4:30 p.m.
Sonia Vlahcevic Concert Hall
W. E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts
Richmond, Virginia
Franklin Cohen
holds the Frank K. Griesinger Chair in Clarinet, and has been
the principal clarinet of The Cleveland Orchestra since 1976. He
is considered one of the most outstanding clarinetists of his
generation. In 1968, he was the first and only clarinetist
awarded First Prize at the International Munich Competition,
gaining him international acclaim at the age of 22. He has
appeared as a soloist with The Cleveland Orchestra in nearly 200
performances at Severance Hall, Blossom Music Center, and on
tour in the United States, the Far East, and Europe. He recorded
Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto with the Orchestra and Christoph von
Dohnanyi for Decca Records, and is also the soloist in
Debussy’s First Rhapsody on a Deutsche Grammophon recording with
the Orchestra and Pierre Boulez that won two Grammy Awards in
1996.
Cohen has been a featured artist with many well-known string
quartets, including the Cavani, Emerson, Guarneri, Miami, Miro,
Orion, Takács, Tokyo, and Ysaÿe. He attended the Julliard School
of Music and began his professional career when Leopold
Stokowski chose him as principal clarinet for the American
Symphony. Cohen has given master classes and seminars at many
universities and conservatories throughout the world and, since
1976, has chaired the clarinet department at the Cleveland
Institute of Music.
2 - 4 April 2014
Bari, Italy
ArtistsWorks Classical Campus Video
Exchange Scholarship Competition -
Application Deadline 30 April 2014
April 2014 - March 2015
Tokyo, Japan
The Clarinet Academy of Tokyo will launch in April 2014!
This academy is supported by Yamaha Ginza Tokyo, and it is ideal for young musicians who are;
① Music college / conservatory graduates who want to become a professional player.
② Non...-music major college graduates who have a strong ambition to become a professional player.
③ High school graduates who want to receive further instructions before applying for colleges / music conservatories.
④ High school graduates who are interested in becoming a professional player without entering music colleges / conservatories.
⑤ Young musicians who are interested in studying in abroad.
Students will receive;
① 2 private lessons per week. Total of 70 lessons per year.
② A recital per year.
③ Opportunities to attend at least one masterclass by world renowned guest instructor per year.
④ Various performance opportunities both in and out of the academy.
⑤ Proper guidance for various competitions and auditions.
Tuition;
$7,440.00 (April 2014 to March 2015)
* Summer recess from 18th Jul. to 24th Aug., 2014. Winter recess from26th Dec. to 7th Jan., 2015
Accommodations;
We will assist you with finding apartments for students who need one. Rent is approximately $350-450 per month.
Christoph von
Dohnányi presents a
program of German
masterpieces. In his
Symphony No. 7,
Beethoven uses the
smallest amount of
material to craft a
mighty symphony for the
ages. From the emotive
Allegretto of the second
movement to the giddy
Scherzo of the third
movement and the noble
finale, the Seventh
stands as one of the
most perfectly crafted
works ever written. The
success of Brahms’s
Haydn Variations gave
the composer the
confidence to complete
his long-awaited First
Symphony. While the true
origins and composer for
“Haydn’s theme” may
remain a mystery, Brahms
transforms a simple,
lilting melody into a
tour-de-force for
orchestra. Philadelphia
Orchestra Principal
Clarinet Ricardo Morales
performs the jovial and
virtuosic Clarinet
Concerto No. 1 by Carl
Maria von Weber, which
was premiered in 1811,
the same year as
Beethoven’s Seventh
Symphony.
All clarinetists of middle school through
college age are invited to participate. Clarinetists and band directors who
teach privately or in the public schools are welcome to participate along with
their students.
Guest
Faculty
Dr Robert
Walzel - Former President of the International Clarinet Association - ICA and
Dean of Music at the University of Kansas
Dr Gary
Whitman - Professor at Texas Christian University and Bass Clarinetist in the
Fort Worth Symphony
Activities
include:
Morning
Recital
Clarinet
Reading sessions
Master
Classes
Lecture
Recitals
Registration
Deadline: March 31, 2014 | Fee $10
To register for Midwest Clarifest at UNL please
complete this form and return it along with your check for $10.00 made out to
UNL to the following address:
Glenn Korff School of Music
UNL Midwest ClariFest
228 Westbrook Building
Lincoln, NE 68588‐0100
he course will include workshops,
individual lessons, ensemble work and a chance to perform in a concert.
The solo bass clarinet course will include discussions on history, technique and
repertoire, master classes, individual tuition, ensemble work (including
Scottish Music!) and a chance to perform in a concert.
The course is available for
everybody from beginner to advanced and repertoire will be discussed before the
course to ensure that everybody has music to prepare in advance.
Time will also be made available to explore this beautiful island with
spectacular views over to the Cullins on the Isle of Skye.
10 - 13 April 2014
Lucerne, Switzerland
10 April 2014
Master
Class with VIP Michele Gingras at Penn State University
State
College, Pennsylvania
Michele Gingras, the clarinet
professor at Miami University
(Ohio), will present a master
class for Penn State clarinet
students 7 p.m. on Thursday,
April 10, in 110 Music Building
I on the University Park campus
of Penn State. Admission is
free.
Michele Gingras joined the Miami
University faculty in 1986. She
earned her master's degree at
Northwestern University with
Robert Marcellus, a Premier Prix
in clarinet performance and in
chamber music from the Montreal
Music Conservatory with Rafaele
Masella, and she studied in the
doctoral program at Indiana
University with Bernard Portnoy
and Earl Bates.
Professor Gingras is an active
recitalist, author, recording
artist, and clinician. She
performed as a soloist, as a
member of the Miami Wind
Quintet, and as a klezmer
musician in Australia,
Venezuela, Ecuador, Taiwan,
Singapore, and throughout the
United States, Canada, and
Europe. She served ten summers
as principal clarinet with the
Echternach Festival Orchestra in
Luxembourg. Previously, she was
principal solo clarinet with the
Santiago Philharmonic Orchestra
(Chile). Gingras has recorded
over a dozen compact discs and
ten solo recitals for
Radio-Canada. Additionally, she
recorded a commissioned duo with
Emmy-Award clarinetist Richard
Stoltzman for MMC Recordings in
Boston (2008).
Her publications include more
than 200 articles and reviews
for The Clarinet, CASS,
Australian Clarinet and
Saxophone, The Instrumentalist,
NACWPI, Canadian Winds, and
other magazines. She also
translated a 550-page scholarly
book about saxophonist
Jean-Marie Londeix published by
Roncorp. Her two books,
Clarinet Secrets—52 Performance
Strategies for the Advanced
Clarinetist and echo,
were published by Scarecrow
Press. In 2007, she published a
widely-distributed “Survival
Guide” pamphlet about single
reed instrument care as well as
online educational material for
Rico International. Since 2008,
she has authored a clarinet
advice column in the magazine
Australian Clarinet and
Saxophone.
11 April 2014
Millersville, Pennsylvania
with VIP's
Julia Heinen from California State
University at Northridge, and VIP Director Cristy Banks
11 - 12 April 2014
Master Class and Mouthpiece Seminars
with James Kanter from Los Angeles, California
Performing Organization Chairman and Professor
Mitchell Estrin
University of Florida in
Gainesville
James Kanter, solo clarinetist for
nearly 1,500 major motion pictures
in the L.A. studios and renowned mouthpiece craftsman, will be at the
University of Florida on April 11-12.You, your
students, and friends
are cordially invited to all of the events! All events are free and open
to the public.
Here is the schedule:
Friday, April 11
10-12:30-Vandoren equipment display and testing (Music Building 146)
12:50PM-Lecture/Interview (Music Building 101)
Saturday, April 12
12-2PM-Masterclass (Music Building 101)
2:15 -5:00- Individual mouthpiece consultations (Music Building 145)
Please email me (mestrin@ufl.edu) if you are interested in setting up a
mouthpiece consultation with Mr. Kanter.
Ever wonder about how a mouthpiece is designed? Master mouthpiece
craftsman, James Kanter will join us for a lecture on how he designs his
mouthpieces. Also, participants will have the opportunity to try these wonderful
mouthpieces!
During his over forty years as a clarinetist in Los Angeles he spent
the majority of his time working in the Motion Picture andTV recording studios
having been a part of nearly 1,500 Motion Picture scores and hundreds of TV
shows.
Some of the many composers he’s worked with include John Williams,
Hans Zimmer, Jerry Goldsmith, John Debney, James Newton Howard, Randy Newman,
James Horner, Mike Post and Alan Silvestri.
His playing is prominently featured on such film scores as “Seabiscuit”,
“Benny and Joon”, “As Good as it Gets” and “Nine Months”.
Kanter served on the music department faculties of the University of
California, both the Santa Barbara and Irvine campuses and at the California
State University, Northridge.
He performed as principal clarinetist with the Hollywood Bowl
Orchestra, the Pacific Symphony Orchestra (for 23 seasons), the Joffrey Ballet
Orchestra and the San Luis Obispo (California) Mozart Festival Orchestra. He was
also a chamber musician throughout his career.
Retired since 2007 he continues to handcraft James Kanter clarinet
mouthpieces on a limited basis.
12 April 2014
Miami, Florida
Delaware Clarinet
Day is scheduled for
April 19, 2014, and
features the AdZel
Duo, consisting of
Mariam Adam of the
Imani Winds and
Stephanie Zelnick of
the University of
Kansas, along with
UD's own Christopher
Nichols and Clarinet
Ensemble.
Activities for the
day will include
concerts, master
classes, exhibits
and performing
activities.
The AdZel Duo
was founded in
2010 as an
amalgam of East
and West; Modern
and Ancient.
This dynamic
group
collaborates at
the convergence
of
Jewish-American
and
Arab-American
cultures and has
worked with
cutting edge
composers to
create new
sounds and
experiences.
An AdZel concert
is a journey
through a
tapestry of art
and sound. Woven
into this
experience are
the tales,
laughter, and
tears of a
collective
heritage. This
engaging and
innovative pair
paint a picture
of desert
vistas, city
streets, folk
songs, and
lullabies.
Mariam Adam and
Stephanie
Zelnick are
AdZel. Based in
New York and
Kansas, the pair
are joined in
this experience
by innovators
such as Forrest
Pierce, Mohammed
Fairouz, Anne
Guzzo, and Jason
Barabba.
http://adzelduo.com/
Mariam Adam
Clarinetist
Christopher
Nichols enjoys
an active career
as a recitalist,
military
bandsman,
orchestral
musician and
educator with
frequent
appearances
throughout the
United States
and Europe.
Prior to coming
to UD, Dr.
Nichols held
positions at
Americana Music
Academy, the
Boston Arts
Academy, the
Ottley Music
School and
Concordia
University,
Nebraska. He
spends part of
the summer as a
clarinet
instructor at
Blue Lake Fine
Arts Camp in
Twin Lake,
Michigan, where
he also performs
with the Blue
Lake Festival
Band and
Orchestra.Dr.
Nichols has
enjoyed a long
career in the
United States
Army Music
Career Program,
first on active
duty and
currently as a
reservist, and
his service has
been recognized
with the Army
Commendation
Medal, the Army
Achievement
Medal and the
Colonel Finley
R. Hamilton
Outstanding
Military
Musician Award.
July 2013 marked
Dr. Nichols’
debut
performance at
the
International
Clarinet
Association’s
Clarinetfest® in
Assisi, Italy in
a recital of
works for voice,
clarinet and
piano that
included the
world premiere
of composer
Joseph Eidson’s
Birds of Passage
for
countertenor,
clarinet and
piano.
LOMAX CLASSIC specializes in hand crafted products for the
clarinet. In 1997 Michael Lomax began hand crafting professional quality
woodwind mouthpieces. Since that time his mouthpieces have gained a worldwide
reputation among clarinetists, many of which occupy positions in major
orchestras throughout the U.S.A. as well as around the globe.
Today LOMAX CLASSIC continues to specialize in hand crafted
clarinet mouthpieces as well as other clarinet accessories, including swabs,
ligatures, and the HUMIDIPRO humidity and temperature controlled cases.
OR-TAV Music Publications/Israel Brass Woodwind Publications is
Israel's leading independent publisher of sheet music. Publishers of Eva
Wasserman-Margolis'Time for Tone,
The Generation of Hope, and Ode to Odessa, as well as her Hebrew-language
method book,Learning the Clarinet
the Artistic Way, our catalog includes other original works and arrangements
for clarinet and woodwind ensembles, Yale Strom's bookDave
Tarras – The King of Klezmer, and original klezmer music by Daniel Galay and
Emil Kroitor. For a complete online catalog, visit us atwww.ortav.com.
Eva Wasserman-
Margolis
Eva
Wasserman- Margolis was born on the island of Key West in the Florida Keys. In
1980 she received her Master's Degree in Music Performance at the University of
Illinois and in the same year secured the position of principal clarinet with
the Haifa Symphony in Israel. Her interest in musicology at Bar Ilan University
introduced her to the world of music research and of lesser known composers and
her main ambitions then led her to perform and record many of the composer's
works. Eva's dedication as an instructor established through the years a new
generation of Israeli clarinetists who now study and perform throughout the
world.
Eva
organized the first Israeli Clarinet Festival in 1998, and has brought
clarinetists of internationally renowned to teach and perform in Israel. She
serves as a national chairperson for the International Clarinet Association in
Israel, and was the first clarinetist invited to represent Israel at the
International Clarinet Festival in 1999, Belgium and 2005 in Japan (partially
supported by American - Israel Cultural Foundation). As a performer and
clinician, Eva has been invited to the USA, Switzerland, Italy, Hungary,
Portugal, Belgium, Finland, Ukraine, Slovenia, China and Japan In 2004, her
invitation to perform in China at the International Clarinet Festival partially
sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Israel, was praised by Jilin
College of the Arts. She was one of the five international performers, and the
only female to receive an honorary professorship for her performance. From
2005-2010 she conducted and coached at Giora Feidman's Klezmer Festival in the
Galilee and in 2006 she honored David Weber the New York Clarinetist, by
organizing the David Weber Competition in Israel. In 2009, she was honored by
Eastman School of Music in New York's, Woman's Festival of Music. In 2010 Lomax
Classic Mouthpieces in the United States created the EWM series mouthpiece in
her name. The same year Gianaluca Campagnolo completed another volume of his
books: The Great Clarinettists where she is also included. In 2013-2014 , she
resides in Vermont and was invited to give master classes and conduct the
clarinet players from the Quebec Conservatory and the citys surroundings.
Her CD "Two
Clarinets and Piano: Original Music from Finland, Malta, Israel and Points
In-between”, is a collaboration with Clarinetist Luigi Magistrelli and Pianist
Claudia Bracco (www.leonarda.com).
Her recent recording, also in collaboration with Luigi Magistrelli,Unforgettable Hues with
guitarist Massimo Laura, includes music for two clarinets and guitar. It is a
first time recording for this combination of instruments. Also: Composer Sara
Feigin's CD: Jewish Music.