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PRIORITY CLARINET AND MUSIC EVENTS
Holiday
(December) Newsletter 2010
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Isle Of Raasay Bass Clarinet Course - April 2011
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Dima Int Competition - Romania - 7 -11 February 2011
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ClarinetFest 2010 - California - 3 - 7 August
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Oklahoma Clarinet Symposium - 16 - 18 June 2011 - Cancelled
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Cornucopia - Northern Illinois University at DeKalb - 29 January 2011
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Lisbon Clarinet Competition - 30 Apr - 5 May 2011
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Ohio University Clarinet Gala - 9 April 2011
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Claremont Clarinet Festival - California - 13 - 18 June 2011
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Spanish 3rd Clarinete Course - 27 - 29 December 2010
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Clarimania - Poland - 13 - 16 April 2011
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Domaine Forget Music Festival - Quebec - 12 - 25 June 2011
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Clarinetopia - SUNY Stony Brook - 22 - 26 June 2011
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Indiana University Clarinet Workshop - 10 -14 June 2011
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Clarinet Legends Residency - Wright State University - 20 -21 April 2011
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Effortless Clarinet Concert - University of St Thomas, Houston, Texas - 9 January 2011
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University of Central Florida Clarinet Day with Stanley Drucker - 19 February 2011
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ICMC Chamber Music Festival - July-August 2011
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2 and 4 December 2010
Franklin Cohen Soloist in Nielsen
Clarinet Concerto with Cleveland Orchestra
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 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.
read more
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.
read more
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.
read more
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.
read more
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.
read more
December 15-18, 2010
Chicago, Illinois
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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
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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
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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
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The John Philip Sousa Foundation
Solo Clarinet Competition
Attn: John Casagrande
13968 Real Quiet Court
Gainesville, VA 20155
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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)
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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
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Mr. Douglas
Harter
V.P for Finance
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Mr.
Ed Lisk
V P. for Administration |
Mrs. Gladys Wright
V.P. for Development |
Mr. Robert Foster
Vice President for Research
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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 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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