13 Search results for: default.asp

Report by Sarah Korneisel The final round of the 2016 ICA High School Competition was held on Thursday, August 4 at 2:00 p.m. Thirty young clarinetists from across the globe submitted digital auditions for the preliminary round. From these, judges Angela Soren (Louisville, Kentucky), Alucia Scalzo (New York City) and Michael Rowlett (University of Mississippi) selected six finalists. For the final round, judges John Sadak (Wake Forest University), Cecilia Kang (Furman University) and Timothy Phillips (Troy University) heard each of the finalists as they performed three required pieces: Hommage à J.S. Bach and Hommage à M. de Falla by Béla Kovács (b. 1937) and... read more →

Report by Melissa Morales The first evening concert, sponsored by Backun Musical Services, took place Wednesday, August 3 at 7:30 p.m. in the Lied Center of Kansas. Artistic Directors Robert Walzel and Stephanie Zelnick opened the evening a greeting and a brief but heartfelt thanks to the Lied Center for the use of venue and Reach Out Kansas, Inc. and Jim Zakoura, of the Zakoura Family Foundation and Smithyman & Zakoura, Chartered, for their generous underwriting of the performance. An Unlikely Muse by playwright Harry Clark is a concert drama for one actor and six musicians. Led by the indomitable... read more →

ClarinetFest® is upon us once again, hosted by the historic University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. The University of Kansas was established in 1891 as one of the first national institutions to offer professional degrees in the arts, making it an appropriate site for this year's “Inspirations” ClarinetFest® 2016 theme. This year the fest is focusing on five great clarinetists who inspired the creation of our greatest repertoire. These clarinetists are 18th-century Anton Stadler; 19th-century Heinrich Baermann, Johann Hermstedt and Richard Mūhlfeld; and 20th-century Benny Goodman. Performances and clinics will highlight the lives, careers and legacies of these clarinetists throughout the... read more →