We will be in Helsinki to show and discuss with clarinetists some new
developments (still in process). For example: new wood, new materials for
mechanism...
...
I also want to discuss with clarinetists our new “ Mozart Clarinet”.
This is not a Basset clarinet in the common sense, but a completely new
instrument development, specific for the performance of the Mozart clarinet
concerto : a fusion of original aspects from the times of Stadler with the
requirements of contemporary clarinetists (intonation, playing comfort, concert
hall acoustics...)
If you are interested to see these developments and to participate in the
discussion about
the Mozart clarinet, please contact me.
1 - 3 June 2012
Wetzlarer Klarinetten
Wettbewers Festival - Germany
4 - 23 June
2012
Sarasota,
Florida
Sarasota in June Never Sounded so Good
Festival
Clarinet Faculty includes VIP's Franklin Cohen (Solo Clarinetist,
Cleveland Orchestra), Richard Stoltzman, Renowned Soloist, and Charles Neidich (Juilliard School)
For three weeks each June,
internationally recognized guest artists and student musicians come
together in Florida to study and perform chamber music. The Sarasota
Music Festival is a magical combination of youthful promise and
acclaimed talent that carries a reputation as one of the finest
classical-music events in the nation.
Nearly 500 students from
top music programs at colleges and conservatories worldwide audition
to participate in the Festival each year, but only 58 are accepted.
These exceptional students work side-by-side with a group of 40
music masters, which comprise the guest faculty. In any given day
during the Festival, a student may rehearse in a faculty-coached
ensemble, play in master classes and perform on stage. Interspersed,
are rare opportunities for the public to hear these visiting artists
rehearse or perform together.
Co-founded by
Paul Wolfe,
the Sarasota Music Festival began in 1965 as a one-week event with
seven guest mentors. In just two years, the festival grew to three
weeks and was drawing students from across the United States. Over
the years, the festival continued to expand and receive national and
international attention. In 1984 it was designated by the Florida
State Legislature as the "Official Teaching and Performing Festival
of the State of Florida."
Today, led by
Artistic Director
Robert Levin,
there are more than 40 guest artists, including many of the
festival's own alumni. These masters represent nearly all major
American orchestras and a cross-section of renowned music schools,
conservatories and institutes of music. The students range from
professional-level musicians to superior students in music schools
and conservatories. Several travel from other countries to
participate.
Festival audiences are entertained by a wide variety of symphonic
artistry including: Thursday afternoon Artist Showcase Concerts,
Friday and Saturday evening Chamber Concerts, and Festival Orchestra
Concerts. Many patrons enjoy the option of purchasing Festival
Passes, which allows them access to the artists' master classes and
rehearsals. And don't miss the popular lectures by
Robert Levin.
In addition, there are several student concerts.
We hope you'll join us this
June for our 48th showcase of world-class music.
Friends of the Festival
Make World-Class Music
Accessible
As a volunteer at the Sarasota
Music Festival you have the opportunity to participate in a
more than 45-year-old tradition that has become a staple in
our region. The Festival showcases the talents of
internationally renowned faculty artist and the best music
students from around the world right in our backyard.
Together, they present the finest in chamber music through
performances, lectures, master classes and rehearsals.
To execute the event each year,
the Sarasota Orchestra relies heavily on a group of
dedicated volunteers, the Friends of the Festival. This is a
great way to support both musicians and the community.
Job requirements:
A commitment of youthful energy for a short, but intense
time. A small membership fee to become a Friend
of the Festival.
Job benefits: A
three-week journey through seasoned artistry and a
behind-the-scenes vantage of the making of the music at this
classic event. Not to mention, the satisfaction of making a
BIG difference at little cost. The proceeds of your
Friends of the Festival membership go to scholarships for
students participating in the event. Your small donation
enables students to attend the festival each year
tuition-free and receive a partial subsidy to assist with
housing.
Don't miss this opportunity to
become a partner in a musical event of national and
international significance. To volunteer as a Friend of the
Festival
click here.
To download a membership form and obtain more information
(including this year's schedule) fill out our
contact form.
Like what we're up to? Consider
supporting fresh inc with a tax-deductible, dedicated gift
via Fifth House Ensemble, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit
organization.
When you link up with
fresh inc, not only will you work side-by-side with
Fifth House Ensemble members, you’ll also get to work
with some of the best professional and artistic
collaborators around. If you think that “a graphic
artist, a marketing executive, and a mime” is just the
start of one of those “walked into a bar” jokes, think
again. This diverse array of creative minds will help
you redefine the way that you think of yourself as [...]
Give musicians a piece of
music, and they’ll play for a few hours (assuming the
parts are printed correctly and the cellist decides to
show up). Teach people to write music, and they’ll play
for generations to come. Check out the composition
faculty who will team up with you at fresh
inc.
At fresh inc,
members of Fifth House Ensemble will be working,
rehearsing, and performing alongside you. Fifth House
Ensemble is comprised of 10 musicians from various
backgrounds. Each one of them brings their unique
background, training, and professional experience to
lessons, coachings, workshops, and performances.
Come to Bloomington and
work with three international performers/teachers in a hands-on
approach to clarinet performance in today's world.
Through a combination of
master classes, group lessons and private lessons, Howard Klug,
Steve Cohen and Eric Mandat will work with you to identify your
unique issues...and help you develop approaches towards solving
them.
We will present you with
improved methodology towards:
better/faster
articulation
improved tone
adjusting your reeds
efficient practicing
better sight reading
taking auditions
better preparation and
proper mind set
rounding out your
skills for today’s musical environment
learning the first
steps to improvisation (Randy Salman)
playing the whole
clarinet family (Eb soprano and bass clarinet)
For questions
regarding the content of the program, please contact Howard Klug
at
hklug@indiana.edu.
June 10-16, 2012
at Pomona College, Claremont, California
"A terrific
experience--I came home with about a tenfold increase in my
enthusiasm for playing!"
Robert Goldstein, President, Chamber Musicians of
N.California, 2007
David Blumberg
Clarinetist
__________________________________________________
David Blumberg has had
quite an active, and diverse musical experience as a
Performer, Instructor, Reed Clinician, and as a Music
Producer.His
students have won numerous competitions including 1st
Runner up of the International Clarinet Association
Young Artist Competition, 1st Prize Wind Category in the
Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, the
Interlochen Michigan Music Festival Concerto
Competition, the Matinee Music Society Competition
(Curtis Institute), and the U.S. Air Force Band
competition. He taught the only Wind Finalist in the
1991, and 1992 Philadelphia Orchestra Student Soloist
Competition. His students have been featured on WFLN-FM
Philadelphia Classical Radio in the “Live from the
Settlement School” Broadcasts. In 1987 one of his
Saxophone students was selected to perform and tour with
the Duke Ellington All Star Jazz Band conducted by
Wynton Marsalis. He has taught numerous 1st Chair
Pennsylvania All State Band Students on both Clarinet
and Saxophone
He studied with Anthony
Gigliotti for 7 years (at Temple University where he got
his Orchestral Performance Degree), and was one of the 2
American Clarinetist's selected to participate in the
1988 Robert Marcellus Scotia Music Festival in Halifax,
Nova Scotia. He gave the Philadelphia Premiere of the
T.C. David Trio #1 for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano in
1985 with Asst. Concertmaster of the Philadelphia
Orchestra Nancy Bean. He was the Principal Clarinetist
for the 1987 Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestral
Seminar. Mr. Blumberg studied Chamber Music under
Philadelphia Orchestra Musicians Murray Panitz, Bernard
Garfield, Richard Woodhams, Anthony Gigliotti, and
Smithsonian Chamber Player Lambert Orkis.
17
June 2012
Julian Bliss performs Magnus Lindberg Clarinet Concerto with
Beethoven Orchester Bonn, Germany 17 June 2012
*N.B. DUE TO THE
LARGE NUMBER OF REGISTRATIONS AND THE PEDAGOGICAL STRUCTURE
OF THE SESSIONS, THE DOMAINE FORGET ACADEMY WILL GIVE
PRIORITY TO APPLICANTS WISHING TO ATTEND THEIR CHOSEN
SESSION IN ITS ENTIRETY. APPLICATIONS FOR PARTIAL SESSIONS
WILL BE CONSIDERED SUBSEQUENTLY AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
REMAINING AVAILABILITY.
Clarinet Academy of the South
is a collaboration between Robert DiLutis and D. Ray McClellan, the clarinet
professors of Louisiana State University and The University of Georgia
respectively. The 5 days master classes are hosted annually by both
university campuses on a rotating basis. This year, the summer of 2012, the
Academy will meet at beautiful Louisiana State University offering a host of
training, classes and performances.
Professor’s McClellan and DiLutis will once
again offer a comprehensive week of master classes, imparting the tools that
can help with beautiful clarinet sound and technique, warmup routines, reed
making and adjusting, natural vocal phrasing, guidance for interpretation
and superb artistry, how to win an audition and more (see
class schedule). The summer of 2012 will
bring the addition of 2 new components: private lessons and more built-in
practice time. It is our hope that you will leave CAS on the last day with
more clarinet playing skills than what you had on the first day.
Stephan Vermeersch and Matthias
Mueller, Directors
deKunstAcademie
- Van Steenestraat
9 - 8300 Knokke-Heist
- Belgium
Dear Clarinettists,
From Saturday 23th
June 2:00 p.m. till
Sunday 24th June
2:00 p.m. you are
invited for the
European Clarinet
Association MEETING
CLARINET METHODOLOGY
in Knokke-Heist,
Belgium.
The intention is to
have a European open
debate on “Clarinet
Methods in gen...eral,
breathing, phrasing,
articulation, vocal
tract and tongue
positions, body
movement,
neurological
processes and
development,
teaching 5 & 6-years
old starters and
other pedagogical
topics.”
Speakers: Matthias
Müller (CH) -
Stephan Vermeersch
(BE) - Céleste
Zewald (NL) - John
de Beer (NL) -
Kyrill Rybakov (RU)
- Heike Fricke (DE)
- Thomas
Sattler-Fujimoto
(DE) - Thierry
Wartelle (FR)
Everybody is welcome
to this meeting.
Knokke-Heist is a
very nice coastal
town in Belgium at a
two hour train trip
from Brussels
National Airport .
Relax along over
seven and a half
miles of blond
sands, shop in one
of the hundreds of
smart boutiques, or
treat your taste
buds in one of the
two hundred and
fifty restaurants.
Without forgetting
the dozens of
galleries. Knokke-Heist
is quite the
destination for
anyone who lives for
life.
deKunstAcademie is
an institute of Art
education located on
300 meters from the
Railway Station in
Knokke-Heist.
We can not cover any
expenses, it really
is an exchange among
people who are
interested in
Clarinet Pedagogy. A
special
accommodation rate
can be arranged .
With best wishes
Stephan Vermeersch -
Vice-President
Matthias Müller -
President
23 June - 1 July 2012
Inaugural formation of
ChamberFest
Cleveland Festival, Diana and Franklin Cohen, Directors
Directors Diana Cohen (Concertmistress in Richmond
Symphony), Senior Artist VIP and co-Director Franklin Cohen (Solo Clarinetist in
Cleveland Orchestra),
Violinist Diana
Cohen grew up in a
household echoing
with music, which
likely had a hand in
persuading her to go
into the family
business.
From various corners
of the Cohen abode,
often at on...ce,
she heard the sounds
of practicing -- her
father, Cleveland
Orchestra principal
clarinet Franklin
Cohen in one room;
her late mother,
bassoonist Lynette
Diers Cohen, in
another.
During summers,
Diana and her
brother, Alexander,
accompanied their
parents to New
Mexico's Santa Fe
Chamber Music
Festival, where the
youngsters listened
to Mom and Dad play
transcendent works
with esteemed
colleagues.
"It's where the kids
learned this kind of
life," says
Franklin.
It's a life Diana,
her dad and others
are about to lavish
on Cleveland.
The violinist, a
graduate of the
Cleveland Institute
of Music and
concertmaster of the
Richmond Symphony in
Virginia, is the
mastermind behind
ChamberFest
Cleveland, a
festival of chamber
music that will
present its
inaugural season
Wednesday, June 27,
through Sunday, July
1, at several
venues.
The Cohens --
including Alexander,
principal timpanist
of the Calgary
Philharmonic
Orchestra in Canada
-- are among the
imposing musicians
from Cleveland and
elsewhere who'll
take part in four
themed programs
during the five-day
festival, which
Diana and her father
have devised to
share superb works
with the community
and show that
chamber music is
"hip and fun," she
says. ChamberFest
Cleveland
ChamberFest
Cleveland presents
its inaugural season
Wednesday, June 27
through Sunday, July
1 at various
locations. Programs
and ticket
information follow:
Wednesday, June 27
(8 p.m., Mixon Hall,
Cleveland Institute
of Music, 11021 East
Blvd., Cleveland ) —
“Explosive
Beginnings”:
Mozart’s Sonata for
Two Pianos in D
major, K. 448;
Shostakovich’s Two
Pieces for Octet,
Op. 11; Porat’s
Fantasy for Piano
and Violin;
Lutoslawski’s
Variations on a
Theme by Paganini
for Two Pianos;
Mendelssohn’s Octet
in E-flat major, Op.
20.
Thursday, June 28
(7:30 p.m., The Wine
Spot, 2271 Lee Rd.,
Cleveland Heights) —
“Movie Night at The
Wine Spot”:
Pianist-composer
Matan Porat
improvises to a
Buster Keaton film.
Evening features
complimentary wine
flight and clips
from other classic
films.
Friday, June 29 (8
p.m., Mixon Hall) —
“Big Bang”:
Currier’s “Verge”;
Bartok’s Sonata for
Two Pianos and
Percussion; Brahms’
Quartet No. 1 in G
minor for Piano and
Strings, Op. 25.
Saturday, June 30 (8
p.m., Case Western
Reserve’s Harkness
Chapel, 11200
Bellflower Rd.,
Cleveland) — “Role
Smashers”: Haydn’s
String Quartet in C
major, Op. 20, No.
2; Debussy’s
Premiere rhapsodie;
Stravinsky’s
“L’histoire du
soldat”;
Schoenberg’s
“Verklärte Nacht.”
Sunday, July 1 (3
p.m., Dunham Tavern,
6709 Euclid Ave.,
Cleveland) —
“Origins and
Revelations”:
Shostakovich’s
String Quartet No. 7
in F-sharp minor,
Op. 108; Beethoven’s
Trio in E-flat major
for Violin, Cello
and Piano, Op. 70,
No. 2; Mozart’s
Quintet for Clarinet
and Strings in A
major, K. 581.
Tickets go on sale
Tuesday. Single
tickets: $10,
students; $25, young
adult (under 35);
$40, general
admission. Festival
passes: $105 (three
concerts); $150 (all
events); $250
(priority seating
for all events). Go
to
chamberfestcleveland.com
or call
216-791-5000, ext.
411.
ChamberFest fun will
include a movie
night at the Wine
Spot in Cleveland
Heights featuring a
Buster Keaton film,
music improvised by
Israeli-born
pianist-composer
Matan Porat and a
flight of wine
selected by owners
Adam and Susan
Fleischer. The
festival revelry
will extend to
interactive
presentations and
post-concert jam
sessions featuring
Brazilian and gypsy
bands.
The founders of
ChamberFest
Cleveland have laid
the groundwork for
the festival to
become an annual
event. Their
intentions are clear
from the depth of
programs and
personnel in the
first festival,
which they've given
the exuberant
moniker "Big Bang."
"We wanted it to
have an energetic,
celebratory,
explosive feel,"
says Diana, the
festival's executive
and artistic
director. "We're
highlighting works
at the beginning of
a composer's life or
a trend or something
new in our
hometown."
The principal new
thing is the
festival itself.
With her parents'
extensive experience
in performing at
major music
festivals and her
own participation in
the revered Marlboro
Music Festival in
Vermont, Diana
wanted to bring the
same artistic
intensity and
quality to
Cleveland.
"I'd been thinking
of it for five
years," she says.
"Being at Marlboro
was a big
inspiration. It
surprised me that
Cleveland didn't
have a great
chamber-music
festival, since
everything else
[musically] was
established."
It took awhile for
Diana to persuade
her father to join
in and share duties
as artistic
director, but once
they set out
together, things
began to fall
quickly into place.
A benefit concert at
a local doctor's
house in November --
featuring the Cohens,
colleagues from the
Cleveland Orchestra
and pianists
Jonathan Biss and
Orion Weiss -- drew
166 potential
donors.
The festival,
incorporated as a
nonprofit
organization, has
raised $92,000. The
Cohens are still
smiling, even though
they're knee-deep in
all sorts of
administrative
matters.
"Before we knew it,
we had a monster in
the house," says
Diana.
"Debilitating is the
right word,"
Franklin says of the
workload. "But it's
also exhilarating.
We're doing
something out of our
comfort zone and
realizing we're good
at it."
While making music
is most certainly
not out of the
Cohens' comfort
zone, tending to
myriad festival
details is something
else.
They've spent months
tinkering with
themes and programs,
collaborating with
colleagues on
marketing,
commissioning a
ChamberFest painting
(by local visual
artist Seth Chwast)
and signing up
colleagues who can
take time from
hectic schedules to
converge on
Cleveland for a
whirlwind week of
rehearsals and
concerts.
Along with the
Cohens and pianists
Porat and Weiss, the
roster of 15
musicians includes
two other members of
the Cleveland
Orchestra (violist
Eliesha Nelson,
percussionist Marc
Damoulakis),
violinist Mari Sato
(from the Cavani
String Quartet),
eminent cellist
Ralph Kirshbaum and
violinist Noah
Bendix-Balgley
(concertmaster of
the Pittsburgh
Symphony).
"The pool is very
large," says
Franklin of
musicians he and
Diana know from many
performance outlets.
"We'll use the
people we have and
build on it. If it
goes well, we'll
need a lot more
artists."
The musicians at
this year's festival
will explore an
array of works from
the 18th to 21st
centuries. Along
with pieces by
Haydn, Mozart,
Beethoven,
Mendelssohn and
Brahms, the programs
include music by
Stravinsky,
Schoenberg, Debussy,
Shostakovich,
Lutoslawski, Bartok
and living composers
Porat and Sebastian
Currier.
For both father and
daughter,
ChamberFest
Cleveland is a way
of maintaining
connections with an
intimate form of
music-making that
long has been
central to their
lives.
Aside from Marlboro,
Diana was inspired
to create a festival
for Cleveland by
Detroit's Great
Lakes Chamber Music
Festival, in which
she's been a
participant.
"It feels like a
community event,"
she says. "It's an
atmosphere that
makes you want to be
part of a
chamber-music
festival."
The festival
atmosphere reminds
her father of his
roots as a musician.
"I started my
professional life as
a soloist," says
Franklin, who was 22
when he became the
first clarinetist
(and only one, to
date) to win first
prize at the
International Music
Competition in
Munich, Germany. "It
was a calling to go
out on stage and
sell something. I
started in chamber
music, then went
into orchestra.
"This is like full
circle. People are
being brought here
to show who they
really are. They
have a lot of
personality, and
they're interesting
and committed."
"I want to tell you all what a joy
it is to be part of this great Festival."
Joseph Robinson, former
Principal Oboe, New York Philharmonic
If you play bassoon, clarinet,
flute, horn, or oboe OR are a pre-formed woodwind quintet,
please
apply to our woodwind program. You must be available for the
full six weeks of the Festival.
The woodwind quintet program is
designed to provide mature, high-level players with insight
and experience toward a performing career.
Performers to complete two
woodwind quintets will be invited for the full six-week
program. Full six-week fellowships including housing and a
food stipend will be awarded to all selected players. The
program will provide intensive study and performance of
woodwind chamber music repertoire, as well as repertoire
involving other instruments.
Three major woodwind artists
will be in residence, each for two full weeks over the
course of the six-week program. A representative from each
quintet will work with each artist faculty member to
determine the repertoire that will be studied and performed.
Additional guest artists will be in residence for a few days
each.
Faculty for 2012 are:
Liang Wang,
Principal Oboe, New York Philharmonic
(artist-in-residence for weeks 1 and 2.)
Randy Bowman,
Principal Flute, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
(artist-in-residence for weeks 2 and 3.)
Larry Combs,
former Principal Clarinet, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
(guest artist during week 1)
Philip Myers,
Principal French Horn, New York Philharmonic (guest
artist for 1 week, exact dates TBA)
Clarinet, TBA
(artist-in-residence for 2 weeks, exact dates TBA)
Bassoon, TBA
(guest artist for 1 week, exact dates TBA)
Woodwind Quintets
receive:
Chamber music coaching
– Each quintet will study several works of woodwind
quintet repertoire with each of the woodwind faculty
members. Quintet members may also work with other
festival faculty to prepare mixed chamber repertoire.
Each quintet, with support from the coach, will
determine its own practice schedule.
Performing experience
– Quintets will perform in the Artists of Tomorrow
concert series, presented 3 or more times each week in
Studzinski Recital Hall. Quintets and individual quintet
members may also have opportunities to perform with
artist faculty in the various faculty concert series,
the Gamper Festival of Contemporary Music and the
Bowdoin Festival Extra concert series.
Digital recordings-
Participants may request copies of their own
performances in the
Artists of Tomorrow
concerts series before leaving the festival.
3 Week Sessions
June 23 - July 14
July 14 - August 4
25 - 26 June 2011
Fort Worth, Texas
TCU Summer Clarinet Workshop
June 25-26, 2012
Gary Whitman, director
Featuring Gary
Whitman - TCU Professor of Clarinet and bass clarinet with the
Fort Worth Symphony, Andrew Crisanti - retired Principal
Clarinet, Fort Worth Symphony, and Ana Victoria Luperi -
Principal Clarinet, Fort Worth Symphony. This program is a 2-day
intensive master class and group training for intermediate and
advanced clarinetists. Participant and auditor tuition
available. For more information, contact the School of Music at
817-257-7341 or Ms. Sue Ott (s.ott@tcu.edu).
Welcome to
the Sewanee Summer Music Festival Online!
is a place to grow
musically and personally, to learn and perform in close
company with an outstanding artist-faculty. Here on our
mountain talented young musicians find an ideal place to
develop all facets of their artistry. A summer at
Sewanee is transformative.
Ramon Wodkowski,Clarinet Faculty
Having settled in
London (UK), American clarinetist Ramon
Wodkowski enjoys a diverse musical career as an
orchestral player, chamber musician and
mouthpiece craftsman.
Ramon has performed
with orchestras including the BBC Symphony
Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London
Symphony Orchestra, Royal Opera House Orchestra,
London Philharmonic Orchestra,
and as guest
principal of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Irish
Chamber Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Concert
Orchestra, English National Ballet and City of
London Sinfonia. He has worked under conductors
including Valery Gergiev, Bernard Haitink,
Daniel Harding, Oliver Knussen, Heinz Holliger
and Semyon Bychkov, at venues including the
Royal Albert Hall (BBC Proms), the Salzburg
Mozarteum,
Barbican Hall and the Queen Elizabeth
Hall.
Having graduated from
the Interlochen Arts Academy, Ramon earned a
bachelor’s degree from the Cleveland Institute
of Music, and a Master’s degree from the Yale
University School of Music. He went
on to study
at the Royal College of Music in London, where
he gained an Artist Diploma, won the prestigious
Frederick Thurston prize, and was subsequently
awarded the 2005-6 David Bowerman Junior
Fellowship.
Ramon’s principal teachers have been Richard
Hosford, Franklin Cohen, David Shifrin, Richard
Hawkins and Theodore Oien.
In addition to his
busy performing schedule, Ramon is an
internationally renowned mouthpiece craftsman,
and his clients include many of the world’s
leading soloists, orchestral musicians, teachers
and chamber
musicians. He specializes in
refurbishing and customizing clarinet and
saxophone mouthpieces, and also makes his own
models. A leading authority on mouthpiece
history, acoustics and design, Ramon has
been
invited to present lectures at institutions
including Yale University, University of
Southern California, Rice University, Manhattan
School of Music, Guildhall School of Music and
Drama, Northwestern
University, Michigan State
University and New York University.
The Aspen Music Festival
and School, founded in 1949, is an internationally renowned classical music
festival that presents music in an intimate, small-town setting. The Festival
offers more than 300 musical events during its eight-week summer season in
Aspen, one of Colorado's most charming mountain retreats.
"I learned more than
I thought was possible about my instrument and discovered more
than I could have imagined about myself. Thank you for a truly
inspiring and motivating experience."
(Emily, Clarinet 2011, CO)
Application Information
The application materials,
including the application, application fee, recorded
audition, and teacher recommendation (optional), are
required for all applicants and should be received by February 15, 2012. All application
materials, including the optional teacher recommendation,
must be uploaded electronically. You will be given upload
instructions once you have successfully completed the online
application.
Applications may be
submitted after February 15, however, priority will be given
to all applications received by the application deadline.
Notifications for all applicants will be placed in the
mail Friday, March 30, 2012. No decisions will be given by
phone.
Audition Requirements
RECORDED AUDITION - UPLOAD INSTRUCTIONS
Submit a 3-5 minute long
recorded audition of one or more pieces, with or without
accompaniment (for example, a piece
performed at Solo and Ensemble Festival, an etude, or an
excerpt from something being played at school). The
selection(s) should demonstrate both technical and lyrical
skills. You will be provided with an upload link following
your online application submission.
RECOMMENDATION (Optional)
You may have one of your current music teachers (school
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recommendation. In addition to your musical abilities, the
letter may discuss your personal characteristics such as
initiative, dependability, and your commitment to increasing
your musical skills. The letter should be uploaded with
your audition recording.
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"This was a life changing
experience that made me realize how genuinely I love music
and the clarinet. I wouldn't trade it for anything."
(Hannah, Clarinet 2011, MI)
Soloist, Conductor, Recording Artist
Boston, MA, USA
Principal Clarinet
Berlin Philharmonic
Assoc. Professor of Clarinet
Central College, Pella, IA, USA
An intensive Festival
encompassing several offerings including private lessons, master classes,
rehearsals and chamber music performances by both students and faculty.
The Clarinet Faculty and Director Jonathan Cohler
are all Artist VIP's with the WKA. Information about enrollment
hyperlinked on the IWWF Logo. Of special interest is the residence of
Wenzel Fuchs, the Solo Klarinettist in the
Berliner Philharmoniker.
This is one opportunity not to be missed.
July 16 - 21 2012
2012 Buffet Crampon USA Summer Clarinet Academy
Updated announcement coming soon for 2012
Application
Deadline: May 2012
Buffet Crampon USA is pleased to announce the 2012 Buffet Crampon
USA Summer Clarinet Academy, held once again at the University of North Florida
in Jacksonville. This year's Academy features another world-class Artist
Faculty: Ixi Chen (Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra), Stanley Drucker (New York
Philharmonic, retired), Dan Gilbert (University of Michigan), Jonathan Gunn
(Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra) and Andre Moisan (Montreal Symphony Orchestra).
Students selected for the Academy will have a private lesson with each Artist
Faculty member and will enjoy master classes, clinics and concerts from all five
Artists. Attendees will also study woodwind technology with Master Woodwind
Technician Francois Kloc.
Below are links for audition information/materials as well as other helpful
links about the Academy. Please print out the PDFs below and return them to
Buffet Crampon USA by May, 2012. For more information or questions about the
2011 Buffet Crampon USA Summer Clarinet Academy, please contact Matt Vance, Woodwind Product Specialist
It is sometimes difficult
to believe that such an important musical festival is able to
exist so far from big towns and cities. Slipping into
Musicalta's faithful audience year by year convinces anyone of
the obvious success of the organizer's bet. Frenzy around
programs, fellow students murmur, the whole is breathing and
living at the rythm of a festival being also a training place...
giving to the region the opportunity to look like a campus. This
narrow link between the academy and the festival gives a
particular tonality to concerts: here everyone can enjoy
listening to the musicians in a quiet and unaffected atmosphere.
For interest to
Clarinetists, the
linked list of Faculty in the numbered sessions include with
their hyperlinked biographies:
As an outstanding
"Rendezvous" for audience and students from all over the world since
1996 in Rouffach, Musicalta has met with the international acclaim
as an original event where both international Festival and Summer
Academy can be attended during 20 days.
Musicalta
combines commitment and creativity qualities with an intention of
being as close as possible to the audience.
An all-Mozart program features
the Clarinet Concerto performed by Franklin Cohen,
principal clarinet, on Saturday July 21. Since his first solo appearance with
The Cleveland Orchestra, Mr. Cohen has been heard as a concerto soloist in more
than 180 performances – at Severance Hall, Carnegie Hall, the Blossom Festival,
and on tour across the United States, Asia, and Europe. Surrounding the Concerto
are Mozart’s Symphonies Nos. 33 and 41 (“Jupiter”).
21 - 28 July 2012
Crusell Music Festival -
Harri Mäki. Artistic Director
UUSIKAUPUNKI, Finland
Since 1982 Crusell Week has been held at the turn of
July and August in the beautiful coastal town of
Uusikaupunki, Finland. Crusell Week is an
internationally acclaimed music festival dedicated
to woodwind music and is combined with advanced
master classes held by leading international
artists. It has its own strong standing among summer
events in Finland as a unique combination of musical
performances with a strong purpose. This year
Crusell Week will be held for the 31st time on 21. -
28.7.2012 with clarinettist Harri Mäki making his
debut as the festival's new artistic director.
The theme of the 2012 Crusell Week is " Birds".
Plenty of captivating bird-themed material will be
heard in the woodwind chamber music concerts and the
festival will culminate with Beethoven's Pastoral
Symphony performed by the Tapiola Sinfonietta with
Hannu Lintu conducting. In this concert we will also
get a chance to hear a wonderful soloist from the
international world of opera, the legendary Finnish
soprano Soile Isokoski.
Other composers besides Beethoven include familiar
names such as Mozart, Vivaldi, Brahms, Ravel,
Schubert, Schumann, Beethoven, and of course Crusell.
An exciting new addition to the concerts this year
is a series of very short aphoristic pieces relating
to birds that have been commissioned by Crusell
Music Festival from five composers; Veli-Matti
Puumala, Juan Antonio Muro, Asko Hyvärinen, Minna
Leinonen and Charles Neidich.
Besides the Bird theme, another focus of Crusell
Week 2012 will be on the German style of woodwind
performance which successfully combines intensity of
expression with a solid concept of ensemble playing.
The best professors from leading German orchestras
and universities will be bringing their talent to
Uusikaupunki. Our oboist this year will be
Washington Barella, who teaches in Berlin and is the
solo oboist for the SWR orchestra. The clarinet will
be taught by Ralph Manno, clarinet professor at the
Cologne University of Music and Celibidache's
trusted clarinettist in the Munich Philharmonic
Orchestra. Eberhard Marschall, the Bavarian radio’s
solo bassoonist and professor at the University of
Music and Performing Arts Munich, will reveal the
secrets of bassoon playing. Markus Maskuniitty will
bring an interesting mix of Finnish and German music
traditions as professor of French Horn at the
Hannover University of Music, Drama and Media and
also as the solo French horn of the Royal Stockholm
Philharmonic Orchestra. Joining them will be Dutch
virtuoso Jacques Zoon who is performing as both a
flutist and conductor during this year's festival as
well as teaching the flute master class. Trio
Kandinsky (Corrado Bolsi, Amparo Lacruz, Emili
Brugalla) from Barcelona, cellist Iseut Chuat and
the young virtuoso Theo Plath, winner of last year’s
International Crusell Bassoon Competition, are among
other international stars of the festival.
Representing Finnish excellence in woodwind
performance will be Petri Alanko and Christoffer
Sundqvist, who are also teaching their own courses
during Crusell Week. Other world class Finns include
the singers Tuuli Lindeberg, Essi Luttinen and Jussi
Lehtipuu.
The first concert of Crusell Week 2012 will be an
exploration of the roots of woodwind performance by
multi-instrumentalist Kristiina Ilmonen. Christoffer
Sundqvist, the phenomenal solo clarinettist of the
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, will be appearing
in several concerts, and harpsichordist Elina
Mustonen's expressive playing will help us discover
the emotional beauty of birds in her solo evening
concert. Guitarist Ismo Eskelinen will be offering
us a harmonious blend of woodwind and guitar pieces
in his concert at the Pyhäranta Church. Some other
exciting twists to this year's Bird theme include
saxophonist Jukka Perko's new take on Finnish hymns,
Kirmo Lintinen's Trio with jazz vocalist Aili Ikonen
and the delightful harmonica ensemble Sväng.
And last, but certainly not least, the perennial
favourite which takes place on the hillside of
Vallinmäki, the Night of the Lanterns, will be
returning again this year. We'll also be continuing
the popular tradition of daily free concerts by the
participants of Crusell Week master classes on the
town square at noon. We hope to see you there!
The Clarinet Summer
School 2012 will run from Friday 27th
- Monday 30th July at Liverpool Hope
University further details will be announced in the coming weeks.
Over 65% of students return to the Clarinet Summer
School and some have attended over 6 times now. Join us in 2012 for a
chance to work with international stars of the clarinet world.
The cost for this years course is £425, this price
includes all tuition, en suite single rooms (3 nights 4 days, extra
nights BB available on request) and all meals. The non-residential rate
will be £325 including lunch and tea time meals. No other music course
offers such excellent value and great facilities.
ARCS is delighted to announce that Francesco Paolo
Scola known to all as Chicco, will return to be the guest tutor on this
year's course. Chicco is an enthusiastic teacher and a brilliant player
as those of you on the course last year found out! Come and join us
again and hear for yourself why Chicco is one of the leading
clarinettists in Europe. The draft schedule is now available, as is the
application form. Places will be limited so please book early.
This summer I will teach a Master class in
Groningen. Not all details are set yet, so this is a message in advance, to
inform. More info will be available from the 2nd half of April. Maybe you could
help me by sending this to 'might-be-interested students'?
When?: July 31st, Aug.1 and Aug 2nd for lessons and concert attending and most
likely final concert in the morning of Aug. 3rd
Where?: Prins Claus Conservatorium, Groningen, Netherlands
Housing: possibility for cheap housing. More info whit applicationform
Meals: free choice between all in (3 meals a day) or 'on your own'.
Programme: contains individual lesons, grouplessons, concert-visits,
ensemblelessons, rehearsals with pianist, final concert. Rooms for practicing
available. There will also be possibility to play together with the participants
of the Peter de Great Festival (strings, pianists, singers) which will be at the
same moment.
Money: the exact costs are not known yet, but will be around €300,- all in
Application: applicationforms will be available from the 2nd half of April. But
please let me know when you're interested. If there are too many applies,
selection will be made by date of application.
The class is open to individual players and ensembles.
Chamber music-with-clarinet or clarinet ensembles.
People who are interested, can send me an email. I will put you on the list for
sending more info later.