The International Clarinet Association is a diverse and inclusive community of clarinetists and clarinet enthusiasts that supports projects that will benefit clarinet performance; provides opportunities for the exchange of ideas, materials, and information among its members; fosters the composition, publication, recording, and distribution of music for the clarinet; encourages the research and manufacture of a more definitive clarinet; encourages communication and cooperation among clarinetists and the music industry; and encourages and promotes the performance and teaching of a wide variety of repertoire for the clarinet.
To these ends, the association is dedicated to fostering communication and fellowship of clarinetists on a worldwide basis through publishing a quarterly scholarly journal, The Clarinet, producing an annual clarinet festival, ClarinetFest®, supporting a research library with materials available to all members, and promoting a variety of other endeavors related to the clarinet and clarinet playing.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ADVISORY BOARD
The Advisory Board is auxiliary to the Board of Directors and will serve a three-year term. The Advisory Board is intended to serve in a consult capacity. They are appointed by the board and are a non-voting unit. They are chosen from all facets of the clarinet world from performance to industry and must be well acquainted with the ICA. As you can see, those we appointed have been members for many years and two of them are honorary members.
International Council
STAFF
ICA LEGENDS
Daniel Bonade
(1896-1976)
Louis Cahuzac
(1880-1960)
Benny Goodman
(1909-1986)
David Hite
(1923-2004)
Reginald Kell
(1906-1981)
Robert Marcellus
(1928-1996)
Kalmen Opperman
(1919-2010)
Artie Shaw
(1910-2004)
Harold Wright
(1926-1993)
HONORARY MEMBERS
Ben Armato
(1928-2015)
Walter Boeykens
(1938–2013)
Colin Bradbury
(1933-2023)
Betty Brockett
(1936–2003)
Clark Brody
(1914–2012)
Jack Brymer
(1915–2003)
Franklin Cohen
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Larry Combs
Evanston, Illinois
Philippe Cuper
Paris, France
Eddie Daniels
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Buddy DeFranco
(1923–2014)
Hans Deinzer
(1934-2020)
Guy Deplus
(1924-2020)
Paquito D’Rivera
North Bergen, New Jersey
Stanley Drucker
(1929-2022)
F. Gerard Errante
Las Vegas, Nevada
David Etheridge
(1942–2010)
Giora Feidman
Hamburg, Germany
Lee Gibson
(1915–2013)
James Gillespie
Denton, Texas (Editor Emeritus)
Paul Harvey
Twickenham, Middlesex, U.K.
Stanley Hasty
(1920–2011)
Theodore Johnson
(1930-2022)
Ramon Kireilis
Denver, Colorado
Béla Kovács
Budapest, Hungary
Frank Kowalsky
Tallahassee, Florida
Jacques Lancelot
(1920–2009)
Karl Leister
Berlin, Germany
Mitchell Lurie
(1922–2008)
John McCaw
(1918-2015)
John Mohler
(1929-2019)
Charles Neidich
New York, New York
Ron Odrich
New York, New York
Fred Ormand
Lawrence, Kansas
Bernard Portnoy
(1915–2006)
Alfred Prinz
(1930-2014)
James Pyne
(1936-2020)
Petko Radev
(1933-2017)
Luis Rossi
Santiago, Chilek
Harry Rubin
(1928-2018)
Antonio Saiote
Portugal
James Sauers
(1921–1988)
H. James Schoepflin
Spokane, Washington
Selim Sesler
(1957-2014)
David Shifrin
Norwalk, Connecticut
William O. Smith
(1926-2020)
Harry Sparnaay
(1944-2017)
Robert Spring
Tempe, Arizona
Hans-Rudolf Stalder
(1930-2017)
Alan Stanek
Papillion, Nebraska
Milenko Stefanovic
Belgrade, Serbia
Richard Stoltzman
Winchester, Massachusetts
Ralph Strouf
(1926–2002)
Bernard Van Doren
Paris, France
Eddy Vanoosthuyse
Kortrijk, Belgium
Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr
East Lansing, Michigan
Himie Voxman
(1912-2011)
George Waln
(1904–1999)
David Weber
(1913–2006)
Charles West
Centerville, Virginia
Pamela Weston
(1921-2009)
Michele Zukovsky
Los Angeles, California
COORDINATORS / EDITORS
Competitions
Composition Competition Coordinator
ICA New Music Committee – Kelly Johnson
(September 1, 2021 – August 31, 2023)
High School Solo Competition Coordinator
Jesse Krebs (September 1, 2022 – August 31, 2024)
Orchestral Audition Competition Coordinator
Jackie Glazier (September 1, 2022 – August 31, 2024)
Research Competition Coordinator
Cassie Keogh (September 1, 2022 – August 31, 2024)
Young Artist Competition Coordinator
Catherine Wood (September 1, 2022 – August 31, 2024)
ClarinetFest®
ClarinetFest® Program Book Editor
Rongbing Shen
(2023-2024)
ClarinetFest® Volunteer Coordinator
Jennifer Reeves
(2019-2023)
ICA Activities
Pedagogy Coordinator
Julianne Kirk-Doyle
The Clarinet Online Editor
Sarah Manasreh
E-Newsletter Editor
Jessica Harrie
Website Links Coordinator
Jessica Harrie
Historian
Jean-Marie Paul
Social Media Editor
Jessica Harrie