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BYU-Idaho
Department of Music will host the 12th Annual Idaho/Montana Clarinet
Festival October 10-11 in Rexburg.
The
festival provides university, high school and junior high school students,
as well as interested amateurs, an opportunity to learn about teaching and
playing the clarinet.
Professional
performers, teachers and pedagogues will include Carmine Campione, formerly of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
and adjunct professor at the College-Conservatory of Music of the University
of Cincinnati; Phil Muncy, reed manufacturer and
owner of Muncy Winds Music in Boone, N.C.; Tom
Ridenour, author, teacher, performer and technician; and Tamara Raatz, professor of clarinet at Eastern New Mexico
University. Raatz will be lecturing on the
psychology of performance.
The
festival will be held in the Eliza
R. Snow Center
for the Performing Arts and feature master classes on reed manufacturing,
finishing reeds, mouthpieces, new clarinets, tone production, technical
facility, tonguing and embouchure. These lectures will benefit all ages and
levels of playing skill.
A
student recital will be held in the Snow Recital Hall Friday, Oct. 10, at 1 p.m. with admission free and open to the
public.
Later
on Friday the BYU-Idaho Clarinet Ensemble will present a concert at 8 p.m. in the Recital Hall. Admission is $4
for students and general public.
The
festival will conclude Saturday with a performance by professional
instructors and faculty from BYU-Idaho, Montana
State University and Idaho State
University. The concert will be
held in the recital hall at 4 p.m. and will be $4.
“It’s
a great opportunity for students from all around to be able to interact
with people from other universities and glean information from teachers and
professionals,” said Bill Holman, BYU-Idaho clarinet ensemble
conductor and host for the festival.
Students
are invited to attend both days or only Saturday.
The fee for both days is $40 and Saturday only is $25. The university students fee is $25 for both days. For more information,
contact Holman at (208) 496-1267 or holmanb@byui.edu.
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