Clarinettissimo 2024 Day 1
Free
- Hannah Thorp, clarinet
- Sean Osborn
- Mary Kantor
- Guy Yehuda, clarinet
Amanda Harberg — Clarinet Sonata
Henry Lazarus — 3 Grand Artistic Duets (Second Duet)
Elliott Carter — Gra for clarinet
Johannes Brahms — Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 120, No. 2
Clarinettissimo is the Northwest's premier Clarinet Festival. Now in its 24th year, this free festival is held every year during the first weekend in October. This year's special guest is Michigan State University Professor Guy Yehuda.
Schedule:
12pm: Vendors Open
1pm-2pm: Workshop - Musician 3rd Class Hannah Thorp from Navy Band Northwest performs and talks about careers in the Military Bands
2:30pm-3:30pm: Sean Osborn Master Class
4pm-5pm - Mary Kantor Master Class
5:30pm: Vendors close for the day; dinner break
7:30pm: Guy Yehuda Recital
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 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/