Bartow Adult Band 20th Season Begins Sunday Oct 30, 2009
The program will open with The Klaxon March, followed by excerpts from Light Cavalry Overture, and a solo for clarinet, Lightning Fingers, played by Rich Harman. Further music includes Mancini Spectacular, Palm Leaf Rag, and Tribute to Count Basie. (Bartow Polk County Democrat, FL)
Professor to perform at Single Reed Summit Oct 30, 2009
Although saxophones and clarinets may have reputations as jazz instruments, there are still many performers who play them in classical styles ... Stambler will perform with several contemporaries at the Single Reed Summit, a conference of saxophone and clarinet players from around the country ... The piece will feature clarinet and piano parts. (Daily Collegian, PA)
'Quint-essential' gypsy-jazz event Oct 30, 2009
Growing up in Southern California, Jorgenson was playing the piano and the clarinet by age 8. At 12, he got his first guitar and practiced voraciously while continuing to study classical music on woodwinds. (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)
Boston Classical Orchestra celebrates 30 years Oct 29, 2009
Prior to intermission, Lipsitt pulled out his clarinet for a bit more froth, as at the season s first concert, leavening a request for donations with a Depression-era favorite. This time, it was Harry Warren s I Found a Million Dollar Baby. (Boston Globe)
Osmo Vänskä in S.F. as guest conductor Oct 29, 2009
Q: You began your career as a clarinetist and switched to conducting later ... A: For 11 years, I was co-principal clarinet in the Helsinki Philharmonic, but I was also doing a lot of guest conducting during that time ... And at some point I had to make a decision whether to be a real conductor or a clarinet player. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Five students earn all-state musical honors Oct 29, 2009
Happel, a sophomore alto saxophone player, and Celindo, a freshman Bb clarinet player, rounded out the trio of Forest City band members who will perform at the All-State Music Festival in Ames next month. Jonathan's had a very good fall, and he's pretty even-keeled so I was very hopeful for him, Rutt said. (Forest City Summit, IO)
Following his soul Oct 29, 2009
"Whatever the mood dictates," says Payton, an elegantly soulful musician from New Orleans, who performs this year's SFJazz "Sacred Space" concert on a bill with the brilliant clarinetist Don Byron ... "I'm going to play a cross-section of music that I really like and feel would sound good in there - some of my own stuff, some Bach, some Stravinsky," says Byron, 50, who will play clarinet, tenor saxophone and bass clarinet. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Extracurricular activities: Should kids be forced into them? Oct 28, 2009
I quit clarinet as a kid ... No. I hated the clarinet and I still hate clarinet. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
Marching bands compete at South High Oct 26, 2009
The Hancock Middle-Senior High School Panther Band led off the competition, but Kelsie Munch, a sophomore who plays clarinet, wasnt feeling any pressure. Well just go out and do our job, the 15 year-old said. (The Herald-Mail Online)
On ‘Winter’s Night,’ Sting celebrates the season Oct 26, 2009
He recasts the midtempo pop song The Hounds of Winter from his Mercury Falling album with layers of bass clarinet, melodeon, and cello into a ballad of exquisite wistfulness. As is the simple voice and guitar arrangement of The Snow It Melts the Soonest, with Sting exploring a ragged part of his voice perfect for the tune s mournful tone. (Boston Globe)
For Adcocks, it's like old times at Bar Harbor Oct 26, 2009
" Marilyn plays the piano, organ and she plays the bass with her feet. Joe plays drums, saxophone and the clarinet. They both sing. A variety duo, they play pretty much everything from jazz to country to bluegrass. Joe Adcock played his saxophone at a club in Augusta, Ga. The Adcocks said the music they'll perform will include Patsy Cline songs and beach music from The Drifters. On Sunday, all musicians are welcome to jam throughout most of the day. Adcocks' daughter, Rhonda Sullivan, who lives... (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)
• Southeast honors music Oct 25, 2009
Samantha Alex, clarinet. Ian Andrews, clarinet ... Kelsey Kauffman, clarinet. (Juneau Empire)
Church's concert series kicks off with sounds of Satin Swing band Oct 24, 2009
The band includes three saxophones, one clarinet, a trombone, trumpet, bass, piano, guitar, drums and vocalist. J.B. Scott is the band leader and Lisa Kelly is the vocalist. (Daytona Beach News Journal -- Local)
Students in SCIBA honor band Oct 24, 2009
Seventh graders nominated and selected include: Kourtney Bowlin (clarinet), and Micah Levi (trumpet). These students will perform in the SCIBA Honor Band Festival Tuesday, Nov. 3 in Johnston. (Ogden Reporter, IA)
CHS band students win 130 medals at state solo contest (9) Oct 24, 2009
They are Patrick Broadwell, alto saxophone; Grace Choe, flute; Max Ginnell, percussion; Shawn Izadi, baritone saxophone; Shaan Patel, trombone; and Paul Blazek, bass clarinet ... clarinets: Evelyn Coffman, Arnold Hechanova, Nathan Hudson, Ginnie Ko, Phoebe Walden and Roy Park; bass clarinet: Landon Grissett and Ali McCully; Alto saxophones: Stephen Arifin, Tarek Elmougy, Tyler Williamson and Jonathon Zuniga; tenor saxophone: Eric Piontek; French horns: Alex Avalos, Natalie Gale, Leah Gray, Haley... (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Fine arts student of the week Oct 23, 2009
What instrument do you play and why: B-flat clarinet ... Before that I wanted to play the recorder, but when I saw the clarinet I wanted to play that instead because it is bigger and prettier ... Brainerd High School junior Kenzey Ostrowski played her B-flat clarinet Monday during a clarinet session before her Symphonic Band class. (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)
Random Sampling: You won't throw this away Oct 22, 2009
"Sunken City" (6) - Although the clarinet helps "Sunken City" maintain (perhaps not coincidentally) the record's Crescent City ambiance, the mellowed-out "Spirit in the Sky" bass line and Farfisa organ call to mind gentler Elf Power numbers. "Fugitive & Vagabond" (9) - More Leon Redbone-esque ragtime here on this relatively jaunty track, especially when the whistling kicks in about 90 seconds in. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Chetek students selected for tri-state honors band Oct 22, 2009
Selected to the gold band from Chetek were Rachel Sheehan, a sophomore who plays clarinet; Olivia Jensen, a freshman who plays clarinet; Cassie Hoff, a senior who plays flute; Liz Pasholk, a junior who plays flute; and Ed Martin, a junior who plays trombone. Selected to the black band were Nikki King, a junior who plays clarinet; Heather Jahn, a senior who plays trumpet; Lacey Loftus, a senior who plays flute; Kelly Damroth, a senior who plays oboe; and Derek Westholm, a junior who plays... (Chetek Alert, WI)
'Secret Life of Scientists': What do they do when not in the lab? Oct 22, 2009
Friday: Eran Egozy, creator of the video game Rock Band Chief and a clarinet player. Nov. 6: Ina Vandebroek, a botanist and salsa dancer. (USA Today -- Tech)
Brockton Symphony Orchestra kicks off another season on Sunday Oct 20, 2009
Three years ago, the symphony was struggling financially after it tried to expand too quickly, a problem worsened by the economic downturn, said Torben Hansen, 61, board chairman and clarinet player. We were thinking about canceling concerts, said Hansen. (Allston Brighton TAB, MA)
Pumpkin Fest is Saturday Oct 17, 2009
The all-clarinet ensemble will perform Hidetaka Niiyamas arrangements of Mozarts Eine Kleine Nachtmusik and Schoenbergs Verklrte Nacht with maestro Niiyama conducting. The ensemble will also feature Yi-Chun Chen, 2009 International Clarinet Association Young Artist Competition winner, performing Debussys Premire Rhapsodie with the ensemble accompanying. (Vincennes Sun Commercial, IN)
Morlot, BSO premiere Thomas work Oct 17, 2009
William Hudgins deserves special mention for his uncommonly lovely clarinet solo. Copyright 2009 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)
Young artists design helps 2009 Crop Walk Oct 17, 2009
When time allows, Yifan plays the flute and Alyssa the clarinet. Both girls are also active in their school s Envirothon Club, which participates in knowledge competitions with other schools on science and ecology. (Concord Journal, MA)
In BSO’s Thomas premiere, rugged lyricism for imagined dancers Oct 16, 2009
William Hudgins deserves special mention for his uncommonly lovely clarinet solo. Jeremy Eichler can be reached at. (Boston Globe)
No. 3 Bruins to Face No. 17 Cal, No. 1 Stanford This Weekend Oct 15, 2009
In addition to singing, she is an accomplished clarinet and saxaphone player. Her musical talents will be featured in an upcoming episode of the UCLA Sports Report on Fox Sports. (Uclabruins.com)
Family fun (2) Oct 15, 2009
Nov. 20, 21 The Clever Clarinet. Feb. 12, 13 The Fancy Flute. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Off the Bench Oct 14, 2009
Patriot League Official Athletic Site. By John W. Gearan, Holy Cross Magazine. (Patriotleague.com)
Middle school symphonic band performs 'Oconee Suite' Oct 14, 2009
"They have a fabulous clarinet section, and I wanted to highlight that," Ford said ... Eighth-grade clarinetist Katy Kane found the piece to be almost like a technical exercise with its demanding fingerings. (Athens Banner-Herald)
MHS will host marching band festival Oct 14, 2009
She plays clarinet and wants to learn the French horn and saxophone. Brothers Gregg Escalante, a junior, and Nick Escalante, a freshman, said band is a part of their family s life as well as their own. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Allen Toussaint Latest The Bright M... Oct 13, 2009
Where swinging clarinets, blaring horns, chanting woodwinds and melodic piano riffs were the order of the days; it does that without sounding dated ... Joining him on this adventure are fellow musicians Nicholas Payton on Trumpet, Marc Ribot on guitar, Don Byron on Clarinet David Piltch on Bass and Jay Bellerose on drums. (Suite101.com)
What's happening 10-11 Oct 13, 2009
Kelley Rogers Niiyama, adjunct music faculty at Vincennes University, woodwinds, will present a faculty recital with Ensemble Enigma at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 21 at the Maria Creek Chapel at VU. The all-clarinet ensemble will perform Hidetaka Niiyamas arrangements of Mozarts Eine Kleine Nachtmusik and Schoenbergs Verklrte Nacht with maestro Niiyama conducting. The ensemble will also feature Yi-Chun Chen, 2009 International Clarinet Association Young Artist Competition winner, performing... (Vincennes Sun Commercial, IN)
Alex Ross: Alan Gilbert takes over at the New York Philharmonic. Oct 13, 2009
Alan Gilbert takes over the New York Philharmonic : The New Yorker (New Yorker)
Toyota to Hold 29th Toyota Lobby Concert Oct 13, 2009
The concert will feature the Pacific Music Festival Chamber Players, musicians who have participated in the Pacific Music Festival, an international educational music festival co-sponsored by TMC. The musicians, a clarinet duo and a string quartet, will perform a Christmas medley, among other pieces ... Date December 10, 2009 Time 18:30 to 20:00 (venue opens at 17:45) Venue 1st floor lobby, Toyota Motor Corporation Tokyo Head Office, 1-4-18 Koraku, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo Performers Group 1: Hisae Kori... (JCN Network, Japan)
High school choirs to present fall concert Oct 10, 2009
Tyler Amburgy will assist on drum set and Megan McGorey will play clarinet. The public is welcome to attend the event. (Watertown Daily Times, WI)
Harwich town band needs you Oct 10, 2009
The Harwich Town Band is seeking musicians for almost all sections including clarinet, oboe, trumpet, trombone, French horn, baritone horn and tuba. Interested players are invited to attend the first fall rehearsal on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 7 p.m. at the Harwich Community Center, 100 Oak St. The atmosphere is friendly, fun and relaxed with no auditions required. (Harwich Oracle, MA)
Annie Gjesdal: Friends and family remember the 18-year-old as nothing but kind and caring Oct 7, 2009
Amanda and Annie shared a folder in band while playing clarinet, and Amanda convinced Annie to play base clarinet with her during their senior year. Carol remembered a few instances when Annie got in trouble. (Wahpeton Daily News, ND)
No choir? Millicoma students crowd band classes Oct 7, 2009
The district has more than 100 instruments at Millicoma, though Walker estimates 150 students will need a clarinet, flute or trumpet so everyone can have something to play. She s solicited friends on Facebook and around town to donate funds and unused instruments, but she s still about 35 short. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
- El Centro high school music program prospers despite failing economy Oct 6, 2009
The Central Union High School marching band is different, clarinet player Emily Cecena, 16, said. There s no other band like us in the Valley, she said. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
Jason Stein's Locksmith Isidore, 'Three Less Than Between'; Jason Stein, 'In Exchange For a Process' Oct 5, 2009
Jason Stein specializes in an instrument that even most reed players don t touch: the bass clarinet ... The other album is a solo effort: 42 minutes of Stein alone on his bass clarinet. (Boston Globe)
The S.F. Jazz Festival lineup Oct 5, 2009
The clarinet virtuoso and his backing band offer Benny Goodman a centennial salute. Omar Sosa Quartet featuring Tim Eriksen, John Santos Sextet, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 22, Herbst Theatre. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Kaua'i High grad wins $220K scholarship, Kenny G saxophone (938) Oct 5, 2009
Earlier, she flew to O ahu to be awarded a Kenny G saxophone which was the grand prize in an international essay contest on what music and playing the saxophone and clarinet mean to her ... This semester, in addition to handling classes in international affairs, writing, Chinese and World War II in Asia (history), she works as a laboratory assistant at a science-department laboratory across the street from where she lives and has a performance-study clarinet class. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Indian Ocean reaches beyond Oct 2, 2009
They are also keeping themselves stimulated by taking up new instruments - Ram has added the saxophone, Kilam the clarinet - and imagining new ways to flesh out a sound that is already layered and alluring. Let the audience grow as it pleases, Kilam says, reverting to a classic musician s axiom. (Boston Globe)
Randy Pingrey Trio in Jamaica Plain Oct 1, 2009
It was Duke Ellington s haunting Mood Indigo that inspired the instrumentation for Boston s Randy Pingrey Trio, which is trombone by the band s namesake, trumpet by Jerry Sabatini, and saxophone and clarinet by James Wylie. The threesome met while studying at the New England Conservatory and have played throughout the area. (Boston Globe)
The Blueprint 3 Oct 1, 2009
But there are some big hooks from Alicia Keys in Empire State of Mind and the nagging repetition in On to the Next One to the half-serious D.O.A. (Death of Autotune), which cranks a probing guitar and then an unlikely clarinet sample while confidently having a go at the device that has been on half the albums in recent years. Including, it should be pointed out, The Blueprint 3. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
MUSIC DEPARTMENT ADDS FACULTY MEMBER Oct 1, 2009
Dexter is a versatile musician and educator and is serving as an instructor of flute, clarinet, saxophone, and music appreciation at UAPB as well as a flute instructor at the University of Central Arkansas Community School of Music. Dexter is also a piccoloist with the Little Rock Wind Symphony. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Delicate bites, then a main course to satisfy Sep 30, 2009
As the composer Andrew Ford says, Anne Stevenson's Willow Song is a ballad waiting to be sung, and Ford finds a gentle lyricism to illuminate the words, enriched by extremes of timbre from piccolo and bass clarinet. This work is an intimate engagement with sensuality, from a woman's point of view, and Ford's music treads carefully, serving the words well without making overly grand gestures of his own. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
"It's a Terrell thing" (870) Sep 30, 2009
From throwing 60-70 yard passes to persevering and earning first chair playing clarinet, Willie said his friend taught him to "go hard" at everything and always reach for the stars. "But the most important thing he carried with him was Jesus Christ in his heart," Willie said. (Terrell Tribune, TX)
Tokay's Walker makes big splash in showdown Sep 30, 2009
Favorite hobbies: Outside of the pool, Walker plays clarinet and saxophone in Tokay High's band. He also enjoys skiing. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
New concert season set at Lake Sep 30, 2009
On Nov. 21, 2009 Canada s premier classical accordion and clarinet duo, Acclarion, comes to the stage. David and Becky Carovillano, on accordion and clarinet respectively, have wowed audiences with their virtuosic music and captivating stage banter. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
SCITUATE FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK: Remembering old school days Sep 26, 2009
Flute and clarinet you know, the girly instruments for a fifth-grader held no interest for me. I gave the saxophone a try, but couldn t make it work right with the buzzing and the reed and all that. (Scituate Mariner, MA)
Season's greetings Sep 24, 2009
Though the process was grueling (he heard 14 aspirants for the vacant second clarinet chair alone), it was a good sign. "Associate principal Irene Cheng went to the Pittsburgh Symphony, and two other string players are in the quartet program in Boulder with the Takacs Quartet. Pretty good, eh?". (Erie Times-News, PA)
Concord Chamber Music Society celebrates its 10th season Sep 22, 2009
CONCORD - The Concord Chamber Music Society got itself a birthday present to open its 10th season: a new trio for violin, clarinet, and piano from composer Michael Gandolfi, commissioned with funds from the Harvard Musical Association ... Violinist Wendy Putnam, founder and director of the society, joined by her Boston Symphony Orchestra colleague Thomas Martin on clarinet and Vytas Baksys on piano, gave the piece a crisp, objective surface, but also found pools of gentle melancholy when the... (Boston Globe)
Birthday presence, polished delivery Sep 22, 2009
Invention 1, by Martin Wesley-Smith, added a clarinet line to a cello line drawn from harmonies and textures in Bach's cello suites, and Ross Edwards's Retrospective for flute and piano was mellifluous and animated by small decorative impulses ... Elena Kats-Chernin's Birthday Miniature was a virtuosic display in folk idiom from violinist Dimiti Hall, with phlegmatic bass clarinet notes and irreverent raucousness from toy instruments and kitchen percussion ... Toru Takemitsu's Quatrain ii shared... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
WCFSO kicks off 80th anniversary season with innovative programming Sep 21, 2009
Music Director Jason Weinberger will trade his baton for a clarinet and join members of the University of Northern Iowa String Quartet performing music by Mozart. The event will take place at 2 p.m. in Bengtson Hall in UNI's newly-remodeled Russell Hall. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Review: Honolulu symphony returns to standing ovation Sep 21, 2009
Coming out of summer's turmoil and the season's quick start-up, the orchestra will need time to settle into its stride, but there were lovely moments the clarinet duet by James Moffitt and Norman Foster in the first movement and the viola theme led by Mark Butin in the second and the enthusiastic audience was clearly happy to have the Symphony back. The second half was devoted to an unusual trio of featured guests, crossover artisits Bla Fleck (banjo), who led the Flecktones last Novermber... (Honolulu Advertiser)
Muse The Resistance Review Sep 20, 2009
The upbeat piano and clarinet solo definitely carry that vibe. It is Muse's most unique song to date and quite possibly the highlight of the ablum. (Suite101.com)
Outreach program brings more music to schools Sep 19, 2009
Theres a lot to learn about the art and the history and the theory of music, Elizabeth Stimpert, clarinet player in the quintet, said. Your View - Comment on this Story. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Guerilla Opera revisits Palin-Biden debate Sep 18, 2009
The instrumental music is split between what the composer calls elements of traditional, even neo-Romantic opera and a lot of avant-garde influence, the latter dictated in part by Guerilla Opera s eclectic ensemble of clarinet, saxophone, cello, and percussion. Sometimes the music acts as a sincere accompaniment to the characters words, while here and there it wisecracks behind their backs. (Boston Globe)
Grand Marshals named Sep 18, 2009
While in high school he played the clarinet, his real talent has come from his vocal ability. "My musical instrument really has been my voice," Thomas said. (Mid Iowa Enterprise, IA)
Music: the week ahead Sep 17, 2009
Also on the program will be Bartok s iconic Contrasts, with Putnam, Thomas Martin (clarinet), and Vytas Baksys (piano). Sept. 20 at 3 p.m., $25-$30, Concord Academy Performing Arts Center. (Boston Globe)
Jamestown concert features members of Musica Dolce Sep 17, 2009
For the second half of the program, Robert Hayden will join Samuelson and Rosenbloom for a performance of Suite for Clarinet, Violin and Piano, Op. 157b (c. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Read more... Sep 17, 2009
The 200910 season will feature two World PremiereNew York Philharmonic Commissions by Mr. Lindberg, including EXPO; the U.S. premiere of his Clarinet Concerto, written for and performed by Finnish clarinetist Kari Kriikku; and a performance of his 1995 work, Arena. All of these programs will be conducted by Mr. Gilbert. (PNN Online)
The Cosby Show Had the Best Music of Any Sitcom Ever Sep 17, 2009
Vanessa filled the house with squeaks and bellowing notes from her clarinet that even couldnt smooth out. Americas favorite family mingled with and. (Slate)
Silver Sands arts education program lauded Sep 17, 2009
"All of us earned the award," said Tashina, who attends music theater, show choir and plays clarinet in band. "I feel that the students really enjoyed getting the award because we worked very hard for a long period of time.". (Daytona Beach News Journal -- Local)
Daily guide to television and radio Sep 15, 2009
5) Boston s Richard Stoltzman plays clarinet and conducts the Woody Herman Band in Stravinsky s famous Ebony Concerto written for the band. World Caf. (Boston Globe)
