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Originally published in The Clarinet 45/4 (September 2018). Printed copies of The Clarinet are available for ICA members.     The Repertoire for Voice, Clarinet, and Orchestra or Piano, ca. 1780-1888 by Albert R. Rice   Part 1 Extensive obbligato clarinet solos are a feature of numerous vocal works written during the late 18th and 19th centuries, including operatic arias, concert songs, sacred works and cantatas. Many are significant parts of the clarinet’s repertoire and a pleasure to perform with a skilled singer and orchestra, or a sensitive pianist. The purpose of this article is to list and describe 28 significant works written between ca. 1780 and 1888, andRead More →

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Part 1 of this series was originally published in The Clarinet 45/4 (September 2018). Printed copies of The Clarinet are available for ICA members. The Repertoire for Voice, Clarinet, and Orchestra, or Piano, ca. 1780-1888 Part 2  by Albert R. Rice   For more background information about this topic, please visit Part 1 here.  The purpose of Part 2 of “The Repertoire for Voice, Clarinet, and Orchestra, or Piano, 1780-1888” is to discuss documented performances and clarinetists of 15 of the 28 works for voice, clarinet, orchestra, or piano in Part 1. Reviews of performances of the other 13 works were not found in the newspaper databases, journals, andRead More →

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  Originally published in The Clarinet 45/4 (September 2018). Printed copies of The Clarinet are available for ICA members.    Audio Reviews – September 2018   West Meets East. Jun Qian, clarinet; Ben Quarles, bass clarinet; Todd Meehan, percussion; Paul Sánchez, piano; Kayleen Sánchez, soprano; Scott Steele, percussion; Jing Zhou, guzheng; Jianbing Hu, sheng. J. Merritt: Monkey King; M. Mueller: Arabesque; P. Lenz: Funk Shui; E.J.F. Taylor: Azure Dragon of the East; P. Sánchez: Free Translations of Li-Ch’ig-Chao: Three Musical Settings; J. Qian & J.B. Hu: New York Improvisatory Dialogue II; S. Steele: Su Counterpoint. Albany Records TROY1681. Total time 72:56. Amazon and iTunes Jun Qian’s recent album WestRead More →

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        by Kellie Lignitz-Hahn and Bret Pimentel   Website Watch Clarinet Jobs www.clarinetjobs.com Earlier this year James Zimmermann, principal clarinetist of the Nashville Symphony and creator of the Facebook group “Clarinet Jobs,” branched out from the social media platform and created a new and interesting website under the same name. As a purveyor of job openings, Zimmermann has created a space where the clarinet community can quickly find job advertisements and see who recently won positions. One of the best features on his website is access to his Excerpt Education Series videos which, in his words, try “to help people learn howRead More →

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Originally published in The Clarinet 46/4 (September 2018). Printed copies of The Clarinet are available for ICA members.   The Forgotten Pedagogical  History of Multiple Articulation for Clarinet and Saxophone by Eric Schultz The clarinet is known for its glowing, singing tone quality and liquid legato. Things that are difficult on many other instruments, like large intervals and dynamics from piano all the way to niente, are more easily achieved on our beautiful instrument. Articulation, however, is something that does not usually come quite as easily. There may be several reasons why the clarinet struggles to match the natural articulation capabilities of other instruments. Consider the string instruments –Read More →