07 January
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Five Minute Interview: ICA President Mitchell Estrin   What is your current position? Professor of Clarinet at the University of Florida Who have been your biggest influences in clarinet? My father and Stanley Drucker How long have you been a member of the ICA? Since 1975, when it was called the International Clarinet Society (ICS) How long have you played the clarinet? 50 years   What do you love the most about the clarinet? The sound What is your current setup? Buffet Crampon R13 silver keys Vandoren M15 Traditional Profile 88 mouthpiece Vandoren V.12 reeds Vandoren M/O Ligature (pewter) Why do you think every clarinetist shouldRead More →

06 December
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Originally published in The Clarinet 46/1 (December 2018). Printed copies of The Clarinet are available for ICA members.  Reviews MUSIC STUDIES Nora Shaffer. Scales and Harmonic Studies for the Intermediate Clarinetist. EHM Publishing, 2017. $22.95 Nora Shaffer is an in-demand freelancer and private instructor in the Chicago area. She graduated from DePaul University where she studied with Larry Combs and Julie DeRoche, earning both a Performer’s Certificate and a Master’s in Music (with distinction). Shaffer completed her B.A. in music at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. She has also studied with Stephen Williamson, Bil Jackson and Andrew Stevens. Shaffer created this method book specifically for the intermediate clarinetist. SheRead More →

03 December
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Originally published in The Clarinet 46/1 (December 2018). Printed copies of The Clarinet are available for ICA members.   Master Class Leonard Bernstein’s Sonata for Clarinet and Piano by Gary Gray Leonard Bernstein was born on August 25, 1918, to Jennie (née Charna Resnick) and Samuel Joseph (Shmuel Yosef) Bernstein, in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Leonard Bernstein was a man of many accomplishments, but he was proudest of his own achievements as a teacher. There’s a Hebrew phrase that makes me think of my father: Torah Lishmah, he said, which means, loosely translated, “a raging thirst for knowledge.” I’m sure you’ve all had that feeling. Maybe you were researching a subjectRead More →

01 December
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Originally published in The Clarinet 46/1 (December 2018). Printed copies of The Clarinet are available for ICA members.   Audio Notes by Christopher Nichols New Recordings of Clarinet Music by Michele Mangani and James M. Stephenson Memories from Heaven: Music for Clarinet and Piano, released by Da Vinci Classics (C00104), presents clarinetist Sergio Bosi and pianist Riccardo Bartoli in a number of premiere recordings of compositions by esteemed Italian composer Michele Mangani (b. 1966). Mangani is a familiar name to the International Clarinet Association membership, with numerous works appearing on ClarinetFest® programs in recent years. This past summer at ClarinetFest® in Ostend, his Concerto for Clarinet received its premiereRead More →

01 November
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Please see the following information about the upcoming festival XVII Klarinete Maratoia:   The 17th edition of Klarinete Maratoia will be held from December 12-16, 2018, in Zumaia, Spain. This event combines a variety of musical principles and a dedication to the principles of music education. All levels of playing are welcome to this event. The Klarinete Maratoia consists of individual lessons, Clarinet Clinics, master classes, ensembles, a contest for clarinet quartets and informal auditions featuring music and “pintxos” (the famous Spanish tapas made by local students to raise some money for their high school projects). In addition, there is a day in which a clarinet maintenance professional offers his servicesRead More →