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December 2012 Monthly
Summary
Jonathan Harvey
- British Composer - In Memoriam -
London, United Kingdom - 4 December
2012
Dave Brubeck, Legend
Jazz Pianist - In Memoriam - 5 December 2012
Anton
Eberst 5th International Clarinet Competition - 29 November - 2 December
2012
The
Yale University Collection of Musical
Instruments presented the eminent Duo of clarinetist
Charles Neidich and pianist
Robert Levin on
December 2nd and 3rd 2012 Using
historical instruments, the performances featured music of Brahms and Schumann
as the composers themselves might have heard them. Similar Program performed at
Juilliard School 5 December 2012
Music In Midtown at the CUNY Graduate Center ended the
fall season 6 December 2012 with a presentation of clarinet compositions
featuring the world-renowned clarinetist
Charles Neidich,
featuring works written for
clarinet, basset horn, bass clarinet, and piano. Highlights of the concert
included US premiere of Charles Neidich’s Tempest (in a Teapot) dedicated to
Elliott Carter and vibrant Quartet by French neoclassical composer Jean Françaix
Vandoren Holiday Party and above
VandoJam in New York 10 December 2012 with Renowned visiting Performers,
Teachers, and a special recognition of the career of Senior VIP and Legend
Clarinetist in the
New York
Philharmonic
Stanley Drucker - VIP's
David Gould,
Mike Skinner,
Mitchell
Estrin, Directors
Buffet Group Holiday Party and New York Debut of the Divine
Clarinets and Orfeo Oboes - 12 December 2012
Concerto per la celebrazione dell’ottantesimo di compleanno
del M° PRIMO BORALI -
SALA PUCCINI, Conservatorio G. Verdi di
MILANO - 14
dicembre 2012
Coro di Clarinetti degli allievi del M° Borali -
Direttore - VIP
Luigi Magistrelli
19 December 2012 -
Juilliard School -
A Musical Garland for Elliott Carter's
104th Birthday with Charles Neidich
and Renowned followers of his work including the Juilliard String Quartet
Claribel Clarinet Choir from Oostend, Belgium Performs 20th
Anniversary Concert at the
MidWest Band & Orchestra
Clinic 20 December 2012 with Soloists, and Director and Founder Guido Six is
awarded Commendation from the International Music Educators Association

November 2012
Monthly Summary
VIP
Sabine Grofmeier
as Soloist with the National Orchestra of Panama Performing Weber 1st Concerto
Op 73 with Conductor Jorge Ledezma 3 November 2012 in Panama City, Panama
Clark Brody - Renowned Solo Clarinetist Emeritus in the Chicago Symphony - 4
November 2012 - In Memoriam
Elliott Carter -
Dean of American Composers spanning the 20th and 21st Centuries - 5 November
2012 - In Memoriam
Ismail Lumanovsky Performs World Premiere of the Hasan
Tura Clarinet Concerto with the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra on the 9th of
November. The Conductor - Vassilis Christopoulos
'A Day
of Clarinet' at the Westchester Music Conservatory with Seminars as
posted above on Clarinets, Mouthpieces, Reeds and a Master Class
with Senior VIP's
Stanley
and Naomi Drucker 17 November 2012 in White Plains, New York. Event
involved
Buffet Group and
Vandoren giving sessions to several levels of players
Chicago Symphony
Principal Clarinet and VIP
Stephen Williamson,
and fellow CSO clarinet Gregory Smith visited the Carnegie Hall Rose
Museum and Archives after rehearsal on Wednesday, 21 November 2012
where they were invited to play Benny Goodman's famous clarinet.
Goodman's family donated the instrument to the hall, which holds
special significance because of Goodman's historic 1938 performance
there. |
Washington Square Chamber Music
Festival held at St Joseph's Catholic Church in New York Concluding Concert 30
November 2012 with
Stanley Drucker
performing Bartok Contrasts and Brahms Trio Op 114
VIP and Solo Klarinettist in the
Berliner Philharmoniker
Wenzel Fuchs
performs Weber 2nd Clarinet Concerto Op 74 with the Iszmer Philharmonic in
Turkey 30 November 2012
VIP
Jonathan Cohler
Hungary Master Class Recital Tour including the Franz Liszt Academy of Music and
the Bartok Conservatory in
Miskolc
from 24 - 30 November 2012




October
2012 Monthly Summary
2012
Vandoren Clarinet Ensemble Festival, featuring as Faculty VIP's Stanley Drucker,
Paquito de Rivera, Alcides Rodriguez, and several notable Clarinet Ensembles and
Choirs from all over the Eastern United States, Mitchell Estrin, David Gould,
and Anthony Taylor and Kelly Burke, Directors, held 13 - 14 October 2012 at the
University of North Carolina in Greensboro
Troy University Artist Residency with Sabine
Grofmeier on Master Class Tour in the USA with Major Master Classes, Radio
Interviews on Clarinet Corner, and Major Recital with VIP and Director Timothy
Phillips 10 October 2012
Wenzel Fuchs, Solo Klarinettist in the
Berliner Philharmoniker,
Soloist in Performance of Mozart Clarinet Concerto K622 with the World Doctor's
Orchestra at the Berlin Philharmonie 14 October 2012
8th Mercadante International Clarinet
Competition - VIP Antonio Tinelli, Director, with
VIP Evigny Petrov of the Moscow Conservatory as
President of the Jury, held in Bari, Italy 15 - 16 October 2012
Wright State University Artist Residency with
VIP Sabine Grofmeier with Master Classes Private
lessons, and Performance - Dr Randall Paul, Music
Department Chairman, and John Kurkouva, both Artist VIP's Directors - 17 -
18 October 2012
Introductory
Master Class and Recital Tour in the USA with VIP
Sabine Grofmeier
from Mallorca and Germany encompassing New York, Washington, DC, Troy, Alabama,
Greensboro, North Carolina, Dayton, Ohio and concluding in Cleveland, Ohio - 29
September - 21 October 2012
Premiere of the Ohio State University Clarinet
Spectacular with Senior VIP Franklin Cohen,
Solo Clarinetist in The Cleveland Orchestra in Major Master Class, and several
Clarinet Ensemble Performances and Master Class with newly appointed Clarinet
Professor and Director VIP Dr Caroline Hartig held 27 - 28
October 2012
VIP
Luigi Magistrelli
Master Classes at the Vienna University (Universitat fur Musik und Darstellende
Kunst) October 29-20-31 and a Recital playing Italian Arias from operas (
Verdi-Puccini-Rossini ) with the pianist Natalia Rehlig and performing with the
well-known Viennese clarinetist Peter Schmidl, former Solo Klarinettist in the
Vienna Philharmoniker performing Herbst Lied and the Mendelssohn Concert
piece no. 2


September 2012
Monthly Summary
Vanguel Tangarov from Bulgaria appointed
as Assistant Professor of Clarinet at Texas State University September 2012
Wenzel Fuchs, Solo Clarinetist in the
Berliner Philharmoniker -
Master Class Tuesday 11th of September 3 pm - 9 pm at Chamber Music Hall at the
Sibelius Academy of Music in Helsinki, Finland and Performance of the Weber
Clarinet Quintet Op 34 with Orchestra
2nd
Clariperu
Latin American Clarinet Congress held at the University Ricardo Palma in Lima,
Peru 10 - 14 September 2012, Marco Antonio Mazzini, Artistic Director
Formal Introduction in New York of the
Rico Reserve
Vintage Clarinet Mouthpiece with Technical Video
Presentation and Performance with VIP
Mark Nuccio
(Solo Clarinetist in the New York Philharmonic) and VIP
Richie Hawley
(Former Solo Clarinetist in the Cincinnati Symphony and Professor at Rice
University in Houston, Texas) - 18 September 2012
Munich International Competition in Collaboration with the
Bavarian Radio, held 6 - 21 September 2012
Chamber Music Concert at East Stroudsburg
University in Pennsylvania celebrating the 20th year of Performances of members
of the New York Philharmonic, and honoring
William Kyper, Hornist for his untiring support to maintain the series. Senior
VIP and legend Solo Clarinetist Emeritus of the Philharmonic
Stanley Drucker, and
Distinguished Professor of Piano and Director Robert Miller with the ensemble
performed Mozart, and Dohnanyi. Event held 23 September 2012
American Chamber Ensemble Gala Introductory
Season Concert with Senior VIP's Stanley and Naomi
Drucker held at Hofstra University 30 September 2012
August 2012
Monthly Summary
ClarinetFest 2012, in collaboration with the
International
Clarinet Association - ICA at the University of
Nebraska 1 - 5 August,
Dr Diane Barger
and Dr Denise Gainey, Directors
VIP
Dr Caroline Hartig Appointed Associate Professor at Ohio State University in
Columbus, effective August 2012
VIP
Anat Cohen
honored on Jazz Times Magazine August 2012
The Clarinet Studio
Master Classes of Professor Dong Dejun at the Shenyang Conservatory
with
Yuan Gao
and
Jonathan Cohler
at
Shenyang - China
13 - 16 August 2012




July 2012 - Monthly Summary
ChamberFest Cleveland - Big Bang Theory come true with Lincoln Center Class
performances every night in four different locations including the
Cleveland Institute
of Music, festival lead by Artist VIP's
Diana Cohen and
Franklin Cohen,
Solo Clarinetist in The
Cleveland Orchestra - 27 June - 1 July 2012
Belgian Clarinet Academy with Guest Artist
Faculty Robert Spring (Professor at Arizona State University and Major Soloist
and Proponent of New Music), Eddy Vanoosthuyse (Solo Clarinetist in Brussels
Philharmonic, Flemish Chamber Orchestra and Professor at Ghent Conservatory),
Julia Heinen (Professor at California State University at Northridge and Major
Soloist and Pedagogue) and Director Guido Six (Founder of the Claribel Clarinet
Choir and Professor at the Oostend Conservatory and Past Director of Clar/Fests
93 (Ghent) and ClarinetFest 99 (Oostend) - 4 - 11 July 2012
The United States Army
Band (Pershing's Own) Alumni Concert at the US Capitol with former
members and Retired Musicians Conducted by former Conductors LTC Casey, Colonel
Gary Lamb, and Leader and Commander Thomas Palmatier 12 - 13 July 2012 in
Washington, DC
Buffet Summer Clarinet Academy at Northern Florida University
in Jacksonville - 16 - 21 July 2012 with Artist VIP Faculty
Stanley Drucker (New York Philharmonic), Daniel
Gilbert (former 2nd Clarinetist in The Cleveland Orchestra and Professor at the
University of Michigan, Andre Moisan (Bass Clarinetist in the Symphonique
de Montreal and Conductor), Jonathan Gunn (Acting Solo Clarinetist in Cincinnati
Symphony), Ixi Chen (2nd Clarinetist in Cincinnati Symphony), and Directors
Mitchell Estrin (WKA Peforming Organization Chairman and Educational and
Creative Development Director with Buffet Group), Matt Vance (Woodwind Product
Manager wih Buffet), and Francois Kloc (Vice President of Buffet Group USA)
An all-Mozart program featuring the Clarinet Concerto
performed by
Franklin Cohen, principal clarinet, on Saturday July 21
2012. 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”).
International Woodwind Festival (IWWF) - 15 - 22 July 2012 with Artist
VIP Faculty Wenzel Fuchs - Solo Clarinetist in the
Berliner Philharmoniker, Jorg
Montilla - former Solo Clarinetist in the Simon Bolivar Orchestra in Venezuela,
and Professor at the Longy School of Music, Juan Gao, renowned Soloist,
teacher, and Director of the Chinese Clarinet Festival and Clarinet Maker,
Cynthia Doggett, Professor at Central College in
Pella, Iowa, and Jonathan Cohler, Renowned Soloist
and Professor at the Boston Conservatory and the Longy School of Music in
Boston, Massachusetts. Directors Jonathan Cohler and Dr Doggett, Directors and
Faculty are WKA Artist VIP's
Clarinet Summer School at Hope University, Liverpool, United
Kingdom - Andrew Roberts, Director held 27 - 30 July 2012
Troy University (Alabama) Summer Clarinet Camp - 28 - 29 July
2012 - Dr Timothy Phillips, Director

June 2012 - Monthly Summary
Michele Zukovsky - Recognition of 50 Years in the
Los Angeles
Philharmonic and Solo Clarinetist
4th Clarinetopia
given at Michigan State University in East Lansing with World Class Facukty
Dr Michael Webster, Alan R Kay, and Dr Caroline Hartig as Directors held 13 - 17
June 2012
Tenth Annual 2012 To Play is To Blow...To Blow is To Play...
Clarinet/ Saxophone Recital at The University of St. Thomas
Houston, June 17, 2012
-
Richard Nunemaker, Director
The First Meeting: Clarinet Methodology (organized by the
European Clarinet
Association) took place at deKunstAcademie in Knokke-Heist, Belgium from
23-24 June 2012. Topics like methods, music and neuro-logy, teaching 5-6 years
old, mentale structures, harmonics for young players, mixed ages and levels in
group teaching and reeds were presented by Matthias Müller (CH), Heike Fricke
(DE), John de Beer (NL), Thomas Sattler-Fujimoto (DE), Thierry Wartelle (FR),
Kyrill Rybakov (RUS) and Stephan Vermeersch (BE).
May 2012
- Monthly Summary
Making Music: Jörg Widmann, Clarinetist, performing his own compositions; Zankel
Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York - 3 May 2012
Clarinet Convention at School of Music
Cardiff University - Leslie Craven, Director, 6 May 2012
St Thomas Chamber Orchestra of White Plains Concert with Soloist
Stanley Drucker in Performance of Weber Clarinet Concerto #1, Op 73 -
12 May 2012
MIKOLOW MUSIC FESTIVAL - 19 May 2012 PREMIERES CONCERT – CLARINET MASTERS with
Krzesimir
Dębski conductor / composer (POLAND), Dr Woytek Mrozek clarinet
(POLAND), Prof. Charles Neidich - clarinet and basset horn (USA), Karel
Dohnal clarinet (CZECH REPUBLIC) with the
LVIV PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
(UKRAINE) - 19 May 2012
California Clarinet
Day at Los Angeles Valley College with Guest Artists Gary Gray,
William Powell, and Robert Spring, Julia
Heinen, Director
James Gholson, Solo Clarinetist in Memphis, Tennessee Symphony, and Professor at
the University of Memphis, Retires at end of this season
April 2012
- Monthly Summary
Mika Yoshida and Richard Stoltzman
at Carnegie Weill Recital Hall performing Classic/Jazz 4 April 2012
Scott
McAllister - Epic Concerto World Premiere - SSG Timothy Sutfin,
The US Army Band (Pershings'
Own) - 10 April 2012
7th Millersville University Single
Reed Symposium - Lancaster, Pennsylvania - Dr Christy Banks Director - 13 April
2012
International
Masterclass Apeldoorn 2012 with Charles Neidich - The Netherlands - 10 - 13
April 2012
Clarinetist Amitai Vardi, an avid soloist, Orchestral, and Chamber musician,
recently appointed Assistant Professor of Clarinet at Kent State University
Alan Hacker (Conductor, Clarinet) and Major icon in Historic and Standard
Performance and former member of the London Philharmonic - 17 April 2012
Major Master Class with Senior VIP Franklin Cohen, Solo
Clarinetist in The Cleveland Orchestra and Professor at the Cleveland Institute
of Music at the State University of California at Fullerton 18 April 2012 with
host Hakan Rosengren
Chicago
Clarinet Collaborations with Guest Artists Jon
Manasse (Solo Clarinetist in the New York City Ballet
Orchestra, The Mostly Mozart Orchestra, Faculty at the Juilliard School and the
Eastman School of Music), and Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr and the Verdehr Trio, at
Northeast Illinois University, Dr Rose Sperrazza, Director with Performance with
the Chicago Clarinet Ensemble held 20 -
21 April 2012
March 2012 - Monthly Summary
Camila
Barrientos Ossio - Winner of Harold Wright Clarinet Merit Award - 2012,
Sponsored by the Boston Woodwind Society,
held 3 March 2012
Jacques
Lancelot International Clarinet Competition and results - 3 - 12 March 2012 in
Rouen, France
Rocco Parisi -
International Soloist in Clarinet and Bass Clarinet;
Professor at the Antonio Vivaldi Conservatory in Alessandria, Italy , Bass
Clarinet Soloist with the Clark College Orchestra in World Premiere of Appert
Concertino for Bass Clarinet and Strings in Vancouver, Washington 14 March 2012
D Stanley Hasty Tribute by former Eastman Student
and Professor at Bowling Green State University (Ohio) Kevin Schempf 19 March
2012
Houston Clarinet Ensemble Texas Tour with Premieres, VIP
Richard Nunemaker, Director
Keith Bowen Awarded
the Pamela Weston Memorial Doctoral Award in conjunction with the Royal College
School of Music in London, United Kingdom 28 March 2012
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
(CEO) Mike
Getzin of the World Clarinet Alliance - WKA, retires after 39
years of total Government Service including 20 years in the US Premiere Bands
USMA Band at West Point, The US Army Band (Pershing's Own), and the USAREUR Band
in Heidelberg, Germany (20) and Federal Service in Civilian and Military
Personnel in Germany and at the USMEPCOM Military Entrance Station at Glen Jean,
West Virginia- Awarded Commander's Award for Civilian Service and Retirement
Certificate by MEPS Commander Major Clark - Retirement effective 1 April
2012. Ceremony 30 March 2012
5th Annual Troy University (Alabama)
Clarinet Day - Dr Timothy Phillips, Director - 31 March 2012
Iowa Clarinet Day at Central
College, Pella, Iowa - Dr Cynthia Doggett, Director- 31 March 2012
February 2012
- Monthly Summary
Performance of Mendelssohn Concertpieces No 1 and 2 with Fausto Saredi basset
hornist, Luigi Magistrelli
clarinetist, at the Church of Legnano (Milano), Italy with Haydn Orchestra,
conductor Daniele Baleello performed 4 February, 2012
NATIONAL CLARINET WORKSHOP LIMA 2012
CLARIPERU/VANDOREN - 7 - 11 February in Lima, Peru, Marco Antonio Mazzini,
Director
Spanish Clarinettist
Rocio Bolanos - Winner
of Buffet Crampon Clarinet Scholarship plays at the RNCM 02/17, announced 10
February 2012 with performance 17 February 2012 in London, United Kingdom
Grenadilla Music - 40th
Anniversary, Richard Gilbert, Director, celebrating Archive Recordings of
the Great Clarinetists of the Past and Present
Eddie Daniels and Corrado Giuffredi Soloists with the
Orchestra Sinfonica G. Rossini
- Pesaro, Italy - 17 February 2011, performing Copland's Clarinet Concerto,
Mozart Clarinet Concerto, and Molinelli Double Clarinet Concerto with Conductor
Roberto Molinelli
"Texas Clarinet Colloquium"
held at
Texas A & M University,
Commerce February 17
- 18, 2012,
Dr Mary Alice Druhan, Director
Cleveland Orchestra
members Chamber Concert with Franklin and Diana Cohen performing Beethoven and
Brahms Trios -
19 February 2011
LORIN LEVEE,
Principal Clarinet of the Los Angeles Philharmonic -
In Memoriam - 22 February 2012
Berliner Philharmoniker USA
Tour in New York's Carnegie Hall and
Master Classes with Woodwind and Brass Principals at the
Juilliard School, and
Wenzel Fuchs, Solo Klarinettist giving Class at
Manhattan School
of Music with Mark Nuccio of the
New York Philharmonic as Host 22 February
2012
January 2012 - Monthly Summary
Karl Leister, Legend
Solo Klarinettist in the
Berliner Philharmoniker, 55th Anniversary of his Professional Career 1
January 2012
6th Annual 'The Effortless
Clarinet/Saxophone Recital, Richard Nunemaker,
Director University of St Thomas, Houston, Texas - 8 January 2012
Stephanie Zelnick - Acclaimed Soloist, Chamber Musician,
Principal
Clarinet of the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra and the Central City Opera;
Professor of Clarinet - University of Kansas performs Major Recital at Weill
Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York 19 January 2011
Trio di
Clarone on USA Tour with Master Class at
Juilliard
School and Performance at 92nd St Y (28 January) in New York followed by
Performance in San Francisco and Ann Arbor at the University of Michigan.
Performers include
Wolfgang Meyer,
Reiner Wehle, and
Sabine Meyer.
Juilliard Master Class hosted by
Charles Neidich 27
January 2012
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