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Richard Nunemaker - Bass Clarinetist Emeritus, Houston Symphony; Faculty - University of St Thomas and Proponent of New Music
email: RichardNunemaker@RichardNunemakerStudios.com
Biography
Richard Nunemaker has had a varied and prolific career as a symphony musician, concert soloist, recording artist, producer, educator and author. Nunemaker played clarinet, bass clarinet and saxophone with the Houston Symphony Orchestra from 1967-2008. He was also a member of the Chicago Civic Orchestra in 1966, the Louisville Orchestra from 1964-1966 and the Erie Philharmonic from 1962-1964.
Born in Buffalo, New York Nunemaker's career has run the gamut from managing his own dance bands in high school, to being in the pit for New York road show productions such as West Side Story, My Fair Lady and South Pacific. He is also a featured soloist both in recital and with symphony orchestras around the country.
A strong advocate of music by living American composers, Nunemaker has commissioned over one hundred works for clarinet and saxophone. As a record producer he has produced and recorded five solo CDs featuring this music. He has been a featured soloist with the Houston Symphony Orchestra and on numerous occasions has appeared with the orchestra in live television and radio broadcasts. Nunemaker has recorded two CDs with the Houston Symphony Orchestra featuring the music of Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw. He has published four books, Scale and Chord Studies, If The Shoe Fits, The Effortless Clarinet and The Effortless Saxophone.
Nunemaker has been an artist/teacher for the Las Vegas Music Festival and The Sewanee Summer Music Center. At present he is a member of the faculty for the University of St. Thomas in Houston, and the American Festival for The Arts. Nunemaker also serves as the woodwind/clarinet coach for The Houston Youth Symphony and keeps an active private studio. Richard Nunemaker is president of The Houston Composers Alliance, Music by Living American/Houston Composers and a member of The Houston Tuesday Musical Club.
More information about Richard Nunemaker can be found at: www.RichardNunemaker.com.
New Information Under development
Message from Mr Nunemaker
Agendas and Performance and Teaching Philosophy
2011-2012 Performance Schedule
Tuesday, November 8, 2011 10:30 AM
Sonata for Two Clarinets Op. 7 Francis Poulenc
Michael Perricone, Richard Nunemaker, clarinets
The Houston Tuesday Musical Club
Emerson Unitarian Church
1900 Bering Dr.
Houston, TX 77057
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 7:30 PM
The University of St. Thomas Music Department Presents
Richard Nunemaker and Friends,
Trio Oriens http://www.triooriens.com/
The Meridian Ensemble String Quartet
http://meridianensemble.wordpress.com/
Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in b minor, Op. 115 Johannes Brahms
Quartet for the End of Time Olivier Messiaen
Richard Nunemaker, clarinet
Dominika Dancewicz, violin
Johnny Chang, violin
Dawn Whipp, viola
Olive Chen, cello
I-Ling Chen, piano
Cullen Hall, The University of St. Thomas
4001 Mt. Vernon, Houston, TX 77006 http://www.stthom.edu/Visitors_Community/Maps/Index.aqf
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 10:30 AM
Abîme des oiseaux (The Abyss of The Birds) Olivier Messiaen
The Houston Tuesday Musical Club
Emerson Unitarian Church
1900 Bering Dr.
Houston, TX 77057
Sunday, January 8th, 2012 2:30 PM
Richard Nunemaker Studios and
The University of St. Thomas Music Department Presents
The Sixth Annual Effortless Clarinet/Saxophone Recital
Featuring a world premiere by Houston composer, Brad Sayles http://www.bradsayles.com/
Cullen Hall, The University of St. Thomas
4001 Mt. Vernon, Houston, TX 77006 http://www.stthom.edu/Visitors_Community/Maps/Index.aqf
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 10:30 AM
Concertpiece No. 1 in f minor Op.113 Felix Mendelssohn
Nancy Angerstein, Richard Nunemaker, clarinets
The Houston Tuesday Musical Club
Emerson Unitarian Church
1900 Bering Dr.
Houston, TX 77057
Houston Clarinet Ensemble Texas Tour
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 7:30 PM
San Angelo State University, San Angelo, Texas
Friday, March 23 2012
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Monday, March 26th 2012 7:30 PM
The University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas
Tuesday, March 27 2012
Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas
Wednesday, March 28 2012
Texas State University, San Marco, Texas
Thursday, March 29, 2012
University of Texas, Austin, Butler School of Music
Program
Rothko Landscapes (2000)—Jody Rockmaker http://web.mac.com/jodyrockmaker/Jody_Rockmaker,_Composer/Home.html
Clarinet Quartet (2008 revised 2011) (premiere)—Robert Nelson http://www.robertnelsonmusic.com/
Eb Clarinet Quartet (20112) (world premiere)—Reynaldo Ochoa http://www.symphonynorth.org/conductor.aspx
Magical Place of My Dreams (1998)—Jody Rockmaker
Four for Four (2006)—Jorge Montilla
Richard Nunemaker, clarinet, Eb clarinet, bass clarinet
Timothy Bonenfant, clarinet, Eb clarinet
Nancy Angerstein, clarinet, Eb clarinet
Michael Perricone, clarinet, Eb clarinet
Recordings
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