Clarinettissimo 2022
Free
- Gregory Barrett, clarinet
- James Falzone
- Sean Osborn
- Mary Kantor
The Free Annual Clarinet Festival takes place the first weekend of October every year. This year will be our 22nd!
Events will take place at Beegle Hall and McKinley Hall at Seattle Pacific University.
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Schedule:
Saturday, October 1
12pm – Vendors Open
1-2pm – Workshop with James Falzone – The Necessity of Improvisation (bring your clarinets)
2:30-3:30pm – Sean Osborn Master-Class
4-5pm – Mary Kantor Master-Class
5:30pm – Vendors Close for the Day, Dinner Break
7:30pm – Gregory Barrett Recital
Sunday, October 2
12pm – Vendors Open
1-2:30pm – Gregory Barrett Master-Class
3-4pm - Clarinet Olympics (age 8-18) – win prizes for completing events (details here: https://clarinettissimo.org/clarinettissimo-olympics/)
4:30-5:30pm – Community Clarinet Choir rehearsal – all are welcome
5:30pm – Vendors Close for the Year, Dinner Break
7:30pm – Clarinettissimo 2022 Concert
All events subject to change.
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Click here to sign up for masterclasses: https://www.orcaconcerts.org/masterclasses
COVID-19 Protocols: Proof of Vaccination and Masking required. Masks may be removed when playing instruments.
About Clarinettissimo
Clarinettissimo is the Northwest's premier Clarinet Festival. This free festival is held every year during the first weekend in October. Clarinetists come from all over the region, country, and world to participate in the concerts, master-classes, workshops, clarinet choir, and to shop the latest in clarinets, equipment, and music from local and international vendors. It is always the best time and place regionally to buy a new clarinet, mouthpiece, or other accessories, because of the extra inventory manufacturers send to the festival.
There are events for all kinds of clarinetists, from beginner to professional, including an inter-generational clarinet choir with participants from 8 to 80. The Clarinet Olympics rewards students with a swag-bag for completing clarinet "events" like a chromatic scale, taking part in a quartet. Master-classes are given by regional and international clarinet stars. Previous special guests have included performers with the National Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Florida State University, The USA Navy Band, Philadelphia Orchestra, Slovenian National Symphony, and many others.
https://clarinettissimo.orgAbout Gregory Barrett, clarinet
About James Falzone
Clarinetist, penny whistle player, composer, and improviser James Falzone is an acclaimed member of the international jazz and creative music scenes, a veteran contemporary music lecturer and clinician, and an award-winning composer who has been commissioned by chamber ensembles, dance companies, choirs, and symphony orchestras around the globe. He leads his own ensembles Allos Musica, Elaía Ensemble, Renga Ensemble, and the duo Wayfaring with Chicago bassist/vocalist Katie Ernst, and has released a series of critically acclaimed recordings on Allos Documents, the label he founded in 2000. James performs throughout North America and Europe, appears regularly on Downbeat magazine's Critics' and Readers’ Polls, and was nominated as the Clarinetist of the Year by the Jazz Journalist Association. He has been profiled in the New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, New Music Box, and Point of Departure, among many other publications. Also a respected educator and scholar, James is the Dean of Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, Washington. He is a Backun clarinet artist and plays penny whistles made by Chris Abell.
http://allosmusica.org/about-james/About Sean Osborn
Sean Osborn—clarinetist, composer, and pedagogue—was the youngest clarinetist to be appointed to the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. He has since presented master classes across continents and performed as guest Principal Clarinet with leading American orchestras, such as the New York Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony, and Seattle Symphony. With rave reviews from The New York Times ("…an excellent clarinetist,"), the Boston Globe ("…a miracle,"), and Gramophone ("…a master,") and over forty concertos in his repertoire, he has recorded dozens of CDs for London, Deutsche Grammophon, Sony, Albany, and others, as well as premiered works by Philip Glass, John Adams, John Corigliano, Chen Yi, and Jennifer Higdon.
http://www.osbornmusic.com/