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January 2017 Newsletter

 

January 2017

 

Contemporary Encounters International New Music Festival

 

Tel Aviv, Israel

 

 

 

5 - 7 January 2017

 

Boston Symphony Concerto Concert with soloists including William Hudgins and Michael Wayne performing Krommer Double Clarinet Concerto

 

Boston, Massachusetts

 

 

 

Ken-David Masur, conductor
Cynthia Meyers, piccolo
William R. Hudgins, clarinet        
Michael Wayne, clarinet
Thomas Rolfs, trumpet    
Toby Oft, trombone    
James Sommerville, horn
Michael Winter, horn
Rachel Childers, horn   
Jason Snider, horn

VIVALDI - Piccolo Concerto in C, RV 443 (12 min)
KROMMER - Concerto No. 2 for two clarinets and orchestra, Op. 91 (20 min)
JOLIVET - Concertino for trumpet, piano and strings (9 min)
ROTA - Trombone Concerto (13 min)
SCHUMANN - Concert Piece for four horns and orchestra (18 min)

 

Soloists from the ranks of the Boston Symphony Orchestra take center stage in this highly unusual, far-ranging program led by BSO Assistant Conductor Ken-David Masur. BSO piccoloist Cynthia Meyers performs Vivaldi's delightful Piccolo Concerto in C. BSO principal clarinet William Hudgins and clarinetist Michael Wayne are soloists in Mozart-contemporary Franz Krommer's Concerto No. 2 for two clarinets.

 

5 - 8 January 2017

 

Norddeutsche Klarinettentage

 

Bremen, Germany

 

 

 

4 - 7 January 2017

 

Clarinetissimo Festival

 

 

 

Bruges, Belgium

 

The aim of CLARINETISSIMO 2017 is to give PASSIONATE AND INTERSTED CLARINETISTS with high artistic level the opportunity to take part in the CLARINETISSIMO FESTIVAL not only as student but also as performers TOGETHER with the faculty of international soloists/professors. 

 

5 January 2017

 

Bremen, Germany

 

 

 

 

6 - 7 January 2017

 

VIP Anthony McGill Soloist performing Mozart Clarinet Concerto K622 with the Jacksonville Symphony

 

Jacksonville, Florida

 

 

Courtney Lewis, conductor

Anthony McGill, clarinet 

 

 

In addition to being Principal Clarinet of the New York Philharmonic, Anthony McGill is universally recognized as one of the classical music world’s finest solo, chamber and orchestral musicians. He has collaborated with Yo-Yo Ma, Lang Lang, Itzhak Perlman and has performed at presidential inaugurations and brings to Jacksonville Mozart’s most famous concerto. This program will also include Beethoven’s last “classical” symphony and Sibelius’ final masterpiece, the hauntingly beautiful seventh symphony.

 

 

BEETHOVEN ● Symphony No. 2 

 

MOZART ● Clarinet Concerto

 

SIBELIUS ● Symphony No. 7 

 

 

14 January 2017

 

Penn State University Clarinet Day - Dr Tony Costa, Director, with Prestige Clarinet Quartet

 

University Park, Pennsylvania

 

 

email: ajc26@psu.edu for RSVP

Schedule:
o 10:00 am- 12:30pm, Room 128, Music Building II ~(open to public) Masterclass with John Kurokawa, Sarah Nowlin and Janice Minor

o 2:00-3:00pm, Room 128, Music Building II ~(open to high school and college-age) CLARINET FUN-damentals with Andy Hunt and Anthony Poehailos

o 3:30-6:00 pm, Room 128, Music Building II ~(open to high school and college-age) Participant Clarinet Choir rehearsal and reading session

o 6:00-7:00 pm PIZZA DINNER (location TBA)

o 7:30 pm, Esber Recital Hall, Music Building I ~(open to public) Prestige Clarinet Quartet with special guests *GRAND FINALE ~Participant Clarinet Choir!

email: ajc26@psu.edu for RSVP

Schedule:
o 10:00 am- 12:30pm, Room 128, Music Building II ~(open to public) Masterclass with John Kurokawa, Sarah Nowlin and Janice Minor

o 2:00-3:00pm, Room 128, Music Building II ~(open to high school and college-age) CLARINET FUN-damentals with Andy Hunt and Anthony Poehailos

o 3:30-6:00 pm, Room 128, Music Building II ~(open to high school and college-age) Participant Clarinet Choir rehearsal and reading session

o 6:00-7:00 pm PIZZA DINNER (location TBA)

o 7:30 pm, Esber Recital Hall, Music Building I ~(open to public) Prestige Clarinet Quartet with special guests *GRAND FINALE ~Participant Clarinet Choir!

Featuring ~ The Prestige Clarinet Quartet...

Please join us for a day of clarinet master classes, a clarinet choir reading session and an exciting concert featuring the Prestige Clarinet Quartet and YOU!

BRING YOUR CLARINETS!

email: ajc26@psu.edu for RSVP Schedule:

 o 10:00 am- 12:30pm, Room 128, Music Building II ~(open to public) Masterclass with John Kurokawa, Sarah Nowlin and Janice Minor

o 2:00-3:00pm, Room 128, Music Building II ~(open to high school and college-age) CLARINET FUN-damentals with Andy Hunt and Anthony Poehailos

o 3:30-6:00 pm, Room 128, Music Building II ~ (open to high school and college-age) Participant Clarinet Choir rehearsal and reading session

o 6:00-7:00 pm PIZZA DINNER (location TBA)
o 7:30 pm, Esber Recital Hall, Music Building I ~(open to public) Prestige Clarinet Quartet with special guests *GRAND FINALE ~Participant Clarinet Choir!

 

15 January 2017 - 7 PM

 

Anniversary performance of Olivier Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time (first premiered Jan. 15, 1941) in a Nazi Prison Camp - Performed with Tasha Warren and colleagues - Michigan State University

 

East Lansing, Michigan

 

  


Includes an anniversary performance of Olivier Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time (first premiered Jan. 15, 1941).

Warren will be joined by colleagues Ben Sung, violin, Jihye Chang Sung, piano, and Greg Sauer, cello, all from Florida State University.  

 

In the spirit of this concert’s theme, non-perishable food items for the Greater Lansing Food Bank will be accepted. Donations will provide desperately needed food to individuals and families across mid-Michigan. Thank you for contributing during this time of need.

 

Inspired in part by the Book of Revelations, it was composed while Messiaen and the other three musicians were prisoners in a Nazi Labor camp. Messiaen was a devout Catholic, and intensely spiritual. His near-obsession with bird calls (and transcribing them) is evident in the piece, as is the synesthesia he was known to experience (through chords of different “colors” and “ tangles of rainbows"). His approach to “time” through meter and rhythmic treatment deviates from tradition to such a degree that “The End of Time” refers to both existential time, in a programmatic sense, and musical time.

 

Quartet for the End of Time by Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)

 

Tickets available from College of Music box office, (517) 353-5340, online, or at the door.
$10 for adults, $8 for seniors, free for students.

 

 

19 January 2017

 

 

23 January 2017

 

Penn State University Chamber Concert including VIP Anthony McGill of the New York Philharmonic 

State College, Pennsylvania

 

28 January 2017

 

Ecole Musique Concours

 

Velizy-Villacoublay, France

 

 

28 January 2017

 

Berliner Philharmoniker Octet Tour in Japan

 

 

 

28 January 2017

 

VIP Recital with Julia Heinen and Michele Zukovsky with World Premiere

 

California State University at Northridge

 

 

CSUN - Department of Music presents

 

Faculty Artist Recital


Julia Heinen, clarinet
Francoise Regnat, piano
with 
Michele Zukovsky, clarinet


 
January 28, 2017
7:30 p.m.

 
CSUN Campus - Music Recital Hall
 
Francoise Regnat
piano
Julia Heinen
clarinet
Michele Zukovsky
clarinet
Location: Cypress Recital Hall on the CSUN

 Campus
 
Doors open at 7 p.m. 

Cost:  Adults $15 / Faculty, Staff, & Seniors $10 /

 Students $7 


Program:  

WORLD PREMIERE

OF

FRANK CAMPO'S DIVERTIMENTO FOR TWO

 CLARINETS

and 

Jean Absil - Cinq pieces faciles
 
Mieczyslaw Weinberg - Sonata for clarinet and

 piano, op. 28

Arturo Marquez - Zarabandeo

Giacomo Setaccioli - Sonata for clarinet and

 piano, op. 31.

 

28 - 29 January 2017

 

Genoa, Italy

 

30 January 2017

 

2017 Arkansas Clarinet Day - University of Arkansas Community Music School

 

Fayetteville, Arkansas

 

 

 

Guest VIP Artists

 

Andrew Simon Principal Clarinet of the Hong Kong Philharmonic, Andrew Simon’s international career was launched by his critically acclaimed Carnegie Hall debut. The first American-born artist ever to perform in North Korea (1992), career highlights include over 60 solo performances with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, appearances in 23 Japanese cities, continental premieres of the original version of Copland’s concerto in Australia and Asia, and his Singapore Symphony and New Zealand orchestral debuts performing Mozart’s concerto in its original version on basset clarinet. Recording projects include his recital CDs “HOT” (Musicians Showcase) and “Ebony and Ivory” (NAXOS Records). As guest lecturer, the Juilliard graduate frequents institutions such as Yale University, the Sydney Conservatorium, the Royal College of Music (London), and the Central Conservatory (Beijing). 2016 sees more career highlights for Simon, including his New Zealand concerto debut , Australasian recital/master class tour, Sichuan Philharmonic concerto debut, and recital tour of Thailand.

 

 Wolfgang Loeff  -  an esteemed woodwind technician.  He works as a development consultant to many world- famous instrument maker firms such as Buffet Crampon, Leblanc, Loree, Marigaux, Rigoutat (in France) Moosemann, Kreul, Schreiber, and Keilwerth (in Germany) and Fox Renard, Alvin Sweeney, and James Keyes (in the U.S),  in Japan, Mr.Logff works with Mateki Workshop (Tokyo) and Higashimatsuyamatze. Wolfgang and Birgit Pfeiffer formed a new company in Copenhagen, Lohff & Pfeiffer, in 1986. Since then, they have been the factory agent for Buffet clarinets, Schreiber [bassoons) and Keilwerth (saxophones) in Denmark.  Their high quality overhauls and customization, has led to them working with almost every Scandinavian and German Orchestra. Players from orchestras such as Cleveland, Metropolitan Opera (NY), La Scala (of Milan), Santa Cecilia (of Rome) have all worked closely with Lohff & Pfeiffer.

 

              The University of Arkansas Department of Music is honored to host the “2017 Arkansas Clarinet Day” on January 30th, 2017. All events will be held at the Faulkner Performing Arts Center. Participation and attendance is free and the public is cordially invited to attend. Advance registration is requested of all participants. The event includes recitals, master classes, and lectures. A large selection of Buffet Crampon customized clarinets will be available for participants to play test. In addition to the clarinet display, Lohff and Pfeiffer Co. is also offering free on-site minor adjustments on a first-come, first-serve basis.

This year guest artists are Andrew Simon (Principal Clarinetist of Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra) and two internationally-known woodwind technicians, Mr. Wolfgang Lohff and Ms. Brigit Pfeiffer of The Lohff & Pfeiffer Co. (Denmark).

 

 

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