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TECH Talks with Michael - AmazonBasics Professional Condenser USB Microphone - $129.99 Due to the pandemic and the lack of supply of many of the best USB microphones that are on this list, I recently stumbled upon Amazon’s take on the USB microphone. Perhaps this is why Amazon is taking over the world. This microphone essentially has all the same features as the Blue Yeti X, but betters it by allowing recording at 24bit/192kHz sample rates which is studio level quality. I do not have experience with this microphone so I cannot give an opinion on how this microphone sounds or how reliable it is, but it can record in stereo like the Yeti X and has all the same features, is cheaper, and is actually currently available. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec865439d9c412a9d7b9b52/1591761620110-U5Z2O8HKQPLDNVQIJ6YM/FIFINE.jpg Blog - TECH Talks with Michael - Fifine USB Microphone - $45.99 One of the cheaper options out there, but we feel it is highly functional and worth the value. While it may not have the greatest sound out of the microphones on this list, it allows you to adjust the input gain and has a USB cable of decent length to allow you to position the microphone in the best possible place to pick up the best sound. As with all of these online lessons, our goal for buying extra technology is to allow us to transmit the most accurate representation of our sound and dynamics. While this is difficult because all of the video programs compress the audio on some level, the Fifine USB microphone is a worthy investment into gaining a little bit more control over your audio and getting more out of your online lessons as a result. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec865439d9c412a9d7b9b52/1591760883874-FL4WYGWC35J2UH52TWBP/apple.jpg Blog - TECH Talks with Michael https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec865439d9c412a9d7b9b52/1591760665909-A5KYXNR7TUYOYFJ4B8VD/Amazonbasics+ethernet.jpg Blog - TECH Talks with Michael https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec865439d9c412a9d7b9b52/1591760765621-H042LZTWICXQACIO70RK/ANKER.jpg Blog - TECH Talks with Michael https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec865439d9c412a9d7b9b52/1591760815668-LOJ6DX4BY6EWR6H198NJ/ANKER+MODEL.jpg Blog - TECH Talks with Michael https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec865439d9c412a9d7b9b52/1591760860892-W91ZWNOXT2MAPUL1CN3G/ENBIA.jpg Blog - TECH Talks with Michael https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec865439d9c412a9d7b9b52/1591762330579-T739V4Z32A42EG7IYOLH/BEYER+SMALLER%3F.jpeg Blog - TECH Talks with Michael - Beyerdynamic Fox Condenser Microphone (USB-C only) - $129.00 currently If you have a newer computer that only has USB-C ports on it, this may be the microphone for you. If you don’t have a USB-C port, you will need a USB-C to USB 3.0 adapter to use this with the normal USB ports we are used to. Beyerdynamic is another well known company for audio products and this is their version of a USB microphone. Compared to the previous two microphones on this list, this mic has more features on the front including a mix-knob for monitoring as well as a mute button and headphone jack with volume control. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec865439d9c412a9d7b9b52/1591762417432-XPYM4EJRR8KS0Y19FXC3/BLUEYETIX.jpg Blog - TECH Talks with Michael - Blue Yeti X - $169.99 The Blue Yeti X is known as one of the best microphones for podcasting and streaming today. It simply offers an impressive array of features which just makes it easier to record. It allows you to adjust the input gain on the microphone itself as well as monitor your sound with headphones. Furthermore, there are LED lights that act as a meter so you can see how high your input levels actually are. This microphone records at a 24bit/48kHz sample rate which is higher than the first two microphones on this list, but not quite as high as the Beyerdynamic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec865439d9c412a9d7b9b52/1591761810390-H7V6TBHRCOWEN449KQQJ/AUDIOTECHNICA.jpg Blog - TECH Talks with Michael - AudioTechnica AT2020USB+ - $149.00 The AT2020 USB+ is a cardioid condenser microphone that is a USB version of the AT2020, which is one of Audio Technica’s well known professional microphones. Besides bringing the legendary quality of Audio Technica, this microphone allows you to monitor the signal through headphones via a headphone jack on the microphone itself so you can hear more clearly what the audio signal sounds like. Yes the price is higher, but this is a higher quality microphone that should offer clearer, more detailed sound than the previous microphone on this list. There is no gain control on the microphone itself, so the input will have to be controlled from your computer. At the time of writing, this microphone is backordered on almost every website that we can think of, including the original manufacturer’s. The link provided is to a package on Amazon that throws in a boom arm that will allow you to elevate the microphone and angle it to your needs for $199.00. 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He has appeared as guest principal with several North American orchestras, including the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Canadian Opera Company, and the Toronto and Cincinnati symphony orchestras. He has also performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. In addition to serving on the faculties of the Cleveland Institute of Music and Kent Blossom Music Festival, Mr. Yusuf has presented masterclasses at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, University of Colorado Boulder College of Music, and Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music. A winner of numerous competitions, Mr. Yusuf has made solo appearances with the Colburn Orchestra, the Royal Conservatory Orchestra, and the Guelph Symphony Orchestra, among others. Mr. Yusuf is a grant recipient from the Canada Council for the Arts, and received the Vincent Wilkinson Foundation Fellowship from the Aspen Music Festival and School. He is an alumnus of the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, Brott Music Festival, the National Arts Centre’s Young Artists Program, and is a recent participant of the Marlboro Music Festival. Mr. Yusuf holds a Bachelor of Arts from Wilfrid Laurier University, an Artist Diploma from The Glenn Gould School, as well as a Master of Music degree and Professional Studies Certificate from the Colburn School’s Conservatory of Music. His principal instructors include Yehuda Gilad, Joaquin Valdepeñas, Ross Edwards, and Elaine Sweeney. https://www.clarinetmaestrofestival.org/benjamin-adler daily 0.75 2024-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec865439d9c412a9d7b9b52/8fd6de8e-c7db-4fcd-82af-fae843243c38/NY+Phil_Adler-Ben.jpg Benjamin Adler - Artistic Director of Clarinet Maestro, New York Philharmonic Benjamin Adler, a native of Brooklyn, New York, joined The New York Philharmonic as Associate Principal and E-flat Clarinet at the start of the 2023-24 season. Adler previously held positions with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. He has appeared as guest principal clarinet with the St. Louis and Baltimore Symphonies and has performed as a guest musician with The Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal. An avid educator, Adler has been on faculty at the Brevard Music Center and the Wisconsin Lutheran College. Additionally, he has held master classes across the United States and abroad. He is the founder and artistic director of the Clarinet Maestro Festival, a series of master classes and private lessons that emphasize accessible education for all clarinetists. Adler holds a Bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University, where he was a student of Steve Cohen. He has received his Masters degree from the University of Southern California and Artist Diploma from the Colburn School, respectively, where he studied with Yehuda Gilad. In his free time, Adler enjoys golfing and hanging out with his cat and family. Benjamin Adler is a Buffet Crampon performing artist and clinician. https://www.clarinetmaestrofestival.org/signe-somer daily 0.75 2021-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec865439d9c412a9d7b9b52/1590258922306-JMY8NHMVWR0QQW1OV4WW/Signe+S%C3%B5mer_large.jpg Signe Sõmer - Core Faculty, Co-Principal, Norwegian National Opera Orchestra Signe Sõmer joined the Norwegian National Opera Orchestra in 2019 as a co-principal clarinet, having previously held a principal clarinet position in the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. She has been a member of Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra in New Zealand in part of their season in 2016, as an acting principal clarinet. In addition, she has performed with Estonian Festival Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Finnish National Opera and Tallinn Chamber Orchestra. As an avid chamber musician, she is a member of Reval Wind Quintet. A prizewinner at the 2012 Estonian National Competition for Wind Instruments, she has also given a live performance through European Broadcasting Union as a semifinalist for the “New Talent” competition in Bratislava, Slovakia. Signe’s solo appearances include performing in Tallinn with the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra and the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, as well as in Los Angeles with the Colburn Orchestra. Originally From Tallinn, Estonia, Signe Sõmer started her clarinet studies in Tallinn Music High School. She received her Bachelor of Music degree from Sibelius Academy and her Master of Music degree from the Colburn Conservatory of Music. Signe’s principal instructors include Yehuda Gilad, Harri Mäki, Olli Leppäniemi, Toomas Vavilov and Vahur Vurm. https://www.clarinetmaestrofestival.org/andrew-sandwick daily 0.75 2021-06-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec865439d9c412a9d7b9b52/1590194670305-QWARGJM89XMFJ1W8WVE4/Andrew.jpeg Andrew Sandwick - Core Faculty, Dallas Symphony Orchestra A native of Chicago, IL, clarinetist Andrew Sandwick assumed the position of Bass/Utility Clarinet of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in September 2018. Prior to his appointment in Dallas, Andrew held the position of 2nd/Bass Clarinet of the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra from 2015-2018. As an orchestral musician, Andrew has also performed with The Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Opera, and the orchestras of Modesto (CA), Monterey (CA), Fort Wayne (IN) and the Utah Festival Opera. Andrew’s awards and honors include the Gino B. Cioffi Memorial Prize for Outstanding Woodwind Performance at the Tanglewood Music Center, Third Prize in the 2015 Vandoren Emerging Artist Competition and First Prize in the 2012-13 Pasadena Showcase House Instrumental Competition. During the summers, Andrew has received fellowships to attend the Tanglewood Music Center, Pacific Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival and School, Sarasota Music Festival and the National Repertory Orchestra. Andrew holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Southern California and was a Master of Music candidate at Rice University prior to his appointment in San Francisco. Andrew’s principal teachers include Yehuda Gilad, Richie Hawley, David Howard, Joaquin Valdepeñas, Burt Hara, Susan Warner and Barbara Drapcho. https://www.clarinetmaestrofestival.org/sonia-sielaff daily 0.75 2021-06-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec865439d9c412a9d7b9b52/1618876184454-SVAK83VMFHI8T3TL4LLA/sonia Sonia Sielaff - Core Faculty, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Sonia Sielaff joined the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in 2017 as Principal Eflat/Sub Principal Clarinet. She held the position of Associate Principal/Eflat clarinet of the Norwegian National Opera Orchestra from 2010-2017. In addition to the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Ms. Sielaff regularly performs with orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra and Philharmonia Orchestra. She has performed as guest principal clarinetist with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Bergen Philharmonic and Odense Symfoniorkester. Ms. Sielaff was a semi-finalist in the 2009 Carl Nielsen International Clarinet Competition. She is an alumna of Tanglewood Music Center, Spoleto Festival, Aspen Music Festival, American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, and the Banff Arts Festival. She has performed as a soloist with the USC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Conservatory Orchestra and with members of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. A Minnesota native, Ms. Sielaff holds degrees from University of Southern California, Glenn Gould School, Michigan State University, and Lawrence University. Her principal teachers include Yehuda Gilad, Joaquin Valdepeñas, Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr, and Fan Lei. In her spare time, she enjoys baking and spending time in nature with her dog Sophie. https://www.clarinetmaestrofestival.org/eric-abramovitz daily 0.75 2021-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec865439d9c412a9d7b9b52/1590194897018-BE2RPGK355J2AL3O8FYU/EricAbramovitz.jpeg Eric Abramovitz - Core Faculty, Toronto Symphony Orchestra Eric Abramovitz joined the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in 2018 as Associate Principal and E-flat Clarinet, and was previously a member of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra. Eric was named the Vandoren Emerging Artist of the year in 2017, and a CBC Next! artist in 2013. A first-prize winner at the OSM Standard Life Competition in 2011, Eric has been featured as a soloist with numerous orchestras including the McGill and USC Symphonies, l’Orchestre symphonique de Québec, and the National Arts Centre Orchestra. Eric was a Sylva Gelber Career Grant recipient in 2016, and toured throughout Japan with the New York Symphonic Ensemble. A Montreal native, Eric obtained his Bachelor’s Degree at McGill University’s Schulich School of Music, and pursued graduate studies at the University of Southern California. Eric’s teachers include Zaven Zakarian, Alain Desgagné, Robert Crowley, Simon Aldrich, Jean-François Normand, Kimball Sykes, and Yehuda Gilad. In his free time, Eric enjoys eating, spending time with his family and cats, shooting pool, playing hockey, and cheering for the Montreal Canadiens. https://www.clarinetmaestrofestival.org/michael-yoshimi daily 0.75 2021-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec865439d9c412a9d7b9b52/1590204958829-S4S1YPMTSKKT4LGXYFTU/Michael.jpeg Michael Yoshimi - Core Faculty, Clarinet Faculty, Colburn Community School of Performing Arts Hawaii born clarinetist, Michael Yoshimi, is an active performer and teacher in the Los Angeles area. He frequently performs and tours as a guest player with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and has also performed with the Pacific Symphony, Jacksonville Symphony, Boise Philharmonic and the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra, among others. Michael holds a Doctor of Musical Arts and a Master of Music degree in clarinet performance from the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music under renowned master teacher Yehuda Gilad. He also has a Bachelor of Music degree from Northwestern University where he studied with J. Lawrie Bloom of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Since 2013, Michael has been a clarinet instructor at the Colburn Community School of Performing Arts where he has created one of the most successful private studios in the country. Teaching students from all over Los Angeles, Michael has cultivated some of the most talented young clarinetists who are now studying and performing from coast to coast. He has also traveled to give master classes and private lessons to students of his many colleagues in many of the universities and orchestras throughout the country. His students have been accepted to top universities and conservatory programs at prestigious institutions including the Juilliard School, University of Southern California, Rice University, Eastman School of Music, Northwestern University, Stanford University, Columbia University and Brown University. Recent accolades include top honors in national and international competitions, such as the International Clarinet Association’s High School Solo Competition and the National YoungArts Foundation Finals, as well as performances on National Public Radio’s From the Top radio show. They have also been participants and have held principal chairs in prestigious summer festivals including the Verbier Junior Festival Orchestra, Yellow Barn Young Artists, Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Orchestra/National Youth Orchestra 2 (NYO/NYO2) program, Boston University Tanglewood Institute, and the Interlochen Arts Camp. Michael’s teaching philosophy is rooted in the belief that teachers are not only integral in helping to build the fundamentals of music and singing through an instrument, but also in shaping the lives and aspirations of their students. From the clarinet perspective he seeks to build students with the strongest foundation in fundamentals, to allow them to create music as freely and effortlessly as possible, in their own unique and meaningful way. Michael is excited to connect with and help new students all over the country and world. https://www.clarinetmaestrofestival.org/edgar-lopez daily 0.75 2021-06-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec865439d9c412a9d7b9b52/1590194975962-B5VFDI948D8307AX8FKU/EdgarLopez.jpeg Edgar Lopez - Core Faculty, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Mr. López is the acting Assistant Principal/ Eb clarinet of the Baltimore Symphony under the baton of Marin Alsop. López is the former principal clarinet of Bogotá Symphony Orchestra. He has performed regularly as a soloist in Colombia and has been invited to play with the Simon Bolivar Orchestra, with Gustavo Dudamel, He has also performed with the Milwaukee Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Modesto Symphony, Las Vegas Symphony, Downey Symphony, Eastern Sierra Symphony, American Youth Symphony, Youth Colombian Philharmonic, He has also performed various orchestral, soloist and chamber concerts at venues across Colombia, Peru, Costa Rica, Brasil, and United States. Mr López is a multiple award winner : The Mitchell Lurie Award 2017. Bruce Zalkind Memorial Endowed Music Award in 2014, 2015 and 2016. Youth Talent Award by Salvi Foundation 2013. He is first prize winner of Latinoamerian Clarinet Competition Clariperu 2011, XIII “Concurso Nacional de Interpretación” Superior Category 2011, National Clarinet Competition, superior Category 2011. Additionally, third and second prize winner of the National Clarinet competition EAFIT, 2009 and Concurso Distrital de Clarinete, 2008. Mr. López received the “Medal of Merit Antonio Nariño” of Excellence Award by the Colombia Senate in 2009. He is a former teacher at the Colburn School of Music and LA Philharmonic program YOLA. Also, a Young Musician Foundation and Batuta Foundation former clarinet teacher, further more, while being a member of the Clarinet Quartet – “Cadenza”, he helped communities in Colombia and Los Angeles CA, giving lesson and master classes. López has received a Master of Music in Clarinet performance degree at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA under the tutelage of Yehuda Gilad. He received his Bachelor of Music degree from the National University of Colombia where he studied with Robert d’ Gennaro. https://www.clarinetmaestrofestival.org/yehuda-gilad daily 0.75 2021-06-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec865439d9c412a9d7b9b52/1605279260677-BTKEXF93HY3RDBF76RMB/YehudaGilad.jpg Yehuda Gilad - Core Faculty, Professor of Clarinet, Colburn Conservatory & USC Thornton School of Music, Music Director of the Colburn School Orchestra Lauded by The New York Times for his “strong imaginative programming,” Yehuda Gilad takes an innovative approach to music-making, which has earned him a reputation as one of today’s most dynamic and charismatic artists. A conductor, instrumentalist, and teacher, he strives for “total musicianship,” and as a result, he has won the acclaim of both critics and audiences alike. Currently Music Director of the Colburn Orchestra, Gilad served as Music Director of the Colonial Symphony of New Jersey from 1988-2003. According to The Star-Ledger, he “transformed the Colonial Symphony into one of [New Jersey’s] artistic trendsetters.” Other music directorships have included the 20th Century Unlimited concert series (Santa Fe, New Mexico), the Thornton Chamber Orchestra, and the Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra. His appearances as a guest conductor have garnered critical acclaim in the United States, Asia, and Europe, where he has conducted throughout Spain, Sweden, Germany, and France. In 1987, he became the first Israeli-born conductor to perform in China and has since conducted numerous engagements in Beijing and Shanghai. Over the course of his career, he has collaborated with nearly every leading artist, including Gil Shaham, Joshua Bell, Sarah Chang, Pepe Romero, Joseph Kalichstein, Vladimir Feltsman, and Anne-Marie McDermott.Additionally, Gilad has had an instrumental role in the founding and forming of several notable festivals. From 1982-1993, he directed the Malibu Strawberry Creek Music Festival, hailed by the Los Angles Times as “a summer festival in which inspired, enthusiastic performance and intelligent, varied programming are the norm.” An accomplished clarinetist, Gilad has performed at top music festivals across the country, including the Marlboro Music Festival and Santa Barbara’s Music Academy of the West. He also founded the Yoav Chamber Ensemble, which performed at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall and Merkin Hall in New York, and the Colburn Woodwind Chamber Players, which toured Germany, China, and the United States. Gilad is also a renowned teacher, having developed one of the most prestigious clarinet studios in the country. His students can be heard throughout the world, and many are members of major orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, the Cincinnati Symphony, the Minnesota Orchestra, and the Stockholm, Hong Kong, and Seoul philharmonics. His students have won prizes at most of the top competitions, such as the New York Philharmonic Young Artists Competition, the International Clarinet Association Competition, the Carl Nielsen International Clarinet Competition, Munich’s ARD International Music Competition, and the Prague Spring International Music Competition. In addition to his professorship at the University of Southern California and position as master teacher at the Colburn School Conservatory of Music and School for the Performing Arts, Gilad is regularly invited to present masterclasses and performances at music conservatories and festivals worldwide. He has been invited to such institutions as Kings College (Sweden), the Winter Festival in Spain, the Curtis Institute, the Glenn Gould School at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, the Curtis Institute, the Juilliard School, Mannes College, and the Manhattan School of Music. Whether at home or abroad, Gilad is passionate about arts education and expanding the role that orchestras play within the community. This passion has led him to champion American and contemporary music, as well as educational programs that bring professional level orchestras into public schools. As the music director of the Colonial Symphony, Gilad established the orchestra not only as a premier regional orchestra but also as an active teaching orchestra, integrating their performances into urban and suburban schools’ curricula. His dedication to fostering increased public appreciation and support of classical music has led to frequent appearances on international television and radio. This fall, Gilad fulfilled a child’s wish through the Make-A-Wish Foundation by spending a day meeting and teaching a clarinet student with cancer. Among the many honors and awards Gilad has received are the Distinguished Teacher Award from the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars and the Israel-America Cultural Foundation Scholarship. Furthermore, under his leadership as Music Director, the Colonial Symphony received NEA grants for seven consecutive years as well as two Distinguished Arts Organization Awards from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts for its artistry and program merits. Born and raised on a kibbutz in Israel, Gilad began his musical education at the age of 16. Following his conservatory studies, he immigrated to the United States in 1975 to further his education. His former teachers were Giora Feidman, Mitchell Lurie, William Schaefer, Daniel Lewis, and Herbert Zipper. Gilad was also an active participant in numerous intensive masterclasses with the late Sergiu Celibidache and Leonard Bernstein. https://www.clarinetmaestrofestival.org/martin-frost daily 0.75 2021-06-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec865439d9c412a9d7b9b52/1618878573624-PGUIG1K3J0BVUGHYI7RO/mart-MB-1756-1024x682.jpg Martin Fröst - Guest Artist, Clarinetist, Conductor and Sony Classical Recording Artist Martin Fröst is an international clarinettist, conductor and Sony Classical recording artist, renowned as one of the finest exponents of the clarinet in the world at present and has been described by the New York Times as having “a virtuosity and a musicianship unsurpassed by any clarinettist — perhaps any instrumentalist in my memory”. He is widely recognised as an artist who constantly seeks new ways to shape, challenge and rebuild the classical music arena and, together with Miles Davis, the only wind soloist to have received one of the world’s highest music honours; the Léonie Sonning Music Prize. The prestigious list of previous recipients includes Leonard Bernstein, Igor Stravinsky, Birgit Nilson and Daniel Barenboim. His repertoire encompasses mainstream clarinet works, as well as a number of contemporary pieces that he has personally championed, with notable commissions including Anders Hillborg’s Peacock Tales and Jesper Nordin’s Emerge. As a soloist, Fröst has performed with some of the world’s greatest orchestras, including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestras, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra and NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra. He regularly collaborates with prominent international artists, including Yuja Wang, Janine Jansen, Leif Ove Andsnes, Roland Pöntinen and Antoine Tamestit, as well as performs in international events such as Verbier Festival in Switzerland and Mostly Mozart in New York. Fröst has appeared in some of the world’s most important concert venues, including Carnegie Hall, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam and Konzerthaus Berlin and he has toured in Europe, Asia, North America and Australia. Renowned for his multimedia performing projects in collaboration with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, in recent years Fröst has presented Dollhouse, Genesis and most recently Retrotopia – his latest project to perform both as soloist and conductor in a musical journey that explores new repertoire and challenges the traditional conventions of classical concerts. In recent years he has made successful conducting steps with the most important being his appointment as Chief Conductor of the Swedish Chamber Orchestra from the 2019/20 season. Together they will focus on a music journey that explores Mozart’s historic footprint in Europe through his travels. The project, set to be recorded by Sony Classical over a period of four years, will be the orchestra’s first comprehensive green tour initiative, making extensive use of rail travel across Europe. Following successful residencies in the 2018/19 season in Bamberg with the Bamberger Symphoniker and Frankfurt with the hr-Sinfonieorchester, in 2019/20 Fröst features as Artist-in-Focus with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich under the baton of Paavo Järvi. Concerts will be given in cities across central Europe, with Fröst performing one of the mainstays of his repertoire — Aaron Copland’s Clarinet Concerto. Other notable collaborations this season include his return to the Barbican Hall with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, a recital tour in Italy with pianist Víkingur Ólafsson, as well as orchestral tours China with the NDR Radiophilharmonie and in Spain with Orquestra de Cadaqués. Guest appearances include the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France. https://www.clarinetmaestrofestival.org/kristina-teuschler daily 0.75 2021-06-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec865439d9c412a9d7b9b52/1619021438084-NDXG317Z98WN8IYBO4DM/3G4A4135%2B%281%29.jpg Kristina Teuschler - Guest Speaker, clarinetist and cultural worker Kristina Teuschler is a first-generation American, a child of Jamaican and Brazilian immigrants. She is passionate about molding the classical music world to be more reflective of the mixed American culture, and works to be a force of encouragement for musical institutions to use their programs as a vessel for progressivism and social change. Kristina is a versatile musician that performs with a variety of ensembles of varying genres; from symphony orchestras, to indie bands, contemporary ensembles to klezmer ensembles. She was recently hired by the West Point Band after winning their audition in fall 2018. She has performed with the New World Symphony, Contemporaneous, and Bang on a Can All-Stars, enjoys performances that are politically engaged as with The Dream Unfinished, as well as experimental and genre-bending collaborations with indie-pop band, twig twig. In addition to performing, Kristina is an active arts administrator. She is co-artistic director of the Madison New Music Festival, and from 2017-2018, Kristina served as the Community Liaison Fellow for Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and helped the orchestra become more accessible by producing their education & community concerts and programs, forming new community partnerships, and working to deepen their existing actions plan surrounding diversity, equity, and inclusion. Kristina received her Bachelor’s Degree from Northwestern University and her Master’s Degree from Manhattan School of Music. https://www.clarinetmaestrofestival.org/venancio-rius daily 0.75 2021-06-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec865439d9c412a9d7b9b52/1619914413686-OB172TCJNHVK0PBSKS11/Venancio Venancio Rius - Core Faculty, Clarinet Professor at Musical Arts Madrid Spanish professor Venancio Rius is a passionate communicator whose stimulating ideas and enthusiastic creative music-making captivate professional musicians as well as music lovers, the world over. Hailed by the press as a brilliant artist and virtuoso clarinetist with a consummate musicianship, he can be heard at international festivals as well as prestigious universities and conservatoires in all continents. His teaching has produced first-prize winners in some of the most important competitions and his students have won auditions for prestigious institutions including the Curtis Institute of Music, University of Southern California, Juilliard School, Colburn School and Queen Sofia Music School. Venancio Rius has performed in Austria, Argentina, China, Canada, England, Finland, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Korea, Luxemburg, Mexico, Mongolia, Oman, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. He has played premieres of Aaron Copland, Martín Kutnowski, Manuel Garcia-Morante, Adolfo Villalonga, and Juan Pons. He has played with Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonie der Nationen, London Schubert Orchestra, Buenos Aires Amadeus Orchestra, Castellón Symphony Orchestra and China Dunshan Symphony, among others. As a performer he was recognized by the Buffet North American Clarinet Competition USC Concerto Competition and INAEM Music Competition. He was also a grant recipient of the Honor Prize from the Valencia Superior Conservatory of Music, the Gordon & Lillian Hardy Award, the Bruce Zalkind Memorial Prize, 2007 China International Clarinet Festival and he received the “Fortea Award for the Arts 2012” in recognition to his illustrious international career, granted by the IDM-Institute for the Musical Development. He has taught at the University of Southern California as Yehuda Gilad substitute, at the Alfonso X El Sabio University, the Valencia, Murcia and Castilla-La Mancha Superior Conservatories, and at 7th Lisbon International Clarinet Meeting, Beyond the Music International Music Festival, and Aurora Music festival. He has presented master classes in Europe, China, Korea, Argentina, Canada and the United States, including the National Conservatory of Lisbon, Beijing Central Conservatory, China Conservatory, Shenzhen Arts School, The State College of Music and Dance of Mongolia, the National Conservatory of Buenos Aires, St Thomas University and The Colburn School of Performing Arts. In 2007 and 2008 he was Conductor of the Royal Oman Symphony Orchestra. He has been jury for the Shanghai Spring International Music Competition and The J. Chuluun 10th International Competition of Young Musicians (Ulan Bator, Mongolia), and featured artist—sponsored by Buffet Crampon—at the “2012 Guangzhou International Orchestra Art Festival.” Born in Moncofa, Valencia - Spain, into a family of professional musicians, Venancio Rius graduated from the Valencia Superior Conservatory of Music and later from the University of Southern California, where he studied with maestro Yehuda Gilad. At present, Venancio Rius is Clarinet Professor at Musical Arts Madrid. Venancio Rius is Buffet Crampon Artist. https://www.clarinetmaestrofestival.org/linda-numagami daily 0.75 2021-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec865439d9c412a9d7b9b52/1628612519188-EWGFWUSTICUMQR99YVA5/linda+numagami Linda Numagami - Administrator Linda Numagami joined the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra as acting section-violist in 2018. In addition, she has also performed with the San Francisco Symphony, and the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra. As an active chamber musician, Numagami has performed with the Ceres Quartet, the Boston Symphony Orchestra Prelude Series and Music For Food (San Francisco and New York). She has collaborated with Kim Kashkashian, Natasha Brofsky, Daniel Phillips, Ian Swensen and other reknowned artists. As a teacher, Numagami received a Juilliard Morse Teaching Fellowship to teach at the Harmony Program in New York. During her time at Juilliard, Linda was awarded a Juilliard Community Engagement Grant which enabled her to present a week-long series of concerts in her hometown of Reading, Pennsylvania. Numagami, along with flutist, and Reading native, Katie Althen, brought their music to several assisted-living facilities that lacked activity budgets. In addition, Linda also created a multi-disciplinary project called Silence Speaks. Silence Speaks focused on raising awareness about domestic and sexual violence. Through music, poetry and survivor stories, the goal of this program was to shed light on a pervasive issue in our society and give a voice to those who were silenced. Numagami earned a Bachelors degree and Masters degree from the New England Conservatory and the Juilliard School, respectively, where her primary teacher was Roger Tapping. She also was coached regularly with the Borromeo String Quartet, the Juilliard String Quartet, and Donald Weilerstein. She also received a postgraduate degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Jonathan Vinocour. https://www.clarinetmaestrofestival.org/404-page daily 0.75 2021-05-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec865439d9c412a9d7b9b52/1620516466653-DU6BGT0BWIOZXF4FJ9PD/bagel 404 page - “Life is not a bagel.” We’re sorry, the page you are looking for is not here anymore! 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A son to Vietnamese immigrants, Nathan dealt with many obstacles in his musical upbringing. Knowing that wealth and race are often key determining factors to success in the music industry, his goal is to break down these superficial barriers, creating a more equitable and accessible landscape for all. 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