29 June
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ClarinetFest® 2018 is almost here! We hope you’re excited for what will be one of our best ClarinetFests® yet in Ostend, Belgium! Each day is jam-packed full of headliners, lecturers, vendors, sponsors, and clarinet choirs from all over the world. Please be sure your travel plans include attendance to the opening concerts on July 6th. ClarinetFest® 2018 will kick off with a performance by the Claribel Clarinet Choir in honor of the late Guido Six at 1:30pm in the Thermae Palace, followed by a special concert by the Lumen Symphonicum featuring ICA Honorary Member soloists Karl Leister, Charles Neidich, Luis Rossi, and Antonio Saiote.  Read More →

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13 June
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      Originally published in The Clarinet 45/3 (June 2018). Printed copies of The Clarinet are available for ICA members. Rock ’n’ Roll Clarinets?! The Beatles’ Use of Clarinets on Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by John Reeks “It was 50 years ago today…” (well, actually last summer): June, 1967 –  the “Summer of Love.” While everyone seemed to be growing their hair long, donning beads and attending love-ins, short-haired, pocket-protector-wearing me was playing clarinet in the high school marching band, thus solidifying my nerd status. Compared to playing guitar like my friends, there was nothing cool about the clarinet, in spite ofRead More →

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09 June
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      Originally published in The Clarinet 45/3 (June 2018). Printed copies of The Clarinet are available for ICA members. ClarinetFest® 2018 by Eddy Vanoosthuyse The team of ClarinetFest® 2018 is enthusiastically working to organize an amazing festival in Ostend, Belgium. ClarinetFest® 2018 has something special for everyone, with orchestral and band performances, chamber music, solo recitals, concerts of jazz and klezmer music, lectures and master classes, as well as exhibits featuring leading instrument manufacturers, the latest and greatest clarinet accessories, and more. We have many of the world’s most famous clarinetists performing in the festival – it is difficult to name just a few, so readRead More →

03 May
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Posted on May 2, 2018 One of our Capital Campaign initiatives is to provide funding for young clarinetists through ClarinetFest® travel grants. Support is provided for full time students and the amount of support depends on the student and available funding. In order to apply for a travel grant, please email the following items to executive director of operations Evan Lynch at evanlynchica@gmail.com. 1. Cover letter 2. Resume 3. Letter of support written by your teacher The deadline to submit your materials is Friday, May 18, 2018. Travel grant winners will be notified no later than Friday, May 25, 2018 and all funds will be distributed asRead More →

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03 April
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Where were you when the first man set foot on the moon? Where were you when you heard that planes had hit the Twin Towers? … I can clearly remember where I was when Bert Six phoned me to say that Guido and Jef Six had died in a tragic car crash an hour earlier. I was in my car and I immediately pulled over. I don’t know how long I stayed there, unbelieving, stiffened with astonishment. The family asked me to take care of the musical part of the funeral; not an easy task. We composed a clarinet choir, based on Guido’s Claribel andRead More →