Originally published in The Clarinet 51/2 (March 2024).

Copies of The Clarinet are available for ICA members.

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ClarinetFest® 2024

ClarinetFest® 2024 will be held July 31–August 4, 2024, at the Dublin Convention Centre in Dublin, Ireland. The artistic leadership team and ICA board are looking forward to welcoming clarinetists from all over the world back to Europe for a celebration that connects all clarinet players together in a celebration of music, culture, and diversity. All conference events will be held at the Centre, allowing for easy and accessible transitions between events.

ClarinetFest® 2024 features players from 42 countries across the globe. Performances, presentations, competitions, and discussions will bring established professionals, emerging players, students, and enthusiasts together under one roof to share, discover, and enjoy everything the clarinet has to offer. There will be ample opportunities for all to listen, learn, and play, with opportunities to perform in ICA-led ensembles, try out equipment, and take part in master classes or competitions.

The artistic team have programmed an exciting set of headliner concerts that feature leading artists and reflect the ICA membership and its ideals for diversity, equity, inclusion, and access.

The British Clarinet Ensemble will be the accompanying ensemble in a Wednesday night concert performed in memory of their former conductor Charles Hine and Capriccio Clarinet Choir conductor John De Beer, who both died in January 2024. Featured soloists will include Nicholas Baldeyrou, Lara Diaz, Anna Hashimoto, Mark O’Brien, and Irish performers William Curran, Anne Harper, and Berginald Rash.

Klezploitation band Jerusafunk will open Thursday evening’s concert, followed by Andy Lamy playing traditional Irish music with his authentic Irish ensemble. Bass clarinet king Michael Lowenstern will kickstart Friday evening with what will be a dazzling display of his own compositions, followed by jazz clarinetist Arun Ghosh in his first ever ClarinetFest® performance. A British-Asian clarinetist, composer, and music educator, Ghosh was conceived in Calcutta, bred in Bolton, matured in Manchester, and now lives in London. His musical vocabulary and vision reflects his rich geographical heritage.

Saturday evening’s gala concert will feature Ireland’s leading string quartet, the ConTempo Quartet, who will perform with Selin Gürol, Manuel Hernandez, Shannon Kiewitt, and Sacha Rattle.

Headliner events will also take place Thursday–Sunday at 12 p.m. including Paul Roe and The Art Of Collaboration with a host of Irish musicians, Nicola Bufone and Ivan Viller Sanz performing both Mozart clarinet quintets with ConTempo, the Coro de Clarinetes de México, and Jon Russell’s Improbable Beasts bass clarinet ensemble. There will also be headlining recitals by Maura Marinucci, István Kohán, Stefanie Gardner and Paradise Winds, and the world’s leading drag queen clarinet virtuoso, Claire Annette (AKA Vince Dominguez).

Sunday, while having something for all players, will be a day that features low clarinets. In anticipation of the ICA Low Clarinet Festival that will take place at Glendale Community College, Arizona, USA, from January 8-11, 2025, ClarinetFest® 2024 will end with an open invitation to play in the low clarinet choir.

The ICA committees will have a presence at the festival, hosting a series of roundtable discussions and workshops on topics including diversity, equity, and inclusion; health and wellbeing; pedagogy; and repertoire.

ClarinetFest® is made truly special by our industry sponsors and specialists who will be exhibiting everything from instruments, mouthpieces, and reeds to music and other accessories in our designated exhibition hall in the heart of the Convention Centre. The exhibit hall will be open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday to Saturday.

Dublin is a fantastic city in the heart of Ireland with a huge array of museums that celebrate the heritage and culture of the island. You can also visit the world famous Guinness Storehouse and sample Ireland’s most famous product in the place where it is made and tastes best! We also highly recommend taking some time to explore the scenic countryside and coast of both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Take some time to visit Belfast’s Titanic museum, the Giant’s Causeway, or the Game of Thrones Studio tour. There is something for everyone on the Island of Ireland.

Updates and registration links will appear on the ICA website, and more detailed information about events and other essential updates will be sent out via email and on the ClarinetFest® 2024 Facebook page.

The ClarinetFest® 2024 Artistic Leadership Team is Jason Alder, Peter Cigleris, and Sarah Watts. We would also like to thank Anna Hashimoto and Stephanie Reeve for joining us on the team as we enter our final stages of organization. Please contact us at [email protected] with any questions or inquiries.

 

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ClarinetFest® 2024 Performers and Presenters (Subject To Change)

Headlining Artists by photo:

Headlining Artists by name

Nicolas Baldeyrou

British Clarinet Ensemble

Nicola Bulfone

Claire Annette (Vince Dominguez)

Coro de Clarinetes de México

William Curran

Lara Díaz

Stefanie Gardner

Arun Ghosh

Selin Gürol

Anne Harper

Anna Hashimoto

Manuel Hernández

Improbable Beasts

Jerusafunk

Shannon Kiewitt

István Kohán

Andy Lamy

Michael Lowenstern

Maura Marinucci

Mark O’Brien

Berginald Rash

Sacha Rattle

Iván Villar Sanz

Performers and Presenters

Amy Advocat

Francisco Javier de Alba

Jason Alder

Marion Allain

Pedro Alliprandini

Jeff Anderle

Lori Ardovino

Jonathan Aubrey

Adam Ballif

Christy Banks

Diane Barger

David Barrientos

Cindy Bartz

Daniel Becker

Alanna Benoit

Sauro Berti

Jean-Guy Boisvert

Timothy Bonenfant

Barbara Borowicz

Mélanie Bourassa

Katherine Breeden

Karen Bronson

Jeffrey Brooks

Stephanie Bueche

Patrick Burke

Oguz Buyukberber

Erin Cameron

Asher Carlson

Adella Carlson

Christine Carter

Martin Castillos

Radovan Cavallin Žerjal

Vic Chavez, Jr.

Chao Chen

Nicholas Chesemore

Peter Cigleris

Josè Daniel Cirigliano

David Ciucevich

Annelise Clement

Katrina Clements

Catherine Conlin

David Cook

Anthony Costa

Mark Cramer

Agnieszka Dąbrowska-Kras

Andrew DeBoer

Miles DeCastro

Andrew Dees

Julie Detweiler

Victoria Deutsch

Lelio Di Tullio

Tanyawat Dilokkunanant

Kristine Dizon

Kristof Dömötör

Julianne Kirk Doyle

Alexandra Doyle

Mary Alice Druhan

Maria Du Toit

Luke Ellard

Jane Ellsworth

Patrick Englert

Evelynn Esquivel

Mitchell Estrin

Calvin Falwell

James Falzone

Richard Ferrarelli

Wesley Ferreira

Virginia Figueiredo

Ford Fourqurean

Stephen Fox

Kip Franklin

Eduardo Freitas

Parker Gaims

Denise Gainey

Kathya Galleguillos

Joshua Gardner

Peter Geldrich

George Georgiou

Mike Gersten

Meredith Gersten

Risto Gjorevski

Jackie Glazier

Danny Goldman

Angelina-Ogniana Gotcheva

Rachelle Goter

Laura Grantier

Jason Gresl

Elizabeth Gunlogson

Cosmin Harsian

Caroline Hartig

William Hayter

Roger Heaton

Julia Heinen

Steven Henry

Jaren Hinckley

Eric Hoeprich

Christine Hoerning

Alison Hughes

Scot Humes

Maureen Hurd Hause

Lindsey Hutchinson

Sarah Jaegers

Šarūnas Jankauskas

Csaba Jevtic-Somlai

Bernadette John

Robyn Jones

Lisa Kachouee

Marta Kania

Charlotte Kennedy Domínguez

Wonkak Kim

Janghyun Kim

Melissa Kindy

Anna Klett

Sarah Korneisel Jaegers

Boja Kragulj

Jesse Krebs

Rodolfo La Banca

Maryanne Lacaille

Charlotte Layec

Soo-Young Lee

Nathalie Lefevre

Hilary Leonard

Marguerite Levin

Jack Liang

Dawn Lindblade

Julia Lougheed

Michael Lowenstern

Sarah Lucas-Page

Evan Lutz

Shuqing Lyu

Xiaoting Ma

Christine MacDonnell

Corey Mackey

Jenny Maclay

Darkson Magrinelli

Sarah Manasreh

Amanda McCandless

Amy McCann

Dawn McConkie

Blake McGee

Jackie McIlwain

Laura McLaughlin

Henry McNamara

Connor McQuillan

Olivia Meadows

Ionas Mercadal Euler

Benjamin Mitchell

Osiris Molina

Kathleen Mulcahy

Nora-Louise Müller

Matthew Nelson

Bryce Newcomer

Christopher Nichols

Jo Nicholson

Keith Northover

Valerie Nuzzolo

Macdara Ó Seireadáin

Heather O’Gara

Pat O’Keefe

Gregory Oakes

Gloria Ines Orozco Dorado

Kelsey Paquin

Rocco Parisi

Brendan Patterson

John de la Paz

Dmitry Perevertailenko

Lisa Perry

Nicolai Pfeffer

Thomas Piercy

Spencer Prewitt

Maxine Ramey

Kelli Ray

Aileen Razey

Jeremy Reynolds

Wesley Rhodes

Dalton Ringey

Rebeca Romero Demuynck

Camille Rosset-Balcer

Pedro Rubio

Jonathan Russell

Franck Russo

Jeremy Ruth

Larkin Sanders

Robyn Saunders

Eric Schultz

Robin Seletsky

Andrew Seymour

Angela Shankar

Hannah Shilvock

Nadine Silverman

Juliana Sivila

Amelia Smith

Lynne Snyder

Dusan Sodja

Nadia Sofokleous

Marissa Stanfill

Christian Stene

Daryll Stevens

William Sweeney

Vanguel Tangarov

Anthony Taylor

Meghan Taylor

Pei-Lun Tsai

Ian Tyson

Gabrielle Valladares

Eddy Vanoosthuyse

Jorge Variego

Diego Vasquez

Kathryn Vetter

Piero Vincenti

Andrea Vos-Rochefort

Michael Waddell

Eileen Walsh

Michael Walsh

Sarah Watts

Michael Webster

Lowell Weiner

Yi-Hsin Weng

Nancy Williams

Jeremy Wohletz

Cathy Wood

Noah Wright

Rachel Yoder

Shuang Zhu

Amy Zuidema

Ensembles

Amicitia Duo

Aspen Clarinet Quartet

Bob Cole Conservatory Clarinet Choir

British Clarinet Ensemble

Calamus Clarinet Ensemble

Canadian Bass Clarinet Association

Canarian Clarinet Camerata

Capriccio Clarinet Orchestra

Chaos Incarné

Claribel Clarinet Choir Guido Six

Claricello

Clarinet Fusion

Cyprus Clarinet Ensemble

DesertLake Duo

Duo Claripiano

Duo Elektra

Duo Entre-Nous

Duo Ferula

Duo Humeros

Duo Lucent

E.P.I.C. Duo

Egide Duo

Filipendule

Florida State University Graduate Ensemble

Forever Hornets Clarinet Ensemble (Emporia State University)

Forward 4 Clarinet Quartet

Friends in Low Places

George Mason University Clarinet Choir (Patriot Reeds)

Italian Clarinet Consort

LaBacie Ensemble

Larkspur Reed Trio

Los Padres del Clarinete de Bajo

Luxembourg Clarinet Ambassadors

MAD4clarinets

Maryland Clarinet Choir

Maskit Clarinet Choir

Miami Clarinet

Miami University Clarinet Ensemble

Morii Duo

Museta Ensemble

Orange County Clarinet Consort

Painted Sky Ensemble

Paradise Winds Reed Quintet

Prestige Clarinet Quartet

Q’iru Duet

Reeds Amis

Rodinia

Sapphire Trio

Shutterspeed Duo

Sonoran Swamprats

Sputter Box

Stark Quartet

TAMUC Chamber Woodwinds

TAMUC Clarinet Choir

Tara Winds Clarinet Choir

Tekoha Clarinet Quintet

The Woodwind ensemble of The Royal Norwegian Navy Band

Trio Contrastes

Trio Montage

University of North Florida Clarinet Choir

University of South Florida Clarinet Ensemble

University of Utah Clarinet Choir

Voyager Reed Quintet

Vuorovesi Trio

Wayra Quartet

Yellowstone Chamber Players