14 December
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Originally published in The Clarinet 47/1 (December 2019). Printed copies of The Clarinet are available for ICA members.      A Tribute to Alan Stanek by James Schoepflin   For a number of reasons, it was a personal honor and pleasure to say yes when Alan Stanek invited me to author this tribute for The Clarinet in celebration of his 2019 Honorary Membership award. Our friendship, now in its fifth decade includes a number of shared commonalities. In 1976, when I accepted a position at Washington State University, I contacted Alan who at the time was teaching at Hastings College in Nebraska, inviting him to apply for the music chairmanship atRead More →

19 November
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      Audio Reviews: November 2019   Fantasy Studies. Heinz-Peter Linshalm, contrabass clarinet, bass clarinet, clarinet, E-flat clarinet; Thomas Frey, alto flute, piccolo; Roland Schueler, violoncello; Alfred Reiter, soprano saxophone, spring drum; Thomas List, soprano, tenor and bass recorder, triangle; Katharina Lugmayr, tenor recorder; Caroline Wüst, bass clarinet; Anna Koch, bass clarinet; Petra Stump-Linshalm, clarinet. Petra Stump-Linshalm: Uisge Beatha [ɯʃkʲe ‘bɛha] – A Guide to Flavours for Solo Contrabass Clarinet, Wändelesen for Alto Flute, Bass Clarinet and Violoncello, Cinnamon Roses for Two Clarinets, Blanda for Two Tenor Recorders, Trotzig for Three Bass Clarinets, Fantasy Studies for flute (piccolo and alto flute), clarinet (E-flat andRead More →

18 November
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  The Clarinet [Online]: Healthy Habits for Musicians by Heather Mogielnicki, BFA, BS, OT/L, CHT Posted with permission from Healing Hands Therapy Center, Copyright © 2019, All rights reserved.   I am a musician, a flutist, to be exact. I attended a competitive conservatory and studied and performed with world-class musicians. And then I had to stop. What happened? If you are a musician you need to know. Let me tell you my story. Back in 1994 (yes, the stone age), I was practicing 6-8 hours a day with performances and gigs thrown in, preparing to move my life across the country because I had a dreamRead More →

02 September
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Originally published in The Clarinet 46/4 (September 2019). Printed copies of The Clarinet are available for ICA members.  Music Reviews: September 2019 STUDIES AND COLLECTIONS La belle aventure, Vols. 1–3. “Miniature works for great musicians in the making.” Three volumes of short pieces by composers Michalis Andronikou, Simon Bertrand, Éric Champagne, Hope Lee, Robert Lemay, Jean Lesage and Bruce Mather, compiled by Jean-Guy Boisvert. Doberman-Yppan, 2018. Vol. 1: $9.00 PDF, $10.00 print; Vol. 2: $11.70 PDF, $13.00 print; Vol. 3: $11.70 PDF, $13.00 print Clarinetist Jean-Guy Boisvert has made it his mission to promote works by fellow Canadians. To that end, he has commissioned nearly 20 composers to writeRead More →

02 September
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Originally published in The Clarinet 46/4 (September 2019). Printed copies of The Clarinet are available for ICA members.    Audio Reviews: September 2019 RECORDINGS Bass Clarinet Essentials. Matthias Höfer, bass clarinet; Manami Sano, piano. O. Schoeck: Sonate, Op. 41; P. Hindemith: Sonate; A. Busch: Suite in D Minor, Op. 37a; E. Bozza: Ballade; E. Krenek: Prelude and Sonatine; A. Hába: Suite, Op. 100; M. Mower: Sonatina; J. Horák: Interviewausschnitt. Bremen Radiohall Records, LC 84828. Total time 72:35. It is an exciting time if you are a bass clarinetist; new works and materials are consistently being generated by many performers eager to contribute to the repertory. Bass clarinetist Matthias HöferRead More →