This year, my studio is joined by four excellent freshman clarinet majors (two performance and two music education) with one more coming in the Spring 2016. Four of my seniors will be out student teaching (residency). Two of them are planning to apply to graduate schools. The students will actively participate in our growing Clarinet Choir (the group had a chance to work with the Pulitzer-prize winning composer Steve Reich as well as the renowned bass-clarinet duo, Sqwonk, last year), clarinet chamber ensembles, reed-making class, orchestral excerpt class, and more. Please stay tuned for a major update coming up for our Studio Website (with individual student bios, studio and student recital schedule, etc.) and visit often!

We also have some very impressive programs! Here are some of the highlight repertoires that our students will work on and perform on various occasions:

W. A. Mozart - Clarinet Concerto
Aaron Copland - Clarinet Concerto
C. M. v. Weber - Concertino
C. M. v. Weber - Clarinet Concerto No. 1
Louis Spohr - Clarinet Concerto No. 4
Gerald Finzi - Clarinet Concerto
Igor Stravinsky - Three Pieces
Donald Martino - A Set for Clarinet Solo
Paul Harvey - Three Etudes on Theme of Gershwin
Heinrich Sutermeister - Capriccio for Solo Clarinet
Scott McAllister - Freebirds
Giuseppe Verdi/Bassi - Fantasy on the Theme from "Rigoletto"
Francis Poulenc - Clarinet Sonata
Andre Messager - Solo de Concours
Wilson Osborn - Rhapsody for Solo Clarinet
Henri Rabaud - Solo de Concours
Robert Schumann - Fantasy Pieces
Gerald Finzi - Five Bagatelles
Saint-Saens - Clarinet Sonata
Johannes Brahms - Clarinet Sonata No. 1 and 2

Our students will also work on the following etudes throughout the year:

Hite - Melodious and Progressive Studies for Clarinet, Book 1
Rose - 40 Studies and 32 Etudes
Polatschek - Advanced Studies for the Clarinet
Uhl - 48 Studies for Clarinet
Jeanjean - 18 etudes de Perfectionnement
Jeanjean - 16 Etudes Modernes
Excerpts from my own soon-to-be-published exercises

TTU Society of Clarinet recently elected its new officers:

Sarah McMichen, president
Torey Hart, vice president
Caroline Brightwell, secretary
Austine Wilson, treasurer
Delaney Naffziger, official spokesperson and social media coordinator!

The organization will help planning various fundraising events, a spring break trip to soon-to-be-revealed location, and the annual TTU Clarinet Day. Now, let us begin!

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