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WKA Summer Newsletter 2014 (August)
30 July - 3 August 2013
Louisiana State University - VIP Robert DiLutis, Director
Baton Rouge, Louisiana USA
July 30 - August 3, 2014
ClarinetFest® 2014 will takes place on the LSU campus in Baton Rouge, LA. On campus you can find numerous restaurants, shops, a newly built LSU Barnes and Nobles Bookstore and “Mike the Tiger VI”, the LSU mascot. Nearby restaurants include Louisiana specialties as well as great international foods. Day trips are planned to New Orleans, Plantations Homes and of course the Louisiana Swamps.
In addition to campus housing options for conference participants, the LOD Cook Hotel (located just a 10 minutes walk from the LSU School of Music) is the official hotel of ClarinetFest® 2014. This upscale, hotel features many contemporary accommodations as well as a complimentary breakfast, free WiFi and pool. Additional rooms are also on hold at the Staybridge Suites on the South side of Campus at our special conference rate.
Artistic Director Robert DiLutis, Professor of Clarinet at the University of Maryland (formerly LSU), and Artistic Committee members William Blayney (Buffet Artist), Robyn Jones (University of Memphis) and Michael Bartnik (Baton Rouge Symphony) announce the theme for the 2014 ClarinetFest®:
The Clarinetist as Entrepreneur
“How to diversify and expand your skills and artistry for greater
success as a musician in the 21st Century.”
If you would like to submit a proposal to perform or present at ClarinetFest® 2014, please download and complete the Call-for-Proposals Application Form and send it in to the address below. Recordings and written requests will be accepted through September 30, 2013 and will be reviewed by the committee. The ClarinetFest® 2014 committee is particularly interested in featuring pedagogy presentations or lectures relating to entrepreneurship. The conference will be featuring a wide variety of performance styles and repertoire – full consideration will be given to all complete proposals. Only proposals submitted by members of the International Clarinet Association will be considered.
7 - 16 August 2014
Clarinet Festival with Guy Dangain
Nantua, France
10 - 24 August 2014
Austria
14 - 17 August 2014
24 - 28 August 2014
Safed, Israel
24 - 31 August 2014
Senior VIP and 'King of Klezmer' Giora Feidman, Director
Jerusalem, Israel
25 - 30 August 2014
25 - 31 August 2014
Tokyo, Japan
The Jacques Lancelot International Clarinet Competition is to honor the memory of one of the greatest French clarinetists of his generation and every 2 years organized in Japan and France alternately.
The first competition was held in March 2012 in
Rouen, France the birth town of
Mr. Lancelot and 93 applicants got together. The second
competition will be at Yokosuka, Kanagawa Japan in
August 2014.
Mr. Michel ARRIGNON is again the president of the
jury as the first competition.
For this second competition we aimed to encourage the
participants from Asian and pan-pacific areas as well as
Europe and America.
Aug 25 (Mon) to 31 (Sun), 2014
Yokosuka Art Hall
3-27 Honcho Yokosuka, Kanagawa,
238-0041
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Japan
Phone 81-46-828-1602
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Fax 81-46-828-1623
http://www.yokosuka-arts.or.jp/ (Japanese)
Rules and application forms will be announced
early August, 2013.
Application will be accepted from January, 2014
(eligible to change).
All nationalities are welcome.
Applicants must be age 18 to 35 years old (Birth date
Jan 1, 1979 to Jan 1, 1996).
Koichi HAMANAKA, Honorary President of the jury (Japan), Former solo clarinet, NHK symphony orchestra, Tokyo
Michel ARRIGNON, President of the jury (France), E.S.M. Reina Sofia, Madrid.
Organizing committee of Jacques Lancelot
International Competition Japan
President Kazuko Ninomiya
Foundation of Arts and Culture, Yokosuka
Japan Clarinet Association
Nonaka Boeki, Co. Ltd.
Buffet group
The Embassy of France in Japan
La Maison Franco-Japonaise
French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan (CCIFJ)
16 August - 6 September 2014
Lucerne, Switzerland
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