Hot News November 2004
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Maureen Hurd, Ben Redwine, and Jean-Francoise Bescond
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Ms Hurd at Clarinet Class
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Clarinet lesson
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Ms Hurd and students
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Annapolis Naval Academy Band Clarinet Choir
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November 2004
4th Annual US Naval Academy Band Clarinet Day USA
During these two
days of activities held in Annapolis at the St.
Margaret’s Episcopal Church,
this conference was held in collaboration with the Naval Academy Band and the
two below distinguished artists, and Conn-Selmer, a major sponsor of this event,
On Thursday, November 18th at
5:00 P.M., Dr. Ed Riley from the
University of North Carolina, Greensboro conducted a master class entitled "The
Vocal Approach: How to Sing on the Clarinet." In the evening, Ben Redwine and
Jean-Francois Bescond joined Ed Riley and Maureen Hurd for a recital featuring
new music and classics from the clarinet repertoire (Poulenc, Weber, Kovacs,
Cahuzac, Arnold, Ravel...). On Friday, November 19th, at 5:00 P.M.,
Ms. Hurd conducted a master class entitled “Musical Groupings: Making the
Difficult Easy and Musical”. Some students from the University of Maryland
attended this so interesting master-class. These Clarinet Days have been
concluded at 8:00 P.M. with a performance by the
United States Naval Academy Clarinet
Choir: the 9 clarinetists from the USNA Band performed arrangements and
originally written pieces.
This 4th Annual United States Naval Academy Band’s Clarinet Day
featured, courtesy of the
Conn-Selmer Company, Dr. Edwin
Riley, clarinet professor at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, and
web commentator for the
Clarinet Corner
(Selmer) Resources, and Ms. Maureen Hurd, clarinet
professor at Rutgers University, New Jersey.
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Columbus State University Riverview Performing Arts Center
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Student lesson with CSU student
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HS Student lesson at CSU
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HS Students in lesson Master Class
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Student CSU lesson
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Mark Kleine Clarinet Performance
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Middle School Student Clarinet Choir
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Gillingham Performance with Dr Oberlander
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Lisa Oberlander Master Class
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6 November 2004
Columbus State University
(Georgia) Clarinet Day - Nov 2004
On November 6, 2004, High
school and Middle school clarinetists came from all over Georgia to Clarinet Day
at the Schwob School of Music at Columbus State University in Columbus, GA.
This was part of a larger "Woodwind and Percussion Day" at the Schwob School.
Clarinet Day consisted of a masterclass by CSU clarinet professor Lisa
Oberlander with selected high school performers. Those performing were:
Christina Bianco, MacIntosh HS; Emily Tyndall, Starr's Mill HS; Saori Kamata,
Dublin HS; Aaron Groff, North Cobb HS; Elise Craft, Winder Barrow HS, and Steven
Gooden, Fayette County HS.
The day continued with performances by three Schwob School clarinet majors:
Steven Naimark, Melissa Redwood, and Mark Kliene. While the high schoolers went
on a tour of the RiverCenter for the Performing Arts and the Rankin Housing, the
middle school students got mini-lessons and played in clarinet choir. The
teachers included Jessica Couch, Danita England, John Inzetta, and Melissa
Redwood.
The day ended with a concert of the CSU Percussion Ensemble with faculty
soloists Amy Griffiths (saxophone) in Charles Griffin's Fist Through Traffic,
Lisa Oberlander (clarinet) in David Gillingham's Spiritual Dances,
Andrée Martin (flute) in George Crumb's Idyll for the Misbegotten, and
Paul Vaillancourt (percussion) in Michael Burritt's Timeless.
November 1, 2004
New
York Philharmonic’s Drucker and Nuccio on Double Duty during Japanese
Orchestra Tour
(Los Angeles)
New York Philharmonic principal clarinetist
Stanley Drucker and associate principal and solo Eb
clarinetist Mark Nuccio recently presented master classes and a concert for
Tokyo dealers and students. Drucker and Nuccio, both
Buffet Crampon artists, were touring
Japan with the orchestra.
Buffet Crampon Japan (BCJ), The Music
Groups Japanese distribution company, sponsored the events and organized an
instrument exhibition in the Concert Hall lobby displaying the full range of
Buffet Crampon clarinets for those attending the events.
Nuccio later travelled to
Taiwan to perform a clarinet concerto with the
Taiwan Symphony Orchestra on October 31st. On November
1st Mark performed with a string quartet at the Dong Wu University. The
following day he presented master classes for the university’s students.
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