09 July
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ClarinetFest® 2018 – July 7, 2018: Evening Concert by Jessica Harrie The evening concert for Day 2 of ClarinetFest® 2018 featured the stellar Brussels Jazz Orchestra supporting five incredible artists. Up first, Stéphane Chausse performed three works, Inheritance by Frank Vagan, and Hymne and Cinq temps pour trois coeurs, both written by Chausse. The works showcased Chausse’s nuanced playing and highlighted his skill as a composer. Following Chausse, Eddie Daniels came to the stage to perform three works: His own This is all I have, Quietude by Thad Jones and Under the wire by Gordon Goodwin. Daniels was charismatic and played with the charm and superb technical facility that he is known for. JazzRead More →

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ClarinetFest 2018 – July 8, 2018: Lucas Willsie and Melissa Goodchild Concert by Vanessa Davis The Willsie-Goodchild recital on Sunday was a wonderful mix of the traditional the new. Lucas Willsie, a doctoral student at the University of North Texas, performed the Ireland Fantasy Sonata with Luca Ferrini. The performance accentuated the juxtaposition of lyrical lines and passage work while uniting the sections of the work. Goodchild presented two world premiere works for clarinet and percussion by female Canadian composers. Both works acted as a dialogue between the two instruments. Cat Fight by Kendra Harder was minimalist in style and utilized all registers of theRead More →

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ClarinetFest® 2018 – Opening Concert Claribel Clarinet Choir  by Stephen R. Borodkin   ClarinetFest® 2018 began on Friday, July 6, in the beautiful Ostend, Belgium. ICA President Caroline Hartig and ClarinetFest® 2018 Artistic Director Eddy Vanoosthuyse provided opening remarks about this year’s conference, reporting that there were more than 1,000 musicians invited to perform during the festival. The opening concert featured the Claribel Clarinet Choir and served as an hommage to Guido Six. Claribel’s aim for the concert was to perform both new music and exciting music. Every piece on the program was a Belgian premiere while many pieces were world premieres. Bart Picqueur conducted the clarinet choirRead More →

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We are pleased with the response to our first ever ClarinetFest® travel grant program and are happy to award travel grant money to nine student clarinetists. Congratulations to Yukari Ando, Stephen Borodkin, Samuel Day, Rachel Levison, Jacey Matt, Jenny Maclay, Masumi Shimatani, Kenzie Simkewicz, and Amelia Smith. We look forward to seeing you at ClarinetFest® 2018 in Ostend, Belgium! Thank you to everyone who has donated to the Capital Campaign in order to make these travel grants possible. It is not too late to donate and positively impact the lives of clarinetists all over the world! For more information on the Capital Campaign, please visitRead More →