ClarinetFest® 2025 will take place in beautiful Fort Worth, Texas, July 9-13. The Artistic Leadership Team consists of Timothy Bagert, Shawn Copeland, Jody Webb, Andrea Vos-Rochefort, Corey Mackey, Season Cowley, Kristen Boulet, Karen Bronson, Gary Whitman, and Artistic Director, Mary Alice Druhan.
The theme for 2025 is “TRANSCENDING TRADITIONS” – While celebrating the storied legacy of the clarinet, the membership is encouraged to also explore beyond the traditional mainstream to showcase clinics and performances that reflect a wider view of the instrument’s journey within our connected world and allow our community to discover new avenues of expression.
ClarinetFest® 2025 will be held at the Omni Hotel Fort Worth and Fort Worth Convention Center, just 25 miles from the DFW International Airport. These conference sites are adjacent buildings, providing attendees quick and easy access to all events. In the heart of Fort Worth, the event will be held along the vintage-style transit, “Molly the Trolley” which provides free, quick, and convenient travel throughout the downtown area. Molly also stops at Fort Worth Central Station where attendees can access the commuter rail via Trinity Railway Express (access to points between Dallas and Fort Worth), TEXRail (access to DFW Airport, Terminal B), Amtrak, Trinity Metro bus services, bike rentals or rental cars.
Major cultural attractions in the downtown and adjacent areas include the Fort Worth Water Gardens, Sundance Square, the Fort Worth Stockyards, the Fort Worth Zoo, the Botanical Gardens, the Texas Motor Speedway, Trinity Trails, the Trinity River, the Fort Worth Ale-Trail, the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo, and much more! In addition, attendees can stay busy with all of the surrounding shopping venues and eateries.
The ICA will be arranging discounted price points for local hotels for ClarinetFest® registered 2025 attendees, with multiple options all around the conference site. The Omni Fort Worth Hotel is offering ClarinetFest® 2025 attendees onsite lodging ranging from $155 single/double to $175 triple/quad per night. The Omni is offering a 10% discount for valet parking at the hotel and there is additional garage and street parking throughout Sundance Square to accommodate attendees.
The ClarinetFest® 2025 Artistic Leadership Team is dedicated to the International Clarinet Association’s Statement of Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion (https://clarinet.org/about/ica-policies/) and recognizes the importance of representation within the clarinet community at this event. As such, the ALT will be organizing featured events that represent a variety of world music styles and traditions and also compositions whose composers and/or performers are members of a marginalized and/or protected community.
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Plan your ClarinetFest® 2025!
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The full agenda will be available soon.
Join the ICA Enthusiasts Committee for a 1.5 day Pre-ClarinetFest® Workshop specifically for the enthusiast community! This event will give enthusiasts more opportunities to play and connect in a more before the full ClarinetFest® begins. In addition to being fun by itself, this workshop aims to improve your clarinet and music learning, and help you get the absolute most out of your ClarinetFest® experience!
The event will include clarinet choir rehearsals of the ClarinetFest® Enthusiasts/New Horizons Choir material, instructional workshops, interactive vendor opportunities, and more.
The Pre-ClarinetFest® Workshop is a $60 add-on that you can include on your regular ClarinetFest® registration. If you would like to participate, simply add the Pre-ClarinetFest® Workshop when you put through your ClarinetFest registration here.
Tentative Schedule* (*Topics and scheduling timing subject to change):
Monday, July 7, 2025
5 pm – Early registration
6 pm (optional) – Dinner or Dessert meet up near hotel
Tuesday, July 8, 2025
8 – 8:30 am – Registration
8:30 – 9 am – Morning Warm-up
9 – 10 am – Clarinet Choir Targeted Practice
10 – 10:15 am – Stretch Break
10:15 am – 12 pm – “How To” ClarinetFest® Planning Session
12 – 1:30 pm – Lunch
1:30 – 3 pm – Workshops
Wrangling Reeds
Loving the Metronome
Meaningful Music Making
3 – 3:15 pm – Stretch Break
3:15 – 5 pm – Clarinet Choir Rehearsal
5 pm – Dinner
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
8:30 – 9 am – How to Test and Pick Equipment
9 am – 12 pm – Vendor Trials and Chat with Clarinerds
Sustaining
Buffet Crampon
Chedeville
Arthur Uebel
Royal Global / B. Corbin Clarinet Products
Visit Fort Worth
Altissimo
Conn-Selmer
D’Addario
Eastman / Backun
Fort Worth Promotion & Development Fund
Rovner MC
Vandoren
Yamaha
Clarion
ALRY Publications
Midwest Musical Imports
Silverstein Works
Chalumeau
Legere Products LTD
Supporting
United States Marine Corps Music Program
