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Introducing Artist VIP
Jerome Bunke - Acclaimed Performer and New York Recording Artist -
CEO of the Recording firm
DIGITAL
FORCE
email:
jerry@digitalforce.com
Biography
Clarinetist Jerome Bunke grew up
in the Albany, NY vicinity and graduated from the Milne School. He was a
scholarship student at The Juilliard School where he received B.M. and M.S.
degrees. As a Collins Scholar, he earned his Ph.D. degree at New York
University.
He made his New York solo concert debut as a winner of the Concert Artists
Guild Award. Later he taught at NYU and received their Founders Day
Award. An Affiliate Artist at the Conservatory of Music, University of
Missouri - Kansas City, he was also Principal Clarinetist of the Lake George
Opera Festival. Recognized
for championing contemporary music, his performances as a soloist and
chamber musician include Carnegie Hall, Town Hall, Lincoln Center and
Kennedy Center. His tour of Japan included solo appearances with The Japan
Philharmonic, NHK and the Yomiuri Symphony. He also played the Carnegie
Hall premiere of Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time.
As a founding member of The Ariel Ensemble, he premiered compositions by
Starer, Hoover, Barab, Gottleib, Lane, Cohen, Harvey, Mayer, Jankowski and
Freeman among others. Jerome Bunke appears on more than 20 recordings,
including a Ford Foundation Recording Grant for the Concerto for Clarinet
by Robert Keys Clark, a work commissioned for the soloist by Composers
Theatre.
His published articles have appeared in the Music Journal, Bandwagon, NACWPI
Journal and in the MENC Spotlight - a decadeís best anthology. He was the
host/producer for the radio/TV series Chamber Music Showcase, which aired on
WQXR and PBS. A
versatile arts and music industry executive, Jerome served as Executive
Producer of The Laureate Series for MMO, Executive Director of the Concert
Artists Guild, President of Boosey & Hawkes and Chairman of the Chamber
Music Panel of the National Endowment for the Arts.
The President of Digital Force, a CD & DVD production company, he has been
involved with a wide variety of manufacturing projects that include: The
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, The National Symphony, Music@Menlo,
Orchestra of St. Lukeís, ArtistLed , MirÛ Quartet, Jeremy Denk, Thomas
Hampson, Olympics on NBC, NFL on FOX, Marvin Hamlisch, Donny & Marie Osmond,
Regis & Joy Philbin, Dionne Warwick, Tim Rushlow, Kenny Barron, Bill Charlap,
Little Anthony, Horatio Alger Association and the United Nations. Among the
Broadway cast albums are: The Book of Mormon, Newsies, Spelling Bee, Pippin,
Bridges of Madison County, Hair, Drowsy Chaperone and Movin’ Out.
Reviews:
Message from Jerome Bunke
Recordings
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