Clareidoscope is a one-day virtual festival on Saturday, March 15th, 2025 from 12:00 noon – 6:00pm (eastern time zone) featuring performances, clinics, performance and composition contests and all sorts of clarinet fun! This event is free and open to anyone who loves the clarinet and wants to spend some quality time with the other clarinet advocates. Come and meet fellow clarinetists from around the United States and beyond! Clareidoscope is free to attend and enter any competition (all music for the performance competitions are in public domain with free access). This event is sponsored by the ICA United States State Chairs.
For more information look at details on the International Clarinet Association’s website at https://clarinet.org/event/clareidoscope-2025/
All times are Eastern Time (Subject to change)
12:00 – Welcome and Introductions (10-15 min)
12:15 – Student Performances -YT link (30 min)
12:45 – State Chair Performances YT link (Approx 75 min)
2:00 – Master Class – Live (Middle School and High School/Collegiate) (60 min) with AdZel Duo
“AdZel presents polished committed performances of stunning new works.” (The Clarinet) AdZel Duo has performed and taught at Carnegie Hall, Eastman School of Music, Juilliard School, University of Michigan, Northwestern University, The Costa Rica International Clarinet Festival, The International Clarinet Association ClarinetFest, University of Delaware, The European Clarinet Conference, Oklahoma Clarinet Symposium, Zodiac Festival, Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival, San Francisco Conservatory, University of California at Irvine, University of Kansas, Rutgers School of Music and the Yale School of Music, among others. Working with the leading voices of contemporary music such as Mohammed Fairouz, Jason Barabba, Annie Guzzo, Forrest Pierce, Sergio Delgado, Ingrid Stolzel, Jennifer Bellor, Beth Wiemann, Rachel Whelan, and others, AdZel is committed to new dialogues in sound.
Their unique performances have been lauded as “truly inspiring” and “beautifully presented.” Blending original music and spoken word, their concerts combine education and music into an modern language that embraces diversity in classical music. Lauded by The Clarinet for “compelling unity of sound and excellent ensemble,” the ensemble is one of the most dynamic ensembles on the music scene today.
Clarinetist Mariam Adam (mariamadam.com) is an internationally known chamber musician, soloist, music advocate and educator originally from Monterey, California. She is the Assistant Professor of Clarinet at the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University. Praised for her “virtuosic performances lit by flashes of passion” (Gramophone), she has received rave critical reviews for her work. A founding and former member Imani Winds, she currently lives and works in France and Tennessee and performs across Europe and around the world. She is a Selmer Paris and Vandoren artist and is the clarinet professor at the Blair School of Music, Vanderbilt University.
Dr. Stephanie Zelnick (stephaniezelnick.com) is the Professor of Clarinet at the University of Kansas and Principal Clarinet of the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra. Hailed as “simply sublime” (San Francisco Classical Voice) and lauded for her “crystal clear tone and beautifully shaped phrases” (The Clarinet), she has performed throughout North America, Europe, South America, and Asia as an orchestral, solo, and chamber musician. Her recordings can be heard on the Naxos, Innova, Accademia del Clarinetto labels, among others, and she has been broadcast on multiple occasions on Performance Today and other NPR affiliates. She is a Buffet-Crampon Artist and Clinician.
3:30 – State Chair Pre-recorded Presentations YT Link (40 min)
4:30 – State Chair Panel Discussion: College Audition Preparation (25 min)
5:00 – State Chair Panel Discussion: Practice/Performance Anxiety (25 min)
5:30 – Closing Ceremony
Thanks to our sponsors of prizes for the competitions!
Backun | Eastman Music Company
Clarinets by Copeland
Clarinet Playground
Conn Selmer
Corbin Clarinet Products
D’Addario
Earspasm
Legere Reeds
North Country Winds
Ongaku Records, Inc.
Rice Clarinetworks
And special thanks to our Sustaining Sponsors who make content like this possible throughout the year: Buffet Crampon, Chedeville, F. Arthur Uebel, and Royal Global/B. Corbin Clarinets.
