July 2017 Newsletter

Senior VIP and Solo Klarinettist Emeritus in the Berliner Philharmoniker Karl Leister Master Classes

We would like to invite you to the 16th annual summer master classes in Ostrava from 2nd of July to 9th of July 2017. Ostrava is the 3rd biggest city in the Czech Republic, located in North Moravia, 300 kilometers east of Prague. This course will give you the opportunity to work very intensively with excellent players and teachers. During one week you will have at least 5 individual lessons (45-minutes each)! This is a big difference compared to other similar courses, where you have seldom more than two lessons. Besides studying your repertoire and new pieces, you could work with us for example on developing your tone quality, speed of staccato, good breathing or to learn some of the new techniques (slap tongue, double staccato, circular breathing, etc). There will be 3 professional pianists available for accompaniment during the lessons and a clarinet repair specialist. There are enough practicing rooms and you will be free to attend listening of any of the courses (usually we have about 50 students, aged from 12 to 60, mostly advanced and medium advanced). We will organize few teachers and partici- pants concerts which will be recorded live, we will give you these professional recordings. Don’t hesitate to contact us for more information, or visit our web- page including more information, pictures and recordings from previous years.

Jorge Montilla (Venezuela / USA)

Jorge Montilla is considered one of the finest clarinetists in Latin-America and one of the world’s best Eb Clarinet players. Montilla is one of the many musicians produced by Venezuela’s “El Sistema,” founded by José Antonio Abreu. Also known as the Foundation for the National Network of Youth and Children ́s Orchestras of Venezuela, “El Sistema” oversees Venezuela’s 125 youth orchestras. Mr. Montilla is a graduate of Indiana University, where he studied with Howard Klug. Other notable teachers include Luis Rossi, Walter Boeykens, Antony Pay, Jonathan Cohler, and Ricardo Morales. Former Principal Clarinet of the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra, Montilla has appeared as soloist with numerous Venezuelan orchestras, the Indiana University Chamber Orchestra, the Vale Veneto Festival Orchestra in Brazil, and the Youth Orchestra of Peru. As a founding member and Artistic Director of the Caracas Clarinet Quartet, Mr. Montilla has performed extensively throughout the world, has recorded two CDs (the second featuring Paquito D’Rivera), and has become known as one of the preeminent composers/arrangers for clarinet ensemble. Montilla previously taught at Arizona State University, the Latin American Academy of Venezuela, and was chair of the clarinet department at the Conservatory of Music Simón Bolívar. At the present, Jorge Montilla is Clarinet Professor at Longy School of Music of Bard College. Jorge Montilla represents Rossi Clarinets, Rico Reeds, Clarinetclassics and BG Ligatures. Jorge Montilla is a columnist for the International Clarinet Association’s magazine The Clarinet and keeps a busy international career as teacher, soloist, and clinician.

Arkadiusz Adamski (Poland)

Arkadiusz Adamski received his master degree from the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice, in the clarinet class run by Professor A. Janicki. He has attended international master classes in Germany, France and Poland and continued to improve his skills with Professor J. Schou in Denmark thanks to a Polish government grant. In 1985 he began to collaborate with the Silesian Philharmonic Orchestra, two years later becoming a Principal of the Polish Chamber Philharmonic. He is now a Principal Clarinet in the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice (since 1993) as well as in Sinfonietta Cracovia (since 2000). He has performed as a soloist and chamber musician with numerous orchestras and ensembles including the National Polish Radio SO, The Hilliard Ensemble, the Polish Chamber Philharmonic, the Warsaw Chamber Opera, the Byelorussia National Philharmonic Orchestra and Sinfonietta Cracovia. He is also a member of The New Art Ensemble He has made many recordings for Polish Radio, Polish Television and the BBC. His CD record with Penderecki Clarinet Quartet was awarded by the musical journal “Pizzicato” with the prize Excellentia & Supersonic Awards in October 2011 and shortly after that – nominated to International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) continuation of the prize Midem Classical Awards in the category “chamber music”. In 2007 he was invited as a recitalist to the World Clarinetfest Symposium in Vancouver. At the Clarinetfest in Porto 2009 he performed as a soloist and gave masterclasses. He has also given master classes in Ostrava and Madrit. He has been in charge of the clarinet class at the Music Academy in Katowice since 2001. Since 2010 he has been a member of the board of the European Clarinet Association.

Karel Dohnal (Czech Republic)

He is a laureate of many international competitions (Prague, Roma, London, Sevilla, Ostende, Bayreuth). Studied in Prague, London, Berlin, Hilversum and St. Petersburg. Giving concerts through Europe, North America and Asia., performing wide variety of repertoire from Mozart, Weber, to Penderecki, Nielsen, Francaix, and world premiere concertos. Karel also regularly engages in chamber music, cooperating with Tokyo, Haas, Talich, Wihan String Quartets, Prague PhilHarmonia Octet, famous soprano Edita Gruber and others. He is a member of PhilHarmonia Octet, Trio Amadeus and Prague State Opera Orchestra. Last but not least, he intensively studies and performs contemporary music. His doctorate was focused on contemporary clarinet techniques. His performace of Stockhausenś Harlekin, containing also dancing and pantomime, has been higly acclaimed. Regularly gives masterclases both in Czech and abroad. He has numerous recordings in Czech Radio and on CD’s. He is teaching clarinet at the Faculty of Fine Arts of University of Ostrava. Karel is sponzored by Selmer and D’Addario Woodwinds and plays on Selmer Privilege clarinets.

Igor Františák (Czech Republic)

Between 1989 – 1995 he studied at the Conservatory in Ostrava in the clarinet class of doc. Valter Vítek, with whom he continued his studies at the art-teaching department of the University of Ostrava. In 2001 he received a government scholarship to study at the Norwegian Academy of Music, where he studied in the class of Prof. Hans Christian Braein. He performed as a soloist with the Janáček Philharmonic, the Bohdan Warchal Slovak Chamber Orchestra, the Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester Mannheim, the Talich Chamber Orchestra, the Janáček Chamber Orchestra, the Pavel Haas, the Bennewitz, the Talich, the Škampa, the Zemlinsky, the Wihan Quartet and others. He is a founding member of the Stadler Clarinet Quartet and the Ensemble Moravia, with which he won 1st prize in 2002 at the “Marco Fiorindo”. Recently he is devoted to the study of period interpretation on chalumeau, baroque clarinets and classical clarinets (Collegium 1704, Musica Florea, Collegium Marianum, Ensemble Inégal). Since 2002, he is a co-founder and teacher at the annual international interpretation courses for clarinet a saxophone in Ostrava. Currently, in addition to his concert activities, he is working as docent, teaching clarinet and chamber music at the Faculty of Fine Arts of University of Ostrava. Igor Františák is an artist of Buffet Crampon and D’Addario Woodwinds.

ClarinetMike in Italy 2017! As previously posted, I’ve accepted an appointment to return as Clarinet Artist Faculty in Residence at the international Orfeo Music Festival in the beautiful Italian Alps in Vipiteno, Italy (Sterzing) this coming summer, July 6-20, 2017.

Poster! Above is a poster I had made up to support my residency at Orfeo 2017. An easy-to-print PDF of the poster is available on my clarinetmike.com website: CLICK HERE.

Apply! Who should apply to go to Orfeo 2017? University, conservatory and graduate students, advanced high school students, talented amateurs, and teachers looking for professional development should apply. Please contact me if you have questions or want help with applying: email me at clarinetmiketexas@yahoo.com or CLICK HERE.

Participation: A variety of students attend the Orfeo Music Festival. The majority are university and high school students, but there are also younger as well as talented adult amateurs/others. There is a wonderful atmosphere of camaraderie at the Festival. Whether serious conservatory student or adult amateur, students enjoy learning from faculty, from nature, and from each other. Most Festival participants are American, but there is a definite international flavor with students from Germany, England, Australia, Korea, and other countries. (from Stephen Caplan’s informative Orfeo page: see HERE.)

Application: CLICK HERE. The priority registration deadline is February 15, 2017. However, registration accepted until April 15, 2017 with higher fees. I am happy to help you with applying, just contact me: clarinetmiketexas@yahoo.com.

Scholarships: Some limited merit-based scholarships are available. CLICK HERE for more information.

CLARINET and KLEZMER CLARINET WITH VIPs ALESSANDRO CARBONARE AND DAVID KRAKAUER

A ONE OF A KIND OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY IN SIENA, ITALY AT THE ACCADEMIA CHIGIANA WITH TWO WORLD RENOWNED CLARINET SOLOISTS: SUMMER 2017

Session B: KLEZMER MUSIC FOR CLASSICAL CLARINETISTS (Alessandro Carbonare and David Krakauer instructors) July 31st to August 5th 2017

Session A: CLARINET (Alessandro Carbonare instructor) from July 7^th to July 15^th 2017

World renowned clarinet soloists Alessandro Carbonare and David Krakauer will team teach this course, working from different perspectives to help students achieve the highest level of musical expression. Topics to be covered in the course will include: phrasing and ornamentation, general tools for unlocking greater musicality, techniques of ensemble playing, career tips, ideas for new repertoire, arrangement strategies and techniques for improvisation. The day will be divided up into two sessions: one focused on classical music and the other on klezmer. However, Carbonare and Krakauer will work with students during both sessions, each offering feedback from their unique points of view. A pianist will be available as well as a quartet from the Siena Jazz National Academy to perform classical and klezmer repertoire with the students.

“I have found that classical musicians are often afraid of delving into any kind of music that takes them away from the safety of the printed page. But in fact, klezmer music is actually the perfect “bridge” for classical players to find ways to free up their playing through new modes of expression. In a sense, klezmer is more like Baroque music than jazz in that the basic concept for a single line instrumentalist is the combination of a melodic line and a system of ornamentation. That point of commonality between classical and klezmer can be helpful for musicians to find their way towards improvisation. I’m really looking forward to working together with Alessandro Carbonare to help students find their fullest expressive potential.”

“It will be really interesting working together with David Krakauer to find some ideas in order to «open» the student’s mind towards a perspective of a «total» music.”

Attendance of this Course – which is divided into two sessions – may be full or limited to only one session.

To be admitted to each session candidates must pass the required examination and pay the corresponding attendance fee. Payment of the application and examination fee, on the contrary, is required only once even for duplicate attendance. In addition, active students choosing to do both of the sessions, are allowed to have a reduction of 50% in the attendance fee of the second session. If students are admitted into Session A and opt to also take Session B, no additional entrance exam is required.

Session A
For the entrance examination of the first session candidates must perform the two following pieces:

During the Course students will have the opportunity of studying compositions of their own choosing, which must be indicated beforehand on the application form under the letter B.

Session B
For the entrance examination of the second session candidates must perform the two following pieces:

● one piece of their choice from the standard classical repertoire that demonstrates both technical proficiency and musicality

The mission of the 2017 Buffet Crampon USA Summer Clarinet Academy is to offer an outstanding summer educational clarinet seminar to talented student clarinetists 18-26 years of age. The student/teacher ratio will be 4:1. The low student teacher ratio will offer a unique opportunity for students to live and work closely with the internationally acclaimed Artist Faculty in a unique and intimate setting.

Application Deadline: Applications must be postmarked on or before April 1, 2017

Academy tuition is $1,600, which covers curriculum, room & board, clarinet tool kit, Academy t-shirt, guided tour of Buffet Crampon USA (with opportunity to playtest clarinets), and all meals. The Buffet Crampon USA Summer Clarinet Academy does not offer scholarships but does present the Stanley Drucker Award at the conclusion of the Academy. The recipient, selected by the Artist Faculty, will be presented a Buffet Crampon Tradition B-flat clarinet, hand-selected by the Artist Faculty members.

Special emphasis is placed on instruction and review of fundamentals, solo repertoire, orchestral excerpts, chamber music, performance and audition technique, reed making and adjusting, E-flat and bass clarinet performance, as well as instrument maintenance.

Academy Student Level: Students receive daily private lessons and participate in all masterclasses, lectures, performances, outings and social events. Students will have the opportunity to perform in recital as soloists and chamber musicians.

Academy Auditor Level: Auditors are invited to attend and observe Academy events including master classes, lectures, and performances. Auditors do not perform and do not receive or audit private lessons.

Daily private instruction: Each student receives one lesson from every member of the artist faculty.

Daily master classes: Afternoons are devoted to in-depth masterclasses taught by artist faculty members.

Private rehearsal/practice time: Private rehearsal and practice time are part of the daily schedule of events. Piano-accompanied rehearsal time is scheduled in order for students to prepare for Academy student recitals. Staff accompanists are assigned to perform with Academy students.

Visit to the Buffet Crampon USA headquarters: Students will have an opportunity to test instruments in the Buffet Crampon professional clarinet line. Personal instrument adjustment will be provided by Head Woodwind Technician Bruce Marking.

Instrument Technology classes: A comprehensive hands-on seminar Instrument Technology Program led by Buffet Crampon Head Woodwind Technician Bruce Marking will focus on instrument maintenance, adjustment, design and manufacture.

Evening recitals/activities: Evenings will feature recitals by Academy Artist Faculty and Academy students. The Academy will also host several informal social events attended by students, artist faculty and administrators.

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Orchestral musicians aged 12-18 from El Sistema-inspired and aligned programs across the country can now begin preparing application and audition materials for the 2017 National Take a Stand Festival. The free, 7-day national youth orchestra camp, taking place July 15 – 22, 2017 in Los Angeles, CA, will mark the culmination of the three-year National Take a Stand Festival project and will close with a final performance led by the LA Phil’s Artistic & Music Director Gustavo Dudamel at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Students will not only have access to top artistic and educational resources, but experience some of the world’s finest learning institutions and concert venues. In addition to programming, travel, lodging, and food will be free for all selected students.

New city - Crusell week will take place for the 36th time and now a new town so 400th year. Artistic Director works its last year at the Sibelius Academy Woodwind Music Professor Harri Hill.

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Musica Riva Music Festival with Master Classes with Calogero Palermo, Solo Clarinetist with the Concertabueau Orchestra, Amsterdam

Principal clarinet of the Opera House Orchestra in Rome and winner of the recent competition for Principal clarinet of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam, he is considered one of the most important international clarinettists. He started his career very early as principal clarinet in “Orchestra del Teatro V.Bellini” in Catania, playing there from 1993 to 1996. In 1997 he won the competition for principal clarinet at the Orchestra of “Opera di Roma”, and he also played as principal clarinet for the Philharmonic Orchestra of “Teatro alla Scala” in Milan and for the “Orchestra da Camera Italiana”. From 2008 to 2012 he was member of the Orchestra National de France. Winner of the International Prize “Jeunesses Musicales” in Bucarest and awarded with other various national prizes – as the “A. Ponchielli” prize in Cremona, the “G. Briccialdi” prize in Terni and the “Boario Musica” prize, he has performed a brilliant career not just in the most important Italian cities but also in many foreign countries: in Spain, Germany, Tunisia, Russia, Sweden, Austria, France, Switzerland, Greece, Hungary, Czech Republic, Holland, China, Taiwan, Japan and USA. He has recorded for “B.M.G. Ricordi”, “Riverberi Sonori”, “Fonè”, “Accord for Music” Roma, “Trio Zecchini”, Wicky Edition, Cristal Records. Several of his performances have been broadcasted by radios and televisions such: RAI, RAI SAT, Radio Vaticana, Romanian National Television, Radio France, Radio Tre, France Musique and RaiTrade. Authors such Luis Bacalov, Renato Chiesa, Claudio Cimpanelli, Antonio Fraioli and Nunzio Ortolano have dedicated their works to Calogero Palermo. His career as concert player is strictly connected with his didactic occupation in specialization courses and Master Classes in Italy and abroad. He is the author of the text planning “Soli Orchestra” for clarinet with piano accompaniment. He is regularly invited to take part in the juries of the most important national and international competitions for clarinet. Calogero Palermo plays a Buffet Crampon clarinet model RC Prestige.

Piano accompanist: Leonardo Bartelloni

30 July - 2 August 2017

Festival Internacional de Clarinete Musicadema with VIP Philippe Cuper

Mexico

30 July - 8 August 2017

31 July - 4 August 2017

George Mason University Summer Clarinet Academy - Catina Franklin Sweedy, Director

Fairfax, Virginia

Save the date! The George Mason University Summer Clarinet Academy will be from July 31st to August 4th, 2017! Stay tuned for updates about clinicians and guest artists! — feeling excited at Potomac Arts Academy at George Mason University

31 July - 7 August 2017

Nice, France

Revised: July 10, 2017

December 15, 2016	Audition requirements & excerpts available
January 9, 2017	Online application open
February 22, 2017	Online application closes
March 22, 2017	Notification of acceptance
July 15 – 22, 2017	National Take A Stand Festival
July 22, 2017	Final Concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall, led by LA Phil Music Director Gustavo Dudamel

We cordially invite you to the public concerts. Please find the programme here.

Ticket reservations: clarinetproject@gmail.com
100 CZK / 50 CZK /students, pensioners/
Concerts in Žirovnice and Jidřichův Hradec - voluntary admission.

Jorge Montilla (Venezuela / USA)

Arkadiusz Adamski (Poland)

Karel Dohnal (Czech Republic)

Igor Františák (Czech Republic)

Important Dates

Meisterklasse 4b/2017 - VIP Wenzel Fuchs, Klarinette Teacher

„Klarinette, Flöte, Fagott, Oboe, Horn und Saxophon“

Eingeladen sind

Folgende Leistungen sind in der Kursgebühr enthalten

We cordially invite you to the public concerts. Please find the programme here. Ticket reservations: clarinetproject@gmail.com 100 CZK / 50 CZK /students, pensioners/ Concerts in Žirovnice and Jidřichův Hradec - voluntary admission.

Jorge Montilla (Venezuela / USA)

Arkadiusz Adamski (Poland)

Karel Dohnal (Czech Republic)

Igor Františák (Czech Republic)

Important Dates

Meisterklasse 4b/2017 - VIP Wenzel Fuchs, Klarinette Teacher

„Klarinette, Flöte, Fagott, Oboe, Horn und Saxophon“

Eingeladen sind

Folgende Leistungen sind in der Kursgebühr enthalten

We cordially invite you to the public concerts. Please find the programme here.

Ticket reservations: clarinetproject@gmail.com
100 CZK / 50 CZK /students, pensioners/
Concerts in Žirovnice and Jidřichův Hradec - voluntary admission.