Clarinettissimo Festival: Finale Concert
Free
Telmo Marques — Acrylic Sonata
Carl Nielsen — Clarinet Concerto, Op. 57
Robert Schumann — Three Romances for cello and piano Op. 94
Johann Wilhelm Gabrielski — Grand Quartet No. 3
Johann Strauss II — Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214
Eugene Mondie, clarinet
Sean Osborn, clarinet
Mary Kantor, clarinet
Jennifer Nelson, clarinet
Florie Rothenberg, clarinet
Kevin Johnson, piano
William Blayney, piano
André Messager – Solo de Concours
Telmo Marques – Acrylic Sonata
Carl Nielsen – Concerto for Clarinet, Op. 57 (first movement)
Robert Schumann – Three Romances, Op. 94
Johann Wilhelm Gabrielski – Grand Quartet No. 3
Johann Strauss, Jr. – Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214
Clarinettissimo is an organization that encourages the education and performance of clarinet and wind instruments through festivals, school visits, workshops, concerts, and more, in Western Washington and beyond. The 2018 Clarinettissimo Festival features special guest Eugene Mondie of the National Symphony Orchestra. The festival includes masterclasses, workshops, vendors, a community clarinet choir, and nightly performances. All festival events remains free and open to the public.
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.org