Osiris J. Molina Named Publication Reviews Editor for The Clarinet

The ICA is pleased to announce that Osiris J. Molina has joined the editorial staff of The Clarinet as publication reviews editor. We extend the utmost gratitude to Gregory Barrett, who has stepped down after serving in this role for 15 years, expertly coordinating, editing, and writing reviews of new clarinet music and publications for the benefit of the ICA community.

Learn where to send book and sheet music submissions intended for review here: https://clarinet.org/publications/the-clarinet/

or email [email protected]

Osiris J. (Ozzy) Molina is professor of clarinet and woodwind area coordinator at the University of Alabama. A native of Elizabeth, New Jersey, he has extensive experience as a soloist, chamber, and orchestral musician. Dr. Molina is currently principal clarinet of the Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra, assistant principal clarinet with the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra, and has performed with the Alabama, Mobile, Mississippi, Meridian, and Chattanooga symphony clarinet sections.

Molina’s 2022-2023 season celebrated the release of Cuba, Alabama, an album consisting of music for clarinet by Cuban composers Andres Alén, Javier Zalba, Paquito D’Rivera, Ernesto Lecuona, and Leo Brouwer on Blue Griffin Records. In 2023, Molina was featured soloist on John Mackey’s clarinet concerto Divine Mischief with the University of Alabama Wind Ensemble at the College Band Directors National Association National Conference at the University of Georgia.

Molina’s chamber work includes his membership in the Vuorovesi Trio, a UA faculty trio consisting of flute, oboe, and clarinet; the Cavell Trio, a reed trio; and the Capstone Wind Quintet, the faculty quintet at the University of Alabama. In addition to his Alabama teaching duties, Molina will enter his 11th season as clarinet mentor at the Hot Springs Music Festival, Hot Springs, Arkansas, in 2024.

Molina holds degrees from Michigan State University (DMA), Yale School of Music (MM), and Rutgers University (BM), where he studied with Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr, David Shifrin, Charles Neidich, Ayako Oshima, and William Berz. Ozzy is an endorsing artist for Selmer Paris, Silverstein, Gonzalez, and D’Addario and performs on the Recital clarinet and the Privilege bass clarinet.