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ICA E-Newsletter Fall 2014

The ICA E-Newsletter includes news items of interest to clarinet players as well as information about upcoming events and opportunities within the field. 

 

Do you have news that you would like to see included in the ICA E-Newsletter? For publication consideration please submit news items to editor Phillip O. Paglialonga at [email protected].

In the News

The Jacques Lancelot International Clarinet Competition was held in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Japan in August.  The competition is to honor the memory of one of the greatest French clarinetists of his generation and is held every two years in Japan and France alternately.  First prize was awarded to Pierre Genisson, second prize to Kaori Tanaka, and third prize to Mikhail Mering. Franck Russo won the Koichi Hamanaka Award, and Yokosuka Award was presented to Pierre Genisson.

 

Navy Clarinet Day 2013
The United States Navy Band (pictured above) hosted the third annual Navy Band Clarinet Day on Saturday, November 8 at the Washington Navy Yard in the historic Sail Loft.  The event featured Mark Gallagher, Mitchell Estrin, Eugene Mondie, Paul Cigan, Mark Jacobi and Wesley Rice.

The Academia Internacional de Clarinet "Clarinet�ssim 2014" was held July 21-26 in Valencia, Spain.  Performing artists included Enrique P�rez, Luis Miguel M�ndez, Francisco Javier Ros, Carlos LaCruz, and Rafael Albert.  

The Buffet Crampon USA 2014 Summer Clarinet Academy took place July 14-19 at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville.  The faculty included Ixi Chen, Stanley Drucker, Daniel Gilbert, Jonathan Gunn, and Andr� Moisan.

The Mid-America Clarinet Festival was held November 14-16 at Ohio State University.  The event featured performances, master classes, clinics and vendors celebrating the clarinet and its repertoire.  Featured international artists included Caroline Hartig, Richard Stoltzman, Lucca Saracca, Nicola Bulfone, Stephan Vermeersch, and Piero Vincenti as well as approximately forty American artists.


The third Lisbon International Clarinet Competition will be held March 30-April 2, 2015.  Applications are now being accepted until January 31.  Click here for more information.


The fourth annual Ball State Clarinet Festival was held on November 22 and featured Jane Carl, Elizabeth Crawford, Daniel Healton and Eric Salazar.  


 


 


 

 Coming Events 

The European Clarinet Association Clarinet Congress will take place December 11-13.  The main goal of the 4th European Clarinet Congress is to present the clarinet as a universal instrument in classical, jazz, klezmer, folk as well as in many more music styles. Highlights of the Congress include gala concerts, recitals, lectures, exhibitions and master classes. E-mail ECA president Stephan Vermeersch for more details.

 

The 8th Annual Henri Tomasi International Woodwind Quintet Competition will be held in Marseille, France, Feb. 23 to 28, 2015.  Click here for more information.  

 

 

2015 ICA Competitions  

Each year the ICA hosts several important competitions for clarinetists. Information is now available for each of these competitions online at www.clarinet.org

 

Click on the competition name below for eligibility and application information:

  High School Solo Competition

  Orchestral Audition Competition

  Young Artist Competition

  Research Competition

  Composition Competition 

Appointments 

  • Jeannie Psomas won the audition for second clarinet of the Fresno Philharmonic.

  • Sara Canning won the audition for principal clarinet of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra.

  • Tygar Worosello was offered a position with the U.S. Navy Band.

  • Benjamin Adler won the audition for second clarinet of the Las Vegas Philharmonic

  • Tianyu Zhang won the audition for the 3rd/bass clarinet of the Evansville Philharmonic.

Passages 

Joseph Cloyde Williams (1923-2014), retired principal clarinetist of the Minnesota Orchestra passed away.  Click here for the full obituary.


 

Alfred Prinz (1930-2014) passed away last month.  Prinz was principal of the Vienna Philharmonic for many years and inspired a generation of clarinet players.  Click here for the full obituary. 

 

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In the News
Coming Events
Appointments
Nominations for ICA Honorary Membership
Nominations for Honorary Membership are due by December 31, 2014. Please include:
  • Name of the nominator
  • Nominator's address, phone and email address
  • Name of nominee
  • Nominee's address, phone and e-mail address
  • Biographical sketch of nominee
  • Supportive documentation of the nominee's qualifications
Email to ICA Secretary Denise Gainey by December 31, 2014. 

 

2015 ClarinetFest�
Click here for information about the 2015 ICA ClarinetFest� in Madrid, Spain!

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