The 3rd Annual C3 Clarinet MiniFest happens April 28 from 9am-6pm at Walnut Hills High School in Cincinnati Ohio.

The day will include Masterclasses and special topic Breakout Sessions by our featured artists Ralph Skiano and Jonathan Gunn, who both held the position of principal clarinet of the Cincinnati Symphony. Another former Cincinnati Symphony principal, Dick Waller, will present a class, as will John Kurokawa, principal of Dayton Philharmonic and clarinet faculty at Wright State.

In between classes, participants can visit the vendor room, where one can explore and try all sorts of equipment, from the new D'Addario Evolution mouthpieces, Vandoren products that Michael Tran will showcase, and master maker Ramon Wadkowski's new mouthpieces to name a few. Buddy Rogers and Yamaha will have stock, and if its a quick repair you're looking for, Liam Burke will have the tools to help!

A recital and large clarinet ensemble performance caps off the day!

The Clarinet Minifest is a really fun way to:

- meet other clarinet players in and around our region

- learn from the pros about this fantastic instrument to which we've dedicated our lives (!)

- hone audition and practice skills

- try new gadgets and instruments, all in one room

- and nerd out in the best way possible :)

Info and registration form available at www.clarinetcincinnati.com/minifest

$50 full day
$25 half day
$10 lunch ordered through Jason’s Deli

All pre-paid attendees will receive a FREE custom C3 spiral notebook and pen — to jot down all the learnings from the day!

The celebrated jazz clarinetist Anat Cohen reinvents herself yet again, this time with a tentet of collaborators, some old, some new.  Cohen weaves an exuberant, arresting tapestry of sound, using a rich, distinctive instrumentation around her clarinet: cello, piano, trumpet, baritone sax, trombone, bass, vibraphone, guitar, accordion, and drums.  When Cohen premiered the collective last spring at the Jazz Standard, one reviewer described the experience “…like being a guest at a secret soiree, where the sense of fun is contagious and swing is seriously the thing.”  (Downbeat).  The Tentet promises to be an even bigger expression of Cohen’s “enthralling” playing (The New Yorker).  Supported by Cityfolk JazzNet Legacy Endowment. 

Anat Cohen and musical director Oded Lev-Ari will release their first Tentet album, Happy Song, in Fall 2017.  The CD as well as a live concert at the University of Dayton will feature James Shipp (vibes/percussion); Rubin Kodheli (cello); Nadje Noordhuis (trumpet/flugelhorn); Nick Finzer (trombone); Owen Broder (baritone sax/bass clarinet); Vitor Gonçalves (piano/accordion); Sheryl Bailey (guitar); Tal Mashiach (bass); and Anthony Pinciotti (drums).

Matinee Musicale presents a MASTERCLASS with Julian Bliss

Save the date

FEB 18, 2018
7:30pm
 

Details to be announced. 

MATINEE MUSICALE presents

Julian Bliss, Clarinet
Memorial Hall
1225 Elm Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

The subject of a documentary entitled Gifted, Julian Bliss was honored in 2002 to perform by royal invitation at Queen Elizabeth II’s Golden Jubilee and subsequently at her 80th birthday celebration. He excels as concerto soloist, chamber musician, and jazz artist at the world’s leading festivals and venues.

“It isn’t just his technique, though that is astonishing enough. It’s the wit, poise and vivacity in his playing. In short, it is the pure intuition leading him straight to the heart of what he plays.” – The (London) Times

TICKETS
$20 General
$5 Students

The only "Piano Windtet" of its kind: ensemble 4.1!

With CLARINETIST: ALEXANDER GLÜCKSMANN

FOUR wind soloists from top German Orchestras and ONE unmistakable pianist Thomas Hoppe devote themselves to this still undiscovered wonderful musical genre.

Ensemble 4.1, "the Easy-Rider of Viennese Classic" 
(DWZ / May 8th, 2016)

The communicative powers through its music and the intoxicating atmosphere this group creates on stage has repeatedly been praised by critics and has become a hallmark of the ensemble 4.1.

In addition to the original masterworks for this instrumentation by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven, the ensemble is devoted to discovering rarely played compositions from the Romantic and Modern periods. After many years of silence, composers like Walther Gieseking, Theodor Verhey, Herrmann Zilcher and Arne Oldberg are again being performed for an enthusiastic public.

The beginnings of the group were overseen and fostered by the renowned Goethe Institute, who assisted with the initial concerts and worldwide tours. Since its inception in 2013, the ensemble 4.1 has already crisscrossed the globe and performed recitals in China, Pakistan, Austria, Germany, Algeria, Canada and the USA, in cities such as Berlin, Istanbul, New York City, Toronto, Ottawa, Karachi, Shanghai and Chengdu. They have appeared with great success at festivals in Denmark and on Malta, as well as at the Kotor Festival in Montenegro.


PROGRAM
Piano Quintet in Eb-Major, K. 452 – W.A. Mozart
Jerusalem Mix – Avner Dorman
Piano Quintet in Bb-Major – Walter Gieseking

CSO Chamber Players features the clarinet section! 

Program and Description:

After hearing a rehearsal of his visceral and autobiographical Quartet No. 8, it is said that Shostakovich wept, “overwhelmed by this beautiful realization of his most personal feelings.” Composer Michael Henry, himself a clarinetist, makes playful use of the instrument in his spirited Birdwatching. Mendelssohn’s First String Quartet, a poignant and personal work of disquieting beauty, completes the program. 

Michael Henry: Birdwatching
Ixi Chen, clarinet
Ralph Skiano, clarinet
Ronald Aufmann, clarinet
Benjamin Freimuth, clarinet

Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110
Kun Dong, violin
Rebecca Kruger Fryxell, violin
Rebecca Barnes, viola
Susan Marshall-Petersen, cello

Hughes: Grand Concerto Fantasy on Themes
 from Verdi's Un ballo in maschera
Randolph Bowman, flute
Amy Taylor, flute
Youkyoung Kim, piano

Mendelssohn: String Quintet No. 1 in A Major, Op. 18
Stefani Collins Matsuo, violin
Rachel Charbel, violin
Marna Street, viola
Paul Frankenfeld, viola
Hiro Matsuo, cello

All Seats are General Admission

TICKETS

C3 founder Mikey Arbulu leads a class on successful preparation strategies for your school and honor band auditions for the Fall semester.  Get in shape (and get a head start!) for when the academic year starts back up! 

As clarinetists, summer is the perfect time to reevaluate and reorganize your practice routine. In this C3 masterclass, founding member Krista Weiss will discuss ways to keep your practicing on track over the summer months and ensure that you enter the fall feeling confident and refreshed. Topics to be discussed include fundamentals, scale and technique exercises, sight reading, and more. Each confirmed attendee will receive a free packet of music, so reserve your spot today!

Save your seat by rsvp'ing to cincinnaticlarinet@gmail.com.

Principal Clarinetist of the New York Philharmonic Anthony McGill, violinist, Bella Hristova, and pianist, Michael McHale join forces in this diverse program of works by Bartók, Stravinsky, Beethoven, and Poulenc. This stellar trio of musicians will end the season with dramatic style and extraordinary artistry.  

Sunday May 14 4pm
Monday May 15 7:30pm

http://lintonmusic.org/concert-schedule/

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players features as the close to its BRAHMSFEST the sublime Brahms Clarinet Quintet, Op. 115. Written at the end of his life, this work is arguably one of his most profound. Ixi Chen, clarinet, with violinists Anna Reider and Mauricio Aguiar, violist Gerry Itzkoff and cellist Ted Nelson.

Join us for C3's inaugural Clarinet festival, to be held on the campus of Xavier University on Saturday April 8, 2017. Our esteemed guest faculty come to us from afar: Andre Moisan from Montreal Canada, and Andrew Marriner from London, England.  Masterclasses, special topics, workshops and presentations run all day, ending with Mr. Moisan and Mr. Marriner in recital.

Richie Hawley is a versatile and critically acclaimed artist who ranks among the most distinguished clarinetists of his generation. Mr. Hawley was appointed Principal Clarinet of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in 1994 at the age of 23, only two years after graduating from the Curtis Institute of Music. He has since enjoyed a rewarding and multifaceted career as an orchestral clarinetist, recitalist, chamber musician, teacher and clinician. From 1994-2011, as the Principal Clarinet of the CSO, he impressed audiences around the world with a wide-ranging talent that blended virtuosity and the velvety, sonorous tone that has become his trademark. The Cincinnati Enquirer has praised him for the "seamless flowing tone so many clarinetists long for and few can achieve.” Many of the 60+ recordings by the CSO and Cincinnati Pops during his tenure have featured major solos of the clarinet repertoire.  American Record Guide hailed Hawley's "gorgeous" clarinet solo in the CSO's Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 as "the crowning achievement" of the recording by Maestro Jesus Lopez-Cobos.

Numerous solo, concerto, and chamber music appearances in the U.S. and around the world. Principal clarinet, American Ballet Theater Orchestra and the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra; former principal clarinet, New York Chamber Symphony; served as guest principal clarinetist of the New York Pops, Orchestra of St. Luke's, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and New Jersey, St. Louis, and Seattle Symphony Orchestras. Has appeared as a guest clarinetist with the New York Philharmonic in concerts conducted by Valery Gergiev and André Previn, and, during the 2003-04 season, served as the principal clarinetist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Co-artistic director, with his duo-partner, pianist Jon Nakamatsu, of the Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival, since 2006.