03 June
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Originally published in The Clarinet 46/3 (June 2019). Printed copies of The Clarinet are available for ICA members.        Audio Reviews: June 2019 Music of Fauré, Buide, Zemlinsky. Trio Séléné: Mingzhe Wang, clarinet; Eli Lara, cello; Ilya Poletaev, piano. G. Fauré: Trio in D Minor for clarinet (originally violin), cello and piano; F. Buide: Two Fragments for bass clarinet, cello and piano; A. von Zemlinsky: Trio for clarinet, cello, and piano. Summit DCD 723. Total time 63:23. Clarinetist Mingzhe Wang, a native of Wuhan, China, is a co-founder of Trio Séléné and associate professor of clarinet at Michigan State University. Previously, Wang received his graduate degrees fromRead More →

08 March
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Originally published in The Clarinet 46/2 (March 2019). Printed copies of The Clarinet are available for ICA members.   Audio Reviews: March 2019 RECORDINGS Clarinet4. Clarinet4: Anni Tolvanen, clarinet; Anni Björk, clarinet; Sirke Tynskä, clarinet; Esko Lång, bass clarinet. P. Hiketick: Charanga di Xiomara Reyes and Dansa Latino di Maria del Real; J. Van der Roost: Arghulesques; J. Pisto: AD 2017 – Three Pictures of the Time; H. Hödl: el vaivén. Artist produced CL4001. Total time 36:48. Amazon and CDBaby Clarinet4 is a Finnish clarinet quartet made up of clarinetists Anni Tolvanen, Anni Björk and Sirke Tynska with bass clarinetist Esko Lång. The group was initially formed in 2008Read More →

08 February
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Five Minute Interview: ICA Associate Audio Reviews Editor Jeff O’Flynn The ICA is happy to welcome Jeff O’Flynn, who will be serving as our new associate audio reviews editor. Jeff took a few minutes to participate in a Five Minute Interview!     What is your current position? Assistant Professor of Clarinet and Woodwind Coordinator at Utah Valley University (Orem, UT)   Who have been your biggest influences in clarinet? My mentors and teachers: Ixi Chen, Ron Aufmann, Frank Kowalsky, Deborah Bish, Suzanne Tirk, and Rachelle Goter.   How long have you been a member of the ICA? I joined when I was quite young.Read More →

08 February
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Five Minute Interview: ICA Audio Reviews Editor Kip Franklin   The ICA is excited to announce the appointment of Kip Franklin as the new audio reviews editor! Kip spent a few minutes answering our Five Minute Interview.     What is your current position? I am currently in my fourth year as assistant professor of clarinet at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama, and am now the audio reviews editor for the ICA.   Who have been your biggest influences in clarinet? Like many others, my greatest influences are my teachers. They took special efforts and spent countless hours molding me into the bestRead More →

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      Crossroads: Twenty-First Century Music for Clarinet. Kip Franklin, clarinet; Robert Holm, piano; Mina Son, piano. D. Biedenbender: Synchronicity; K. Husa: Three Studies for Solo Clarinet; D. Maslanka: Eternal Garden: Four Songs for Clarinet and Piano; K. Opperman: Un Seul. Artist Produced. Total time 64:00. CDBaby, iTunes and Amazon Crossroads opens with energy, verve and great attention to detail in a well-balanced and engaging disc of contemporary clarinet repertoire. David Biedenbender is the only composer on Kip Franklin’s disc who will spend the majority of his life in the 21st century, but nearly all of the compositions, with the exception of Kalmen Opperman’sRead More →