eban. 4:30 p.m., Bryan Recital Hall. Reception following the concert.

 

 

 

 

 

Newsletter

 
 
Bucharest International Clarinet Competition 2008

     

Each competitor must prepare one work from each of the following groups (points). Each round is eliminatory.

Age category C

FIRST ROUND

  1. a work at choice by :
    • Carl Stamitz - Concerto no.7 in Eb Major – part I
                           (Darmstadter Konzert)
    • Carl Stamitz - Concerto no. 10 in Bb Major - part I
  2. a work for solo clarinet at choice (max. 10 min. ) 

SECOND ROUND

  1. a work at choice by:
    • Stan Golestan - “Eclogue”
    • W.Lutoslawski - Dance Preludes
    • G.Rossini - Introduction, Theme and Variations
    • M.Arnold - Sonatina
    • A.Messager - Solo for Contest
    • H.Rabaud - Solo for Contest
    • D.Milhaud - Duo concertant
  2. a work at choice by
    • C.M. von Weber - Concerto No. 1 in f minor – part I
    • C.M. von Weber - Concertino op. 26
    • C.M. von Weber - Variations op. 33
  3. a virtuosity work at choice (max 10 min.)

Age category D

FIRST ROUND

  1. a work at choice by:
    • Carl Stamitz - Concerto no.7 in Eb Major - part I
                           (Darmstadter Konzert)
    • B.H. Crusell - Concerto in f minor op. 5 – part I
    • L. Spohr - Concerto No. 1 op. 21 – part III
  2. a work for solo clarinet at choice (max. 10 min. )

SECOND ROUND

  1. C.Debussy - Rhapsody
  2. a sonata / sonatina at choice, by:
    • J.Brahms, C.Saint-Saens
    • B. Martinu, J.Horovitz

FINAL ROUND

  1. a virtuosity work at choice (max 10 min.)
  2. W.A. Mozart - Concerto in A Major K.V. 622


The works in Final Round must be performed from memory. For all the other works, scores may be used. The order of the performance is always left to the participant’s own choice.


 

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