clarinet and clarinet: 2011

Monday, May 23, 2011

List of Principal Clarinet Player (part 3)

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New York Philharmonic - Mark Nuccio (acting), Ricardo Morales (beginning Sep. 2012)

Bachelor's, University of Northern Colorado, Master's at Northwestern University with Robert Marcellus.

Escuela Libre de Música, Cincinnati College-Conservatory, Artist Diploma,

Indiana University

Oregon Symphony Orchestra - Yoshinori Nakao

Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra - Ricardo Morales

Escuela Libre de Música, Cincinnati College-Conservatory, Artist Diploma,

Indiana University

Phoenix Symphony Orchestra - Alexander Laing

Northwestern Univsersity; Master's, Manhattan School of Music; artist's diploma, Sweelinck Conservatorium Amsterdam

Pittsburg Symphony Orchestra - Michael Rusinek, Thomas Thompson (co-principal)

Began studies at the Royal Conservatory of Music with Avrahm Galper; The Curtis Institute of Music

American Conservatory of Music; Northwestern University; addition private studies with Jerome Stowell, Robert Marcellus and Clark Brody

Rochester Philharmonic - Kenneth Grant

Eastman School of Music

San Antonio Symphony Orchestra - Illya Shterenberg

Began his music studies at Kosenko Music College in Zhitomir; Artist Diploma, Southern Methodist University; Some further study at Depaul University

San Diego Symphony Orchestra - Sheryl Renk

San Francisco State University; San Francisco Conservatory with Donald Carroll

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra - Carey Bell

University of Michigan at Ann Arbor; Continued studies at DePaul University with Larry Combs

San Francisco Opera Orchestra - Jose Granero

Bachelor's, Granada Superior Conservatory (Spain); G. Verdi Conservatory (Italy); University of Southern California and The Colburn School with Yehuda Gilad

San Francisco Ballet Orchestra - Jose Granero (acting principal)

Bachelor's, Granada Superior Conservatory (Spain); G. Verdi Conservatory (Italy); University of Southern California and The Colburn School with Yehuda Gilad

St. Paul Chamber Orchestra - Timothy Paradise

Pomona College; Yale University; Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Munich

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra - Scott Andrews

New England Conservatory with Harold Wright

Utah Symphony Orchestra - Tad Calcara

Manhattan School of Music; San Francisco Conservatory; Cleveland Institute of Music

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Monday, May 16, 2011

What Excerpts do I need to Know? (band auditions)

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For those of you pursuing clarinet performance, you are sure to encounter an audition some day. What kind of rep do you need to know? Well, it will always vary, but there are some staples of each. Below are some examples of rep for band auditions, with orchestral rep in the previous post.

Pershing's Own Army Band, B-flat Clarinet Rep (as of January 12, 2009)

(rep can be downloaded here)

Concerto No. 2 - C.M. Weber

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Scherzo - Felix Mendelssohn

The Rifle Regiment March - Sousa

Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral - R. Wagner

Prince Igor - Borodin

Pineapple Poll - Sullivan

William Tell Overture - Rossini

Russlan and Ludmilla - Glinka

Blue Shades - Ticheli

Aegean Festival Overture - Makris

Sonata No. 2 - G.P. Telemann

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What Excerpts do I need to Know? (orchestral auditions)

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For those of you pursuing clarinet performance, you are sure to encounter an audition some day. What kind of rep do you need to know? Well, it will always vary, but there are some staples of each. Below are some examples of rep for orchestral auditions, with band rep to come in the following post.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Principal Clarinet Auditions (as of May 16, 2011)

(rep can be downloaded here)

Concerto for Orchestra - Bartók

The Miraculous Mandarin - Bartók

Dances of Galanta - Kodály

Pines of Rome - Respighi

Symphony No. 1 - Shostakovich

Symphony No. 9 - Shostakovich

Petrushka - Stravinsky

Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Principal Clarinet Auditions (as of May 16, 2011)

(more detailed list available here)

SOLO PIECE

Mozart Clarinet Concerto, First Movement

FIRST CLARINET EXCERPTS

Symphony No. 6 - Beethoven

Symphony No. 8 - Beethoven

Midsummer Nights Dream, Scherzo - Mendelssohn

Scheherazade - Rimsky Korsakov

Capriccio espagnol - Rimsky Korsakov

Symphony No. 3 - Brahms

Concerto for Orchestra - Bartók

Symphony No. 2 - Rachmaninoff

Daphnes et Chloe Suite II - Ravel

Peter and the Wolf - Prokofiev

Pines of Rome - Respighi

Symphony No. 9 - Shostakovich

Dances of Galanta - Kodály

Rhapsody in Blue - Gershwin

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Saturday, May 14, 2011

List of Principal Clarinet Players (part 2)

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Ft. Worth Symphony Orchestra - Ana Victoria Luperi

The Curtis Institute of Music with Donald Montanaro

Grant Park Symphony Orchestra - Charlene Zimmerman

Northwestern University

Houston Symphony Orchestra - David Peck

University of Southern California

Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra - David A. Bellman

The Eastman School of Music with Stanley Hasty and Northwestern University with Larry Combs.

Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra - Peter Wright

BME, Jacksonville University, MM, The Eastman School of Music

Kansas City Symphony Orchestra - Raymond Santos

University of Southern California with Yehuda Gilad and Monica Kaenzig

Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra - (Unknown) Send us an email if you know who it is!

Los Angeles Philharmonic - Michele Zukovsky and Lorin Levee

Studied with her father, former LA Phil principal clarinetist, Kalman Bloch

DePaul University

Louisville Symphony Orchestra - Andrea Levine

The Eastman School of Music with Kenneth Grant, The Cleveland Institute with Franklin Cohen

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra - Anthony McGill and Stephen Williamson

The Curtis Institute of Music

BM, Performer's Certificate, The Eastman School of Music, MM, The Juilliard School

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra - Todd Levy

The Juilliard School with David Weber

Minnesota Orchestra - Burt Hara

BM, The Curtis Institute of Music

Nashville Symphony Orchestra - James Zimmerman

BM, University of Southern California with Yehuda Gilad, MM, University of Minnesota with Burt Hara.

National Symphony Orchestra - Loren Kitt

The Curtis Institute of Music

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra - Karl Herman

Carnegie-Mellon University with Jerome Levine, MM, New England Conservatory with Peter Hadcock

North Carolina Symphony Orchestra - Andrew Lowy

Bachelors in music and linguistics, Harvard, was pursuing graduate studies at the University of Southern California when he won the position.

New York City Ballet Orchestra - Steven Hartman

The Julliard School with Augustin Duqués, after Juilliard he continued private studies with Kalmen Opperman

New York City Opera Orchestra - Laura Flax

BM and MM, the Julliard School with Augustin Duqués and Leon Russianoff

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Friday, May 13, 2011

Anthony McGill Plays Mozart for Corona Children

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The Corona Youth Music Project is a wonderful program in Queens, New York. It offers free music programs for youth in the form of after school programs, seminars, and camps. Corona supports a children's orchestra and a choir along with instrumental and musicianship lessons.

"It serves the neighborhood by providing a safe, fun place for children to develop discipline, persistence, and self-esteem through music, and become productive valued members of society."
- The Project, Corona website

This video is of Anthony McGill performing the Mozart Clarinet Concerto for a group of children at Corona. I find it inspiring and moving to see a musician reaching out like this. I thought you guys might enjoy it.