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PRIORITY CLARINET AND MUSIC EVENTS

Holiday  (December) Newsletter 2010

Isle Of Raasay Bass Clarinet Course - April 2011

Dima Int Competition - Romania - 7 -11 February 2011

ClarinetFest 2010 - California - 3 - 7 August

Oklahoma Clarinet Symposium - 16 - 18 June 2011 - Cancelled

Cornucopia - Northern Illinois University at DeKalb - 29 January 2011

 

Lisbon Clarinet Competition - 30 Apr - 5 May 2011

Ohio University Clarinet Gala - 9 April 2011

Claremont Clarinet Festival - California - 13 - 18 June 2011

Spanish 3rd Clarinete Course - 27 - 29 December 2010

Clarimania - Poland - 13 - 16 April 2011

 

Domaine Forget Music Festival - Quebec - 12 - 25 June 2011

Clarinetopia - SUNY Stony Brook - 22 - 26 June 2011

Indiana University Clarinet Workshop - 10 -14 June 2011

Clarinet Legends Residency - Wright State University - 20 -21 April 2011

Effortless Clarinet Concert - University of St Thomas, Houston, Texas - 9 January 2011

University of Central Florida Clarinet Day with Stanley Drucker - 19 February 2011

ICMC Chamber Music Festival - July-August 2011

 
 
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St Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Music Competition
in partnership with Making Music

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ST MARTIN'S CHAMBER MUSIC COMPETITION 2011
ENTRIES NOW OPEN UNTIL 3 DECEMBER 2010

The St Martin's Chamber Music Competition embodies St Martin's commitment to the discovery, nurture and promotion of new and emerging musical talent and continues a long history of musical excellence and artistic contribution at the heart of London. With the support of Making Music, the competition is able to offer winners the opportunity to establish and develop a performance profile throughout the UK.

Now in its second year, the St Martin's Chamber Music Competition (SMCC) is a collaborative venture between St Martin-in-the-Fields and Making Music. Building on the long and illustrious histories of both organisations supporting the development of local and international musical talent, the SMCC provides an invaluable stepping stone in the career of young chamber musicians. The competition offers winners the chance to perform throughout the UK in a series of professional engagements through Making Music's member network.

2010 competition winners, the Piatti Quartet filled an initial quota of twelve performances through within three months of winning the competition in April 2010 and are continuing to take regular bookings. As winners, Piatti has also enjoyed support from St Martin-in-the-Fields in the form of one year's free rehearsal space.

To enter St Martin's Chamber Music Competition download the 'Official Entry Form' and 'Rules and Instructions' below. Entries close on Friday 3 December 2010 at 5pm.

For further information or to support the SMCC please contact:

Jennifer Lang
Assistant Concerts Manager
Direct: 020 7766 1130
Or
Email: chambermusic@smitf.org

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2 and 4 December 2010
 
Franklin Cohen Soloist in Nielsen Clarinet Concerto with Cleveland Orchestra
 
Pinchas Steinberg leads The Cleveland Orchestra in Mahler’s explosive and heart-wrenching First Symphony.  The Orchestra’s principal clarinet is soloist in Carl Nielsen’s spirited concerto. 

NICOLAI - Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor
NIELSEN - Clarinet Concerto
MAHLER - Symphony No. 1 ("Titan")


Franklin Cohen's solo appearance with The Cleveland Orchestra
is made possible by a gift to the Orchestra’s Guest Artist Fund
from
Mrs. Warren H. Corning.
 

Concert Details

THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA
Pinchas Steinberg, conductor

Overture to The Merry Wives of Windso
by Otto Nicolai (1810-1849)

Clarinet Concerto, Opus 57
by Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
     Allegretto un poco — Poco adagio
     — Allegro non troppo — Adagio
     — Allegro vivace
with Franklin Cohen, clarinet

INTERMISSION

Symphony No. 1 in D major
by Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
     1.  Langsam, schleppend; wie ein Naturlaut
             (Slow, dragging; always very easygoing)
     2.  Kräftig bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell
             (With powerful movement, but not too fast)
     3.  Feierlich und gemessen, ohne zu schleppen
             (Solemn and measured, without dragging)
     4.  Stürmisch bewegt
             (With violent movement)


The concert will end at approximately 9:55 p.m.

Concert Preview

Free Concert Preview:
Beginning one hour before the performance.

Location:
Reinberger Chamber Hall in Severance Hall

Concert Previews are free to all ticketholders.  Previews are held prior to every Cleveland Orchestra subscription concert, beginning 1 hour before the performance.  This series is funded by a generous endowment gift from Dorothy Humel Hovorka.

Vandoren Holiday Celebration in New York - Monday, 6 December 2010

2 PM - Midnight
 
250 West 54th St - Suite 612
New York City
 
 
 An annual event this season from Vandoren to all its customers and professionals will convene with a 6 hour party at the USA New York Headquarters with key Officers and movers in attendance including Artist Director David Gould, and DANSR President Michael Skinner who is coming in from Chicago.  DANSR is the US distributor for Vandoren France.  As the afternoon progresses, several artists from the New York area will visit and party with fellow colleagues, many of whom are noted artists from the Classical and Jazz scene.  Later that evening there is that VandoJam which is a jam set of sessions of players who come to make music informally which lasts about 4 hours next door at a restaurant, pub.  The event is a remarkable venue to meet players and catch up on the year's activities and have a great social time.  The who's who in the music field attend for this very reason.
 
 
Cristo Barrios’ debuts at Major European Centers in December and February 2011
Cristo Barrios’ debut at the Auditorio Nacional in Madrid

Cristo Barrios’ debut at the Auditorio Nacional in Madrid

Cristo Barrios will perform in duo, with pianista Gustavo Díaz Jerez, at the Auditorio Nacional in Madrid (chamber hall) next December 8 a las 20:30. The programme will include pieces by Manuel Bonino, Gustavo Díaz Jerez, Juan Manuel Ruiz, Laura Vega and Gustavo Trujillo.

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Cristo Barrios will make his debut recital at the Konzerthaus Berlin

Cristo Barrios will make his debut recital at the Konzerthaus Berlin

December 18, at 8:00 pm, Cristo Barrios will perform in one of the most important concert halls in Europe, the Berlin Konzerthaus. It will be a recital for clarinet and piano, accompanied by his current pianist, Clinton Cormany.

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Cristo Barrios makes his debut at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam

Cristo Barrios makes his debut at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam

Next December 3 at 8:15 pm Cristo will make his debut recital in one of the most important concert halls in the World, the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam. He will play in duo with pianist Gustavo Díaz Jerez in the chamber hall.

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Cristo Barrios & Elias String Quartet

Cristo Barrios & Elias String Quartet

The Pharos Trust (www.thepharostrust.org) from Cyprus, an cultural organization that organizes concerts for artists from all over the World, just signed contract with Cristo Barrios for a concert where he will play with one of the best young British string quartets of today, the Elias String Quartet.

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Cristo Barrios debut at the Wiener Konzerthaus

Cristo Barrios debut at the Wiener Konzerthaus

Next February 18th at 7:30 pm, Cristo Barrios will make his first important performance of 2011 in one of the most important halls in Europe, the Wiener Konzerthaus. He will appear in duo with pianist Gustavo Díaz Jerez.

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December 15-18, 2010
Chicago, Illinois
 
The Midwest Clinic - An International Band and Orchestra Conference
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  The 64th Annual Midwest Clinic ­ December 15-18, 2010

 

This Internationally respected Music Education Conference is one of the most important programs given annually with a full-time array of activities, including performances by invited School and University Ensembles and the US Major Service Bands. The below Clinic given by Robert Spring should be of vital interest to Clarinetists of all levels.
 
Clarinet Technique 101: It is a Requirement, not an Elective
  Robert Spring  - Professor at University of Arizona 
 
 
  Clinician Name: Robert Spring  E-mail Address: Robert.Spring@asu.edu

Clinic Title: Clarinet Technique 101: It is a Requirement, not an Elective

Clinic Synopsis: Clarinet Technique is required at a level that continues to grow and expand. Students also need technique to perform standard band works with the required finger and tongue agility. This clinic will give concrete exercises to cement strong technique, expand finger and tongue agility, a system for teaching extended techniques. Clinic will focus on basic concepts, how they are used, and well as specific daily exercises, to increase technical facility on the clarinet.

What is the target audience for this clinic? College, high school and junior high band directors, clarinet students/performers of all ages.

What will the audience take away from this clinic? This clinic will give concrete exercises to cement strong technique, expand finger and tongue agility, a system for teaching extended techniques. Clinic will focus on basic concepts, how they are used, and well as specific daily exercises, to increase technical facility on the clarinet. Included will be an explanation of how we learn technique using Dr. Frank R. Wilson's booklet, “Mind, Muscle and Music, Physiological Clues to Better Teaching".


What is included in the handout? This clinic will give concrete exercises to cement strong technique, expand finger and tongue agility, a system for teaching extended techniques. Clinic will focus on basic concepts, how they are used, and well as specific daily exercises, to increase technical facility on the clarinet. Included will be an explanation of how we learn technique using Frank R. Wilson's booklet, “Mind, Muscle and Music, Physiological Clues to Better Teaching".


Is there anything else you would like attendees to know about this clinic? Clarinet technique is not an option. Teaching technical studies and patterning is not difficult. Specific daily studies will be given.

Biographical Information: Robert Spring is Professor of Music in Clarinet at Arizona State University. He attended the University of Michigan where he was awarded three degrees, including the Doctor of Musical Arts degree. He recently was awarded the "Citation of Merit Award" from the School of Music Alumni Society. Spring has performed as a recitalist or soloist worldwide, and has been heard on National Public Radio's Performance Today. He frequently serves as clinician/adjudicator, teaches on the faculties of several summer music festivals and has published numerous articles on multiple articulation and other contemporary clarinet techniques. Spring was President of the International Clarinet Association, (ICA), from 1998-2000 and has performed for numerous ICA conventions. He is a Buffet Artist, and performs on the Buffet Greenline Clarinet.

Sponsor: Buffet Crampon USA INC., Arizona State University, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
 
 

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“I INTERNATIONAL CLARINET SEMINAR”

 
Murcia - Elche (Spain) 2010/2011

 

 
Yehuda Gilad
 
Professor at
 
The Colburn School of Performing Arts - Los Angeles USA
 
and
 
Thornton School of Music - University of Southern California, USA

 
Dates
 
1st Meeting: 19 - 22 December 2010
2nd Meeting  (IMPORTANT - Change on the dates ) (Cambio importante en las fechas): 21 - 25 May 2011

 
Place
The 1st meeting will take place at the:
El 1º encuentro tendrá lugar en:


Aula CAM de Murcia
Salzillo, 7. 30001
Murcia


Sponsors

 

 

 
www.clarinetseminar.eu/gilad/
info@clarinetseminar.eu
 

 

The

John Philip Sousa

National Young Artists

Solo Competition

Application Deadline - 15 November 2010

Adjudication - December 2010

HIGH SCHOOL WIND INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMERS ON

French Horn and Clarinet

Administered by

The John Philip Sousa Foundation

Coordinating Chair:
 

James F. Slutz,Professor of Music Emeritus
Indiana State University
3626 Country Wood Road
Terre Haute, Indiana
maestroslutz@verizon.net

Purpose

To identify, recognize and honor outstanding high school french hornists and clarinetists that have demonstrated 
particularly significant high standards of excellence.

 Procedure

Students may submit an application no later than November 15, 2010.  
Applicants must submit a typewritten letter with:
  applicant’s name
address with zip code
 telephone number
 school
 grade
email address
  It must also include a signed verification statement by the applicant’s band
 or
 orchestra director and a parental statement agreeing to appear, if selected as winner.

 For an official brochure and application form, click here .

Adjudication will take place in December 2010 and the winner will be notified promptly.  DVD audition videos will be evaluated by a panel of five distinguished judges, each a respected professional of national reputation.  A prize of $500 will be awarded to the winner, along with the opportunity to perform a solo work with a major University or Military Band.  The Jupiter Corporation will sponsor all expenses associated with the winner’s solo performance. All application forms, five (5) performance DVDs, and $25 registration fee should be submitted to:

The John Philip Sousa Foundation
Solo Horn Competition
Attn:  Scott Rush
2828 Pyracantha court
Mount Pleasant, SC  29466
 
The John Philip Sousa Foundation
Solo Clarinet Competition
Attn:  John Casagrande
13968 Real Quiet Court
Gainesville, VA  20155
 

Checks should be made payable to the John Philip Sousa Foundation.

 Criteria

The National Young Artists Solo Competition is open to high school students who are between the ages of fourteen and nineteen.  Competitors should perform two contrasting movements/sections from the following solo literature:       

FRENCH HORN

 Strauss                 Concerto #1, Opus 11

Mozart                  Concerto #3 in Eb Major, K. 447

Mozart                  Concerto #4 in Eb Major, K. 495

Dukas                 Villanelle (complete)

CLARINET

          Messager              Solo de Concours (complete selection)
          Saint-Saens           Sonata ( two contrasting movements)
          Von Weber            Concertino(complete selection)
          Von Weber            Concerto in Eb (two contrasting movements)

The DVD must be a single unedited performance by the competitor without breaks, other than between movements of a composition.  The contestant must be enrolled as a regular, full-time high school student and be a member of the school concert band or symphony orchestra at the time of the competition performance.  This would indicate that the audition video would be made no later than the fall of a student’s senior year in high school.  The jury may declare a “no winner” decision at its discretion.  In addition to recognizing the winner, the jury may also recognize several superior performances of outstanding merit.  Unless there is an objection from a contestant, the Sousa Foundation will make the names of these outstanding finalists available to college, universities, and schools of music when requested by these institutions to do so.  Performance feedback will be provided by to all auditioners.

 Administration
The award is administered by the John Philip Sousa Foundation and implemented by the executive committee.  The membership of the executive committee is presently as follows:

Dr. Al G. Wright
Chairman of the Board 

Col. John R. Bourgeois
President and CEO


 
Mr. Douglas Harter
V.P for Finance 

 
 Mr. Ed Lisk
V P. for Administration
  Mrs. Gladys Wright
 V.P. for Development 
Mr. Robert Foster
Vice President for Research

 
                                   
 
 
MEMBERS OF THE SELECTION COMMITTEE
 

 
Jeff Bianchi
Past President
American Bandmasters Association
 
Chris Castellanos
Boston Brass
 
Robert Pruzin
Professor of Horn
University of South Carolina
 
J.D. Shaw
Professor of Horn
University of New Mexico
 
Scott Rush
Wando High School
Mount Pleasant, SC
 
John E. Casagrande
Associate Professor of Music
George Mason University
 
Bruce Dinkins
James Bowie High School
Austin, Texas
 
Doug Graham
Professor Emeritus of Clarinet
University of South Carolina
 
Joseph Hermann
Director of Bands
Tennessee Tech University
 
Edward Lisk
Past President
American Bandmasters Association

The John Philip Sousa Foundation

The John Philip Sousa Foundation is a publicly sponsored educational foundation organized for the purpose of sponsoring and administrating projects contributing to the excellence of bands and band music throughout the world.  The Foundation is governed by the executive committee which receives suggestions, advice, and input from the board of directors and the executive board.  Projects of a special nature related to the interests of the several band organizations are coordinated with these groups for their specific input.  No officer of the Foundation or committee member, excepting the attorney and the tax accountant, receive any salary or compensation for services.

John Philip Sousa Foundation

Soloist Competition

Click here for application!!

(Application must be typed.)

27 - 29 December 2010

3rd International Clarinet Course

Benierbeig, Spain

 

 

 

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