The poster for 2015 TTU Clarinet Day was based on my mother's work "The Way Out." Please check out my recent post about the event and visit our page here frequently to stay up to date!
A Sneak Preview: 2015 TTU Clarinet Day
I've been very busy during past several days putting together various details for the upcoming Clarinet Day at Tech. Scheduled for April 17th and 18th of 2015, this is the fourth and the largest Clarinet Day I am hosting since my arrival at TTU. The line-up of guest artists are truly unique and impressive: Sqwonk, the world's most exciting bass clarinet duo based in San Francisco, and KoMo Quartet, a recently formed projects by renowned clarinetists from South Korea and Montana. Like previous years, the event will provide many opportunities for our students and participants to attend guest artist recitals and master classes, try out the newest line of clarinet products by leading vendors, play in the clarinet choir, and interact with each other (and perhaps make some new friends)!
While the official flyers and schedule are being finalized, I wanted to leak some exciting details here:
2015 Guest Artists
SQWONK DUO
Jeff Anderle (San Fransico Conservatory of Music)
Jonathan Russell (Princeton University)
KoMo Clarinet Quartet
Friday, April 17, 2015 at 7:30pm - Sqwonk will present an astounding and genre-defying recital
Mozart Clarinet Concerto with SPO
Clarinetist Wonkak Kim performing Clarinet Concerto K. 622 by W. A. Mozart with Seungnam Philharmonic Orchestra at Seungnam Arts Center Concert Hall, South Korea. The encore is Sarabande from Bach's First Cello Suite arranged for solo basset clarinet by Wonkak Kim. Please visit www.wonkak.com for more information.
Look Who Else Plays My Clarinet!
I wrote about my partnership with Buffet in a post few months ago. While browsing through my instrument's specification, I found my picture among many great clarinetists playing Tosca! You can read more about it on Buffet's website!
A Little Bach Arrangement for Basset Clarinet
Devienne Clarinet Sonata on ABC's (Australia) Classical Drive
The final movement, Rondo, from my recording of Devienne's Clarinet Sonata No. 2 will be aired on Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Classical Drive today. This CD has been featured on ABC numerous times in the past and was even featured as CD of the week. They pick some really fantastic selections, and I am honored that they frequently have my work broadcasted.
http://www.abc.net.au/classic/program/classicdrive/
For a limited time only, I am also sharing the entire sonata available for stream here. If you like them, please consider ordering a copy of the CD from my store.
MTSU Concert last Monday
After our concert at Middle Tennessee State University last week
It was such a pleasure to play with the Larchmere String Quartet once again last Monday. This time, we were guests at Middle Tennessee State University School of Music. Our work together on Krehl's Clarinet Quintet is making some good progress. Still much work needs to be done, but we now look forward to our next concert in January and recording session in March. Stay tuned for more!
What is Pursuing Music Career?
What is pursuing music career? It is finding your own place in this world, where you can enjoy what you do and share your passion and talent to make this a better place for everyone. This is what I tell my students: "There is certainly a place for each one of you, and you are all desperately needed."
Mozart Clarinet Concerto Recording from August 2014
Performing an encore, my own arrangement of Sarabande from Bach's Cello Suite No. 1 for basset clarinet, after playing Mozart Clarinet Concerto with SPO in August 2014 (photo credit: Kayoung An)
Thanks to my friend and amazing recording engineer/producer Brad Sayles of the Houston Symphony, I now have this recording available to share. The video broadcasted on Arte TV will become available soon so please stay tuned!
