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WKA Winter Newsletter
2014 (February)
2015 I.C.A.
Verdehr Trio Composition Competition
Call for Donations
The
International Clarinet Association (I.C.A.) is launching the 2015
Verdehr Trio Composition Competition to identify and promote
important new repertoire for the clarinet, violin and piano trio and add
to the 250 plus works already in existence as a result of the 40 year
project by the Elsa and Walter Verdehr and the Verdehr Trio, The
Making of a Medium. The winning composer will receive a $5,000 cash
prize and his or her work will be premiered at Clarinetfest® 2015, July
25nd-29th in Madrid, Spain. Your tax deductible donation distinguishes
you as a friend and patron of this exciting competition as well as your
commitment to the legacy of Elsa and Walter Verdehr and the Verdehr
Trio.
Patron Donor $25-$99
- Recognized in program as commissioner
Silver Level Donor $100-$249
- Recognized in program as commissioner
- Exclusive rights to program the work at any time for one year
after the premiere at Clarinetfest©2015 in Madrid, Spain
- Autographed copy of the winning score
Gold Level Donor $250-499
- Recognized in program as commissioner
- Exclusive rights to program the work at any time for one year
after the premiere at Clarinetfest©2015 in Madrid, Spain
- Autographed copy of the winning score
- Autographed copy of the winning score by the Verdehr Trio
- Verdehr Trio’s most recent CD release.
Platinum Level Donor $500-999
- Recognized in program as commissioner
- Exclusive rights to program the work at any time for one year
after the premiere at Clarinetfest© in Madrid, Spain
- Autographed copy of the winning score
- Autographed copy of the winning score by the Verdehr Trio
- Verdehr Trio’s most recent CD release and a DVD from the
Making of a Medium series
- 1 year membership in the International Clarinet Association
Legacy Donor $1,000 and over
- Recognized in program as commissioner
- Exclusive rights to program the work at any time for one year
after the premiere at Clarinetfest©2015 in Madrid, Spain
- Autographed copy of the winning score
- Autographed copy of the winning score by the Verdehr Trio
- 20 CD boxed set of the Verdehr Trio’s Making of a Medium
Collection or 6 DVD set Making of a Medium Series
- 2 year membership in the International Clarinet Association
To contribute, please enter the amount of your donation below.
Contributions may also be mailed following the instructions in this
printable form.
Thank you for your generous contribution. The International
Clarinet Association is a 501(c)(3) organization, and your contribution
is deductible as a charitable donation for federal income tax
purposes.
Donate to the
ICA/James Gillespie Online Resource Library Project
The
International Clarinet Association is moving forward to fulfill
a long held dream to digitize four decades of The Clarinet
journal and make this information available in a searchable
format on its website to members around the world. In honor of
his important legacy of education and excellence, the I.C.A. is
proud to announce the ICA/James Gillespie Online Resource
Library Project. As editor of The Clarinet for 35 years, James
Gillespie has guided and shaped the ICA’s international outreach
and member communications. His extended family includes not only
his readers, but also the many students he has inspired and
influenced as professor of clarinet at the University of North
Texas.
Our goal is to raise $25,000 by April 30, 2014 to have
more than 15,000 pages of information scanned and posted by
volume and issue on a members-only web page. Members will be
able to search for information by key words over the entire
library and view or download PDFs of articles or even entire
issues. The library will be accessible not only by computer, but
also by tablet or smart phone. The library will be updated as
future issues of The Clarinet are published.
BECOME A CHARTER DONOR! Your donation
will help create a valuable educational resource that will
benefit the I.C.A. and its members for years to come. The names
of charter donors to the ICA/James Gillespie Online Resource
Library Project will be listed on the library home page, charter
donors will be invited to view the completed project before it
is made available to the I.C.A. membership at large. Charter
donors will also receive a keepsake memento of the Online
Resource Library Project when it is launched. The International
Clarinet Association is a 501(C)(3) not-for-profit organization,
and the full amount of your donation is deductible for Federal
income tax purposes as allowed by law.
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Editor's Circle ($1,000 and above) |
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Gallery Proof Level ($500 to $999) |
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Manuscript Level ($250 to $499) |
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Masthead Level ($100 to $249) |
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Feature Level ($50 to $99 ) |
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Friends of the Editor ($25 to $49) |
To contribute to the ICA, please enter the amount of your
donation below. Contributions may also be mailed following the
instructions in this
printable form.
Thank you for your generous contribution.
The International Clarinet Association is a 501(c)(3)
organization, and your contribution is deductible as a
charitable donation for federal income tax purposes.
1 February 2014
Cornucopia - VIP
Gregory Barrett Director, with VIP
Anat Cohen, Jazz Soloist
Northern Illinois University -
DeKalb
1 - 2 February 2014
Seresnes, France
CLASES MAGISTRALES "CLARINETÍSSIM"
FEBRERO- MAYO 2014 -
Clarinetíssim
Valencia, Spain
5 February 2014
Virginia Tech University
5 - 14 February 2014
Lima, Peru
now 20 February 2014
VIP
Charles Neidich
Recital at Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois
This concert, due to adverse winter weather, has been
postponed - new date: 20 February 2014
6 - 9 February 2014
Clarinet Days
in Québec City at The Conservatoire de
Musique de Québec - with VIP
Eva Wasserman,
Marie Picard, and Robert Riseling
Quebec City, Canada
Special guest artists Eva Wasserman-Margolis, and Robert Riseling will play
an active part in this event, by giving master classes and conducting during
the clarinet choir closing concert.
Internationally recognized tone specialist and pedagogue from Israel, Mrs.
Wasserman-Margolis, will share her views on " What is the perfect tone? "
with the students and audience. This prolific clarinetist native of Key
West, Florida, has many facets to her career. To name a few, as a performer
and clinician she was invited to many European, North European and Asian
countries, as well as the USA. She received different awards and honorary
professorship for her work as a performer. She recorded two CD's with
Italian clarinetist Luigi Magistrelli: one for 2 clarinets and piano, the
other for 2 clarinets and guitar, first time recording for this combination
of instruments. She published two Solo pieces for clarinet (
Generation of Hope, and
Ode to Odessa),
and also 2 books based on the premise that students must develop a fine tone
technique from the very beginning of their studies (
Time for Tone, and
Learning Clarinet the Artistic Way
). Eva's dedication as an instructor established through the years a new
generation or Israeli clarinetists who now study and perform throughout the
world.
Native of Batavia,
Illinois, Robert Riseling is Professor Emeritus at Western University, in
London, Ontario (Canada), after having held other teaching positions in
Texas, Michigan, Kentucky, Kansas, Illinois, Nova Scotia, France and China.
He has performed, taught, coached chamber music, and given master classes in
Canada, USA, Mexico, England, France, Belgium, Hungary, Slovenia, Italy,
Norway, Iceland, Israel and China. More than forty broadcasts on CBC Radio
have included most of the sixty works written for him. For his many
performances of Hungarian works, he received two awards from Hungary's
ARTISJUS, including the medal PRO ARTIBUS. In fifteen invitations to China
he has taught, coached and performed across the country and holds five
honorary professorships. He is a founding member of two active chamber
groups: TriofuS (2 CDs) and Ffortissimo Clarinet Quartet. The students of
the Québec Conservatory will play standard répertoire for him in his masterclass
in February.
This event was born at the initiative of French Canadian clarinetist Marie
Picard, who served as 2nd and bass clarinet until recently in the
Orchestre Symphonique de Québec. She
performed twice for the ICA Conferences over the years, and gave a clarinet
and bass clarinet masterclass at the Vancouver ICA conference in 2007.
Each summer, her musical activities extend to the Music and Dance Academy
of the Domaine Forget ,
where she teaches and performs, and
also overseas on occasions, namely in the USA, Hungary, France, Israel,
Belgium and China. She currently teaches clarinet and chamber music at the
Conservatoire de musique de Québec.
The ensemble "
Choeur d'Ébène
" brings together 27 clarinetists of the
Québec area, mostly professionals,
who graduated from either the Conservatory ( many of which her own students
), or the Faculty of Music of Laval University and other universities.
They all
work in the music domaine one way or the other, playing in professional
ensembles of all sorts, teaching in different schools and privately, working
in the edition business or in specialty music shops.
This concert is simply a
superb occasion to play beautiful repertoire together, and to reconnect with
music friends.
9 February 2013
Cleveland, Ohio
Gala Fundraising Event for 2014
ChamberFest Cleveland
VIP's
Franklin Cohen, Solo Clarinetist in
Cleveland Orchestra and
Diana Cohen, Concertmaster of the Calgary, Canada Symphony, Artistic
Directors
We are having an incredibly special benefit concert. To buy tickets, please
contact us at chamberfestcleveland@gmail.com
or 216-785 9977. This intimate concert paired with small bites and wine will be
an evening you'll never forget. AND, you get to help out ChamberFest Cleveland.
An intensive summer
chamber music festival in the city,
ChamberFEST Cleveland showcases world-class
musicians in fun, innovative concert settings.
A unique variety of offerings including post-concert jam
sessions, multimedia experiences, and collaborations
with local partners, provide a fresh concert experience
in which the audience actively engages with the artists
and their performances. ChamberFEST also seeks to create
personal connections between the performers and
Cleveland residents. The musicians become members of our
community during their stay, living in our homes and
joining in the activities and special events during the
festival week.
With our emphasis on world-class music, innovative
venues, and audience engagement, ChamberFEST Cleveland
will energize Cleveland’s music scene and bring to our
community the joie de vivre of classical music
9 February 2014
Splendor - Amsterdam, The
Netherlands
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Dear
colleagues and friends
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In today's
times being versatile, up-to-date,
visionary, open minded and part of a
network, are key factors to succeed as a
musician. To make music and maintain the joy
of playing, it is important to be surrounded
by others who share the same passion.
With this thought in mind, we have organized
Blue Clarinet Day in Amsterdam.
www.blueclarinet.com - check this
site for complete information
Too good to be true, but yes it is: a
one-day festival with more than 20
outstanding guests, ready to share
information and a lifetime of experience.
Though the event is realised without any
help of sponsors or funding, we are offering
very small prices for entrance. All kids and
students receive 50% discount as well.
Dedicated to the Clarinet and beyond, all
workshops are suitable for other
instruments.
Musicians of all ages, levels and music
styles are welcome to be part of this
wonderful day, to learn, connect, inspire
and most importantly enjoy the magic of
music.
We kindly ask you for help to reach as many
as possible of the interested people. Please
forward the information to all your musical
friends, students, teachers, colleagues,
clients or any other people you think might
be interested in participating.
Please have a look at the
website to discover all the great
activities,
www.BlueClarinet.com
and below you can also read about it.
See
our Facebook event, join and share
https://www.facebook.com/events/573388542751430/?fref=ts
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by Michael Dean
Dr
Michael Dean is giving
a clarinet clinic at TMEA 2014 (Texas Music Educators Association
Clinic/Convention). TMEA
2014 will
be held February 12-15, 2014 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San
Antonio, Texas, USA.
Clarinet Clinic sponsored by Music
& Arts.
Below is information from the original proposal sent.
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Primary Topic: |
Beginner Ensembles
Individual Practice Techniques
Private Instruction |
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How to Develop Great Clarinetists: Basics
and Musical Style |
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Description: |
The primary hindrances to clarinet performing excellence at all
levels are usually weaknesses in fundamentals and knowledge of
musical style. Dean will provide clarinet teachers with practical
information that addresses both of these areas. Clarinet embouchure,
voicing, and articulation will receive special attention. There will
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Summary: |
Most of the performance limitations of clarinet students (and some
pros!) stem from either problems with basics and/or a lack of
knowledge of how to play with appropriate musical style (or ANY
musical style!). My clinic will deal with both. I will address
clarinet basics using a straightforward systematic approach. Musical
style will be considered using an accessible model for phrasing. I
will systematically address clarinet fundamentals such as
relaxation, posture, embouchure, voicing, articulation, counting,
sound projection, etc. The heart of the clinic will be information
on embouchure. In the last few decades there has been a shift in
clarinet pedagogy toward a better understanding of how voicing
relates to clarinet embouchure. We will consider this and related
issues, such as articulation. Suggestions on using a practice
routine and other practice tips will be discussed. This information
on how to practice will give insights to teachers on how to
effectively put the basics discussed into the playing of their
students. Knowledge of good phrasing and musical style (especially
Romantic Style) is generally lacking in most students. The use of a
simple and understandable model will be explored. I have found this
model to be effective in helping students understand phrasing,
dynamics and other interpretive issues. Finally, there will be time
for questions and answers.
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13 February - 4 March 2014
Berliner Philharmoniker Wind Quintet USA and Canada Tour
VIP
Walter Seyfarth, Eb Klarinettist and Wind Quintet Founder
The Philharmonic Wind Quintet of Berlin was founded in 1988, in the era of
Herbert von Karajan. The ensemble has constantly received musical inspiration
and stimulation from the Berlin Philharmoniker’s exceptionally productive and
influential musical partnerships, with Karajan and his successors as principal
conductor, Claudio Abbado and Sir Simon Rattle. As members of the orchestra,
they have naturally also benefited from collaboration with the other great
conductors of this period, from Leonard Bernstein, Carlos Kleiber and Sir John
Barbirolli, by way of Günter Wand, Carlo Maria Giulini, Bernard Haitink and
Riccardo Muti, to James Levine and Daniel Barenboim, to mention only a few.
Audiences worldwide are constantly astonished by the Philharmonic Wind Quintet’s
variety of expression, its spectrum of tonal colours, and the stylistic
assurance of its interpretations. Listeners and critics agree that the ensemble
has succeeded in virtually redefining the sound of the classical wind quintet.
Along with the entire breadth of the quintet literature, the ensemble’s
repertoire includes works for augmented forces, for example the sextets by
Janáček and Reinicke and the septets by Hindemith and Koechlin. In recent years,
its collaborations with the pianists Stephen Hough, Jon Nakamatsu, Lars Vogt and
Lilya Zilberstein have assumed increasing importance.
In addition,
the members of the Philharmonic Wind Quintet have stepped up their teaching
activities, and they have a special commitment to the youth orchestra system of
Venezuela.
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It's 2014 and our next North American tour starts in February. Here are the venues and dates. We hope to see you at one of our concerts!
Feb. 13 – Philadelphia – Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center
Feb. 15 – University of Maryland – Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Feb. 17 – Norfolk VA – Chandler Recital Hal, F.Ludwig Diehn Center
Feb. 19 – Nashville TN – Ingram Hall, Vanderbilt University
Feb. 22 – Montreal, Canada – Conservatoire de Musique de Montréal
Feb. 23 – Potsdam NY – Hosmer Concert Hall SUNY Potsdam
Feb. 25 – Tryon NC – Fine Arts Center
Feb. 26 – London Canada – University of Western Ontario, Paul Davenport Theatre
Feb. 28 – San Francisco CA, Creative Arts Building McKenna Theater
Mar. 02 – Pasadena CA – Beckman Auditorium, CalTech
Mar. 04 – Cincinnati OH – University College-Conservatory of Music
14 - 16 February 2014
Leipzig, Germany
Bassklarinetten-Konferenz in
Leipzig
Museum für Musikinstrumente
BASSKLARINETTEN-SZENE D
Ein ganzes Wochenende lang dreht sich in Leipzig alles um
die Bassklarinette: Erstmals in Deutschland findet im Grassi-Museum
in Kooperation mit der deutschen Klarinetten-Gesellschaft eine
Konferenz statt, die sich der Bassklarinette widmet. Das
Instrument wird in Vorträgen von Historikern, Instrumentenbauern
und Bassklarinettisten in vielfältiger Weise betrachtet;
Schwerpunkt wird die Situation in Deutschland sein. Namhafte
Interpreten präsentieren in stilistisch vielseitigen Konzerten
die gesamte Bandbreite des Instruments.
FR 14. Februar | 18–19 Uhr, Zimeliensaal
Eröffnungsveranstaltung durch die Direktion des Grassi-Museums
und den Vorstand der DKG
20 Uhr Konzert
Neue Musik und Jazz Ausführende N. N. Karten: 10/8
EUR (erm.)
SA 15. Februar | Zimeliensaal und Vortragssaal
9–13 Uhr/14.30–19 Uhr
Konferenzprogramm mit Vorträgen, Präsentationen und
Kurzkonzerten
20 Uhr Konzert Die Bassklarinette – ein
Instrument von Nacht und Schatten
Volker Hemken, Nina Janssen-Deinzer, Fie Schouten u.a..
Karten: 15/12 EUR (erm.)
SO 16. Februar | Zimeliensaal und Vortragssaal
9–12.30 Uhr Konferenzprogramm
Anmeldung unter www.deutsche-klarinetten-gesellschaft.de
Karten für den Besuch einzelner Veranstaltungen gibt es an
der Tageskasse.
Konferenzgebühr: Mitglieder 60 €, Nichtmitglieder 90 €
Tagesticket Freitag/Sonntag je 20 €/25 €, Samstag 3o €/45 €
15 February 2014
Varzim, Portugal
15 February 2014 - 8:30am - 1:00pm
University
of Central Florida (UCF) Clarinet Day with Dr Frank Kowalsky
Orlando, Florida
The UCF Music Department is
proud to announce the 24th
Annual UCF Clarinet Day. This will be a day of clarinet
activities designed for high school and community college
clarinet players, including performances, workshop, and a mass
clarinet choir reading session. Registration begins at noon.
Bring your clarinet to play in the clarinet choir!
Featured
guest:
Frank Kowalsky
Professor of Clarinet (retired),
Florida State University
Frank Kowalsky has performed as
principal clarinetist with orchestras throughout the United
States, including the Naples Philharmonic, Tallahassee Symphony
Orchestra, and Northwood Orchestra. He has also been a member of
the United States Marine Band, the Colorado Philharmonic, the
Rochester Philharmonic, and Music at Gretna.
Kowalsky has toured England as guest
soloist with the Florida State Winds and several nation-wide
tours as a member of the Trio Con Brio. He serves as music
director for the Tallahassee Ballet's annual production, Evening
of Music and Dance, and appears regularly with the Seattle
Chamber Music Festival. A member of the faculty at the
Interlochen Arts Academy for ten years, he was Professor of
Clarinet at FSU from 1984 to 2013. Kowalsky holds degrees from
the Eastman School of Music, the Manhattan School of Music, and
the Catholic University of America.
More Information
Keith Koons
19 February 2014
Troy University
(Alabama)
20 February 2014
Special Memoriam Tribute Broadcast for Claudio
Abbado in Vienna
20 - 22 February
2014
Murray, Kentucky
21 February 2014
22 - 24 February
2014
Reggiolo,
Italy
24 - 25
February 2014
VIP
Wenzel Fuchs
Master Class
Geneva,
Switzerland
24 - 28
February 2014
German Masters Music
Festival 2014 at
Faculty of Music, Silpakorn University
and
Goethe-Institut
Bangkok, Thailand
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151988324712675&set=vb.195455552674&type=2&theater
24 - 27 February
2014
Spain
26 - 28 February
2014
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