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December 2013 - Monthly Summary
Clarinetist Alexander Fiterstein performs a Concert
of Jewish Chamber
Music with friends
Erin Keefe
Nick, CanellakisTien-Hsin,
Cindy WuCharles,
YangTim
Lovelace at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC - 1
December 2013. With much gratitude to Pro Musica Hebraica for preserving
this music!
2nd
Annual Rowan College Clarinet Day with VIP
Ricardo Morales, Rei Suzuki, Director - 7 December
2013 in Glassboro, New Jersey
World Class Clarinet Soloist Martin Frost performs Mozart
Clarinet Concerto K622 with the Orpheus
Chamber Orchestra at Carnegie Hall
- 7 December 2013
Vandoren
Studio Holiday Party - New York City - VIP
David Gould, Host, with visit with Senior VIP
Bernard Vandoren from Paris, France - 9 December 2013
Major Recital with VIP Anthony McGill, Solo
Clarinetist in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and Gloria Chien, piano -
American Philosophical Society at
Benjamin Franklin Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 12 December 2013
Berliner Philharmoniker Late-Night Konzert, Sir Simon Rattle, conducting,
with VIP Andreas
Ottensamer as Soloist in Two Jazz Concertos - Stravinsky Ebony Concerto and
Bernstein Prelude, Fugue & Riffs - 21 December 2013
VIP and Czech
Soloist
Ludmilla Peterkova Soloist in Mozart Clarinet Concerto
K622 (utilizing Bassett A Clarinet) with the
Prague chamber orchestra with the conductor Petr
Jirikovsky. 30 December 2013, Prague, Rudolfinum






November 2013 -
Monthly Summary
Latin American Clarinet Congress - Brazil - VIP Marco Antonio
Mazzini, Director - 29 October - 1 November 2013
Wright State University - Christopher Grymes Clarinet
Master Class and Recital, VIP John
Kurokawa, Host - Dayton, Ohio -
1 & 3 November 2013
International Conservatory Week (
World Festival of the Music Academies ) : St Petersburg, Russia with
VIP
Luigi Magistrelli, International Soloist
and Professor at the Milano Concervatory -
2 - 9 November 2013 |
Master Class with Senior VIP and
Solo Clarinetist in the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Michelle Zukovsky at
California State University at Northridge - Host - VIP
Julia Heinen
- 4 November 2013
Music Mélange
welcomes Ensemble 54
featuring Nuno Antunes, Pascal Archer, Nick Gallas, &
David Gould
in a special evening of music from the theater.
Theatre! Film! Opera! Ensemble 54 pays a tribute to acting! at the
Interart Theatre, home to Blessed Unrest in New York - 4 November 2013
Performance of Mozart Clarinet
Concerto with Modern Period Bassett A Clarinet with VIP
Charles Neidich
with Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra - Brooklyn Height, New York USA
- 9 November 2013
2nd Annual Clarinet Spectacular at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio with
Special Artist Guests and
Eddie Daniels, Senior VIP and
Jazz/Classic Legend - VIP Dr
Caroline Hartig, Director - 9 -
10 November 2013
Beijing International Music
Competition
- China - 1 - 11 November 2013
2nd Annual Clarinet Day with The
United States Navy Band - 16 November 2013 in Washington, DC - Captain Brian
O Walden, Commander and Leader, and Senior Chief Musician Laura Grantier,
Director
Solemn Day Recalled by Strings and Heartstrings
with Performance of Messiean's Quartet for the End of Time with VIP
Charles Neidich and members of the Brentano String
Quartet -
Classical Tributes to Kennedy in Dallas Texas - 23
November 2013
New
York Philharmonic
Legend and Senior VIP Stanley Drucker
and Naomi Drucker perform Major Recital at the State University of New York
(Middletown) - Orange County Community College Artist Series - 24 November 2013
Clarinetist Alexander Fiterstein joined conductor Vladimir Lande
and the
Washington
Soloists Chamber Orchestra for a performance of Sean Hickey's Clarinet Concerto
at Merkin Hall in
New York City USA - 25 November 2013




October 2013 - Monthly Summary
Antara
Ensemble Concert performs music of Bartok and Mozart with Senior VIP
Stanley Drucker performing
Mozart Clarinet Concerto K622 at St Peters Catholic Church near CitiCorp in New
York - 1 October 2013
VIP Dr
Julia Heinen performs Premiere of Scott McAllister's
Freebirds for Clarinet and Winds with the CSUN Wind Ensemble at Northridge,
California - 1 October 2013
International Arts Movement Classical Music Concert
with VIP
Charles Neidich -
The program presents renowned composer Christopher
Theofanidis’ newly commissioned piano quintet 'At the Still Point', inspired by
T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets and Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time.
The performance featured along with Charles Neidich, clarinet, Mia Chung, piano,
Elizabeth Larson and Susan Kim, violins, and Soo Bae, cello - held at the
West 83 Ministry Center New York City -
3 October 2013
VIP
Karl-Heinz Steffens, former Solo Klarinettist in the
Berliner Philharmoniker,
makes an incredible debut as Conductor at his Orchestra 9 - 11 October 2013 -
Link below:
http://www.digitalconcerthall.com/concert/16915
9th
Vandoren Clarinet Ensemble Festival at University of Illinois at Champaign -
Urbana - VIP's Mitchell Estrin and David Gould, Dr David Harris, with
Harvey Hermann, Directors - 12 - 13 October 2013
Ana Catalina Ramirez Performs Oscar Navarro 1st Clarinet
Concerto with the Temple University in Philadelphia Wind Ensemble - 14 October
2013
CLARINET POTPOURRI with
VIP
Charles Neidich and
Ayoka Oshima Perform Recital
and Chamber
Music with VIP's Alan R Kay,
Michael Lowenstern, Bass
Clarinet,
and Students
Marco Danesi, Vasko Dukovski,
Saerom Kim, Yeon-Hyung Lim, Shen Liu, Geneviève Rivard, Weixiong Wang, Shuyue
Zhao, Moon Sun Yoo
at The Juilliard School (Morse
Recital Hall) -
New York City -
15 October 2013
9th
Mercadante International Clarinet Competition - VIP
Antonio Tinelli, Director,
VIP Julia Heinen
- President of the Jury - Noces (Bari), Italy -
17 - 20 October 2013 - Winner Results coming soon
50th Year
Anniversary of the Opening of the Berliner Philharmonie with noteworthy
Celebration with the
Berliner Philharmoniker - 20 October 2013
VIP
Ricardo Morales
Performs Mozart Clarinet Concerto K622 with the
Buffalo Philharmonic,
JoAnn Falletta, Conductor - 19 - 20 October 2013
Mozart Concerto K622 Recording at the Bremen Radio Hall
Charles Neidich,
together with Solamente Naturali Bratislava, is recording his second Mozart
Concerto CD. This time, it is a period instruments version. In this album
Charles is performing on a custom made basset clarinet made by
Jochen
Seggelke.

September 2013 -
Monthly Summary
VIP and Solo
Klarinettist in the
Berliner
Philharmoniker
Wenzel Fuchs
marks his 20th Anniversary Year as Principal in the Orchestra with 31 Years as
Principal in other Orchestras in Berlin
Luca Luciano and Innovative
Premieres and Contemporary Music Research and Performance
Multiphonics Festival in Fulda, Germany featuring Workshops, Classes in
Contemporary Techniques, and Concerts featuring Virtuosi Claudio Puntin, Michael
Reissler, Annette Maye, the Duo Doyna, and Senior VIP and King of Klezmer Giora
Feidman and his Trio - 13 15 September 2013
Young musicians and musicians of the Philharmonie Bonn accompanied Sabine Meyer
16 September 2013 in Carl Maria von Weber's Concerto for clarinet - under the
leadership
of
the Orchestra's founder Heribert Beissel
VIP and Solo Clarinetist of the
Philadelphia Orchestra
Ricardo Morales
performs Copland Clarinet Concerto with the
Fairfax Symphony at George Mason
University 21 September 2013
American Chamber Ensemble
Annual Gala Music Party on September 22, 2013 with
Performance with Senior VIP Stanley Drucker
performing Poulenc Sonatas (Clarinet & Piano and Sonata for 2 Clarinets)
Keith Wilson Memorial Concert
at Yale University performed by friends and associates with beloved Student and
International Soloist Richard Stoltzman - 22 September 2013 in New Haven,
Connecticut
VIP and International Soloist and Professor at the Milano Conservatory
Luigi Magistrelli Holds Master Classes in
Vilnius, Lithuania - 23 - 25 September 2013
VIP and Newly appointed
Professor Dr Guy Yehuda Performing
John Corigliano Clarinet Concerto
with the University Orchestra with composer in attendance 27 September
2013 - Michigan State University
August 2013 -
Monthly Summary
Summer Clarinet School - Hans,
The Netherlands - 31 July - 2 August 2013 - VIP Celeste
Zewald, Director
IMANI Wind Chamber Music
Festival held at the
Juilliard School and
the Mannes College of Music - 28 July - 8 August 2013 in New York City
VIP and Solo
Klarinettist in the
Berliner
Philharmoniker
Wenzel Fuchs
marks his 20th Anniversary Year as Principal in the Orchestra with 31 Years as
Principal in other Orchestras in Berlin
Ronald
Van Spaendonck as
Soloist at China Single Reed Festival that took place in Beijing, China from
July 30th to August 4th 2013
Martha's
Vineyard Chamber Music Society Mozart Program with Senior VIP
Franklin Cohen and
Supporting him concertmasters and leading musicians from
Pittsburg, Calgary, Berlin, Boston, and Los Angeles, performing the Mozart
Clarinet Quintet K 581 and the Kegelstadt Trio K 498 - 5 August 2013,
Massachusetts




July 2013 -Monthly
Summary
The United States Army Band
(Pershing's Own) Alumni Concerts and Weekend
Activities with former historic members dating back two generations, giving
concerts at the US Capitol and at the Home Base at Brucker Hall at Fort Myer,
Virginia - Colonel Thomas Palmatier, Leader and Commander - 11 - 13 July
2013
7th
Buffet Summer Clarinet Academy - with World Class VIP Faculty of Five posted
above - Performing Organization Chairman
Mitchell Estrin and VIP Matt Vance, Directors - held at the University of
North Florida in Jacksonville - 15 - 20 July 2013
THE
CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA premieres the "II CONCERTO "for
Clarinet and Symphony Orchestra by
composer Oscar Navarro with Senior VIP and Solo
Clarinetist
Franklin Cohen
at the Blossom Music Festival with James Feddeck,
Conductor - 21 July 2013
Clarinet Summer School (ARCS) - 22
July 2013 - Andrew Roberts, Director
ClarinetFest 2013 - VIP's Piero
Vincenti and Antonio Fraioli, Directors, in
Collaboration with the International Clarinet
Association - ICA and the City of Assisi, Italy - 24 - 28 July 2013




June 2013 - Monthly Summary
VIP
Mark Nuccio, Acting Solo Clarinetist in the
New York Philharmonic, performs Copland
Clarinet Concerto with Alan Gilbert, conducting - 31 May - 1 June 2013 at
Avery Fisher Hall
5th
Clarinetopia Residence Seminar -
Michigan State University with World-Class Faculty and Artist VIP's - 5 -
9 June 2013 - Dr
Michael Webster and Leona Buyce,, Directors
5th Carl Nielsen Clarinet Competition and Festival
- Odenske, Denmark - Winners announced - 30 May - 9 June 2013
To Play is to Blow, To
Blow is to Play Clarinet Recital with Senior VIP
Richard Nunemaker and Studio - 9 June 2013 - University of St Thomas,
Houston, Texas
Oklahoma Clarinet Symposium,
Dr Suzanne Tirk, Director - Tribute to Founder and Director for 35 Years, VIP
Dr David Etheridge
- 13 - 15 June 2013
ChamberFest Cleveland with
World-Class Performers for 10 Days in its 2nd Year - VIP's
Franklin Cohen (Solo Clarinetist in
The
Cleveland Orchestra) and daughter VIP
Diana Cohen
(Concertmaster in the Calgary Philharmonic in Canada), Directors - 20 - 30 June
2013
Happy Birthday to one of the Great Conductors and Music
Advocates of this and the last Century Claudio Abbado - past conductor of the
London Symphony, Berliner Philharmoniker, Lucerne Festival Orchestra, and the
Mozart Orchestra - 26 June 2013
May 2013 - Monthly Summary
BURT HARA, Solo
Clarinetist for 25 years in the Minnesota Orchestra, WINS POSITION WITH LOS
ANGELES PHILHARMONIC
2nd Annual
California Clarinet Day - California State University Northridge -
11 May 2013 - VIP Julia
Heinen, Director
St
Thomas Orchestra of White Plains, New York Concert 18 May 2013 with Soloists and
Senior VIP's Naomi and
Stanley Drucker Performing
Krommer Double Clarinet Concerto Op 35 - Bernard Tamosaitis, Conductor
Armenian Clarinetist Boris Allakhverdyan, former
Student of Senior VIP Franklin Cohen has won the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Principal Clarinet position 25 May 2013 in New York
April 2013 - Monthly Summary
Michael Wayne, Solo Clarinetist in
the Boston Symphony Master Class - VIP David
Gould, Director, Vandoren Artist Studio, New York - 4 April 2013
American Chamber Ensemble
April Concert at Hofstra University with Senior VIP's
Stanley Drucker, Naomi Drucker and Artist Ensemble - 7 April 2013
John Davani, a Freshman
Clarinetist and student of Senior VIP Naomi Drucker and
Alan R Kay at Stony
Brook State University of New York honored by national arts organization 7 April
2013
Chicago
Clarinet Ensemble Venezuelen Virtuosity Weekend at Northeastern University with
VIP's
Jorge Montilla, former Solo Clarinetist in
the Simon Bolivar Orchestra, and Directors VIP's
Rose Sperrazza and
John Bruce Yeh, Associate Solo
Clarinetist and Eb in the Chicago Symphony held 19 - 20 April 2013
Vandoren
and Buffet Group USA Studios and New Showroom - 25 - 27 April 2013 - The 2013 Master
Class Series - Quatuor Vendôme
March 2013 -
Monthly Summary
VIP and Co-Solo Klarinettist in the
Berliner Philharmoniker
Andreas Ottensamer
awarded Exclusive Recording Contract with Deutsche Grammophon/Mercury Classics
University of Maryland (College Park) Clarinet
Day - VIP Robert DiLutis, Director with
Major Clarinet Guest Artists including VIP William Blayney (Seattle Symphony),
Ralph Skiano (Richmond, Virginia Symphony), VIP Richard MacDowell (Retired from
University of Austin (Texas) - 3 March 2013
Texas Clarinet Colloquium at Texas A & M University,
Commerce - 1 - 3 March 2013 - VIP Dr
Mary Alice Druhan,
Director
Tennessee Tech University Clarinet Day - 2
March 2013 - Wonkak Kim, Director
Ensemble
54 Performance in New York with Paquito d'Rivera Premiere 2 March 2013, VIP
David Gould, Director
Ohio University Clarinet Gala - Dr Rebecca Rischin, Director - 23 March 2013
Middle Tennessee State University (Murfreesboro)
Clarinet Master Class Residency and Concert with VIP Sabine
Grofmeier concluding 24 March
2013 - Dr Todd Waldecker, Director
Lisbon (Portugal) Clarinet Competition Winners announced - 25 - 28
March 2013
Troy University (Alabama) Clarinet Day - VIP Dr
Timothy Phillips, Director - 30 March 2013
February 2013 - Monthly Summary
1st Annual
Master Class in honor of Mitchell Lurie with VIP
Jessica Phillips-Rieske
at the
Manhattan School of Music
Saturday 2 February - organized by VIP
Larry Guy, eminent Solo
Clarinetist in Several orchestras in New York and Professor at Vassar College
Martin Fröst,
Renowned World Soloist, to receive the Léonie Sonning Music Award 2014 in DR
Byen at a concert involving both the Concert Hall foyer and the concert hall
itself and will feature The Danish National Symphony Orchestra, the conductor
Thomas Søndergaard and The Danish String Quartet.
Allentown
(Pennsylvania) Symphony in Performance of Robert Aldridge's Clarinet Concerto
written for Soloist David Singer (Solo Clarinet in Orpheus Chamber Orchestra) 9
- 10 February 2013 conducted by Meastro Diane Wittry
VIP
Luigi Magistrelli,
Professor at the Milan Conservatory, Italy, gives master Class and Performance
at California State University, Northridge, hosted by VIP
Julia Heinen 11 - 13
February 2013
United States Air
Force Band Strings and Airmen of Note Guest Artist Series Concert at DAR
Constitution Hall with Senior VIP Paquito d'Rivera and Melina Leone 10 February
2013 in Washington, DC, conducted by Colonel Larry Lang, Commander and Conductor
VIP
Caroline Hartig
Soloist with Ohio State Wind Symphony 8 February in Columbus Ohio and 12
February at Severence Hall, Cleveland performing Ticelli Clarinet
Concerto |
VIP
Steve Williamson
Appointed to be Principal Clarinetist in New York Philharmonic
The Michigan State
University College of Music is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Guy
Yehuda as associate professor of clarinet effective August 2013
Congratulations to Clarinet Artist
LYNN MUSCO for 25 years of teaching excellence at Stetson University! Here is
Buffet
Group USA's and Artist VIP Bruce Marking making a presentation to Lynn
during last night's concert
Louisiana Solo Clarinetist
Christopher Pell performs Copland Clarinet Concerto on a minute's notice
without prior rehearsal after a emergency sickness of engaged soloist
with the Louisiana Philharmonic - New Orleans (LPO) 21 February 2013
Master
Class and Review of Senior VIP
Karl Leister (Retired Solo
Klarinettist in the
Berliner Philharmoniker) at
Headquarters
Vandoren
Paris 22 February 2013
|
Gettysburg Clarinet Day, Staff
Sergeant Aaron Scott, Director (member of
The United
States Army Band (Pershing's Own) with Clarinet Quartets from The
US Air Force Band, The
United States
Army Band, and
The
United States Marine Band (President's Own) in Concerts, Master Classes,
Seminars on Military Band opportunities, Mock Military Band Auditions, Clarinet
Choir Reading session, Clarinet Exhibitions of Instruments and Accessories, a
session on proper steps in picking an Instrument, with VIP
Robert Dilutis and
Mark Sloss, held 23 February 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
DEREK BERMEL'S "VOICES" RETURNS TO NEW YORK CITY, Performing Clarinet Concerto
with Mannes Orchestra at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center 25 February 2013

January 2013 -
Monthly Summary
Neujahrskonzert der Bläserphilharmonie Mozarzheum Salzburg mit
Stine Fuchs — with Wenzel
Fuchs - 1 January 2013
The Lifetime Achievement
Award, NAMM’s highest
industry honor, recognizes
valuable contributions to
the music products industry
|
7th
Annual Effortless Clarinet/Saxophone Recital, VIP
Richard Nunemaker, Director, featuring the world premiere of "Suite
Nothings" by Houston composer Arthur Gottschalk - University of St Thomas,
Houston, Texas - 6 January 2013
2nd International
Clarinet Competition and 3rd International European Clarinet Festival, VIP
Eddy Vanoosthuyse,
Artistic Director, with Ongoing Competition Rounds leading to Festival
Conclusion - 7 - 21 January 2013
Gala Fundraising Event for 2013
ChamberFest Cleveland 19 - 30 June held 11 January 2013 with
VIP's
Franklin Cohen, Solo Clarinetist in
Cleveland Orchestra and
Diana Cohen, Concertmaster of the Calgary, Canada Symphony, Artistic
Directors and
world renowned
pianist Garrick Ohlsson
2nd Indiana Clarinet Day at Ball State University - 13 January 2013 - Dr
Elizabeth Crawford, Director
Performing
Weber clarinet concerto n. 2 with Binghamton Philharmonic & conductor Jose-Luis
Novo. Binghamton, New York — with VIP Pascual
Martinez-Forteza - 20 January 2013
Lehigh Valley
Clarinet Day with VIP
Mark Nuccio
(Solo Clarinetist in the
New York Philharmonic) along with Community Music School Faculty John
Schwartz and Sanford Kraverte, and Clarinet Choir conducted by Ralph Brodt III
- VIP Dr
Deborah Andrus,
Director - 21 January 2013 in Allentown, Pennsylvania
West Chester
University (Pennsylvania) Clarinet Day with VIP
Mark Nuccio
(Solo Clarinetist in the New York Philharmonic)
along with VIP Ben Redwine with Major Recital and Intensive Master Class - 27
January 2013 - Dr Karen Dannessa, Director
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