October 6, 2003

Clarinet festival to be held at BYU-Idaho

 

 

            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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