ICA Plays On! 2021

January 28 – Reeds, Repairs, and More!

• 10 am – Event Kickoff!
• 11 am – Video Premiere – Yoga for Musicians with Dan Gainey
• 12 pm – Video Premiere – Vintage Reed Adventures – Shannon Thompson
• 2 pm – Video Premiere – Close Up Repairs with Miles DeCastro
• 3 pm – Video Premiere – Basic Repairs with Melanie Wong and Jonathan Copeland
• 5 pm – Youth Committee Panel: Connecting the Pre-Professional Clarinetist to Digital Clarinet Resources in the 21st Century: Approaches, Ideas, and Discussion
• 7 pm – Video Premiere – Never Have a Bad Reed Again!  How to Make and Adjust Your Own Clarinet Reeds – Laura Armstrong
• 8 pm – Video Premiere – Felix Mendelssohn, Concertstucke Nos. 1 and 2 for two Bb clarinets – Stas Chernyshev, Dr. Andrea Vos-Rochefort, clarinets and Daniel Anastasio, piano

January 29 – Clarinet Classics 

• 10 am – Video Premiere – Johannes Brahms, Trio in A Minor, Op. 114 – The Goodwin Avenue Trio
• 11 am – Video Premiere – Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 1 (Arranged for 3 clarinets and 2 basset horns) – Thomas Carroll
• 12 pm – Lecture/Demo: Modern Editions and Perspectives on the Mozart Clarinet Concerto with Jonathan Cohler, John Bruce Yeh, and Nicolas Cox
• 2 pm – Lecture: The Mozart Concerto from a Historical Perspective: How to Inform your Interpretation as a Modern Clarinetist with Marie Ross
• 3:30 pm – Video Premiere – W.A. Mozart, Clarinet Concerto Mvts. 1 and 2 – Jhoan Sebastian Rubiano Saavedra
• 4 pm – Lecture/Demo – Orchestral Excerpt Tips and Tricks with Reinhard Wieser
• 6 pm – Video Premiere – Ludwig van Beethoven, Trio in B-flat Major Op. 11 for Piano, Clarinet, and Cello (1797)  – Katrina Clements, clarinet; Elena Denny, cello; Wayne Ching, piano
• 8 pm – Video Premiere – Crossing the Theory Break – David Cook

January 30 – Clarinet Fun-damentals

• 9 am – Video Premiere – Aurelio Magnani, Mazurka-Caprice for Clarinet and Piano – Christine MacDonnell, clarinet; Yuliya Basis, piano
• 10 am – Panel Discussion with ICA Health and Wellness Committee
• 11 am –  Video Premiere – Articulation for Clarinet: What Can We Learn from Other Woodwinds? – Eric Schultz
• 12 pm – First-Year Clarinet Curriculum: What to Teach and When to Teach it with Paula Corley
• 1 pm – ICA Enthusiasts Committee Play Along Panel with Michelle Anderson, Debbie Andrus and the ICA Enthusiasts Committee
• 2 pm – Panel: College Clarinet Life – Todd Waldecker, Cathy Wood, Wonkak Kim
• 3:30 pm – Video Premiere – Tuning Tips for Beginner Clarinetists – Catina Franklin Sweedy
• 4 pm – Lecture: Hand and Ear Training for Beginners with Michael Webster
• 5:30 pm – Amateur Clarinetists Masterclass with Jose Franch-Ballester
• 7 pm – Website Launch Party: Tutorial, giveaways, website scavenger hunt

January 31 – New Music – New Techniques

• 10 am – Lecture/Demo: Contemporary Clarinet Techniques with Selin Gürol (Turkish)
• 11 am – Video Premiere – Introduction to Traditional Klezmer Ornamentation – Dylan Lloyd
• 12 pm – Lecture/Demo: Pick Earspasm’s Brain with Michael Lowenstern
• 2 pm – Panel Lecture/Demo: New Music Committee – Learning Extended Techniques
• 3 pm – Panel Lecture/Demo: New Music Committee – Composer/Performer Collaborative Process
• 4 pm – Lecture: The Contemporary Clarinet Repertoire from New Zealand – Donald Nicholls
• 5 pm – Panel: Millennial Musicians – Laura Campbell, Vince Dominguez, Chase Miller
• 6 pm – Video Premiere – Mauro Giuliani, Gran duetto concertante Op. 52, Franz Schubert, Ständchen – Duo Diviant
• 7 pm – Lecture/Demo: Getting into Jazz with Gregory Agid