January 20–22, 2010 ann Lavin, director Vanderhoef Studio Theatre, Mondavi Center WelCome Program his three-day Clarinet Festival (affectionately known to us as “Clar-Fest”) brings together stunning visiting Thursday, January 20, 2011 clarinetists and university-level students to explore this rich, mellow, and at times piercing sounding 12:05 pm Vanderhoef Studio Theatre, mondavi Center Tfamily of instruments and the music written for them. From the elegant and haunting threads of Alban Berg’s Four Pieces to the pulsating, rhythmic interweaving of the popular New York Counterpoint by Steve Reich for eleven Shinkoskey Noon Concert clarinets, we will explore the wide and varied compositions for clarinet in its solo, duo, quartet, and ensemble forms. Artist-in-residence Charles Neidich is sure to bring down the house with his rousing and virtuosic program. José gonzález granero, clarinet John Cozza, piano —Ann Lavin, director Program Schedule of events Movement from Hommage a Manuel de Falla for Solo Clarinet Béla Kovács Handmade mouthpieces, barrels, E -clarinet extensions, and reeds made by (b. 1937) Bay Area clarinetist and craftsman Clark Fobes will be available to try out in the Studio Theatre lobby on both Friday and Saturday. Sonata for Clarinet and Piano Francis Poulenc Day 1: Thursday, January 20, 2011 Allegro tristamente (Allegretto — Très calme — Tempo allegretto) (1899–1963) 12:05 –1:00 pm Romanza (Très calme) Allegro con fuoco (Très animé) Shinkoskey Noon Concert: José González Granero, principal clarinetist of the San Francisco Opera Fantasia La Traviata Donato Lovreglio 2:00–4:00 pm (1841–1907) Master Class with José González Granero Day 2: Friday, January 21, 2011 12:00–1:30 pm Workshop: The Feldenkrais Method for wind players with Erin Finkelstein 2:00–5:00 pm Master Class with Charles Neidich 8:00–10:00 pm Festival Concert Day 3: Saturday, January 22, 2011 12:00–2:00 pm Workshop: Taking Auditions, a How-to Guide with Ginger Kroft, a Vandoren artist 3:00–5:00 pm Workshop: Contemporary music performance for clarinetists with Peter Josheff, featuring Ross Bauer’s Highly Rubbery for Solo Bass Clarinet 8:00–10:00 pm Charles Neidich Recital 2 Clarinet Festival January 20–22, 2011 3 Program IN HoNor oF Jerry roSeN Friday, January 21, 2011 The Music Department’s founding faculty member, composer, and clarinetist 8:00 pm Vanderhoef Studio Theatre, mondavi Center My discerning and exacting high school clarinet teacher was thrilled when he learned that I was going to attend UC Davis. Festival Concert: ann lavin and guests “Jerry Rosen teaches there. You can do no better.” Jerry is a hero to many in the clarinet community for his contributions as both performer and composer. What I learned soon after coming to Program UC Davis was that Jerry Rosen is also a warm and supportive person. He not only attended my first noon concert performance Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, op. 5 Alban Berg but also came back stage to speak with me following the (1885–1935) performance. His involvement and commitment to UC Davis had Ann Lavin, clarinet a considerable impact on my musical education. It is wonderful John Cozza, piano to return to Davis teaching as a faculty member in Jerry’s department. While our department has grown a tremendous amount since my undergraduate days, Jerry’s example of warmth Gra for Solo Clarinet Elliott Carter and support remains one of the foundations of our department. (b. 1908) Kenneth Long, clarinet —Laurie San Martin Birthday Duets Jerome Rosen Jerry Rosen was appointed to the faculty on 1 July 1952 and (b. 1921) oversaw the establishment of the Department of Music on 1 Al Bona and Ann Lavin, clarinet July 1958. To say that he was the beloved mentor and friend of Dedicated to Deborah Pittman those who followed is to understate the case. Rather it is that his approach to the profession became the very fabric of UC Davis Left to right: Jerome Rosen, University Librarian Richard Blanchard, Five Dance Preludes Witold Lutoslawski Music: the synthesis of music composition, performance, Chancellor Emil Mrak, and Herman Phaff study Darius Milhaud’s and scholarship; a collegiality to be nourished daily; an Allegro molto (1913–94) Twelfth Symphony score for the inauguration of Freeborn Hall, 1962. innate commitment to our students, public, and the people of Andantino California. Rosen and his clarinet—as though symbolic of his Allegro giocoso Music Department—were inseparable, and it seemed altogether Andante fitting to offer this first Clarinet Festival in his honor. Allegro molto For his 60th birthday, in 1981, the faculty published a booklet: Salve Hieronymous!: A Birthday Offering for Jerome Rosen. He retired as Ann Lavin, clarinet professor emeritus in 1988. His essay on the early years forms the first part of Pastyme with Good Companye: Recollections from the First John Cozza, piano 40 Years of the UC Davis Department of Music (2001). Intermission —D. Kern Holoman Petite Suite Rosen I went to the Crocker Art Museum specifically to hear Jerome Rosen give a recital on Sunday, 24 October 1954. He told me there was Prelude a music department in the making and encouraged me to come to Davis. I was among seventeen graduating Woodland High School Marche seniors headed for UC Berkeley. The meeting with Jerome Rosen was the tipping point, a turn of the corner that changed my life. Valse Finale I was on the verge of becoming a teenage clarinet virtuoso and Jerry saw that in me. Hence he offered me private clarinet lessons (at no cost) for two years while I continued in classical music performance. A few years later I investigated playing clarinet in the San Francisco Symphony. The down sides were that the symphony worked only six months out of the year, there were only two clarinet Miniatures for Four Clarinets, for Ann Lavin Laurie San Martin positions, and scale was $116.00 per week. I was already making $70–80 per weekend with my own dance band including playing gut Fanfare for Jerry Rosen (b. 1968) bustin’ rock ’n roll on my raucous B tenor sax. It was then that “I sold my soul to Rock ’n Roll.” In the Orchard Theater Music I married my high school sweetheart in 2004 and moved back to Davis. In a Davis Enterprise interview about my handling celebrity artists as a profession, I mentioned Jerome Rosen as a mentor. Jerry called the next day. I joined the Woodland Community Band and Ann Lavin, Diane Maltester, Marilyn Martella, and Leslie Tagorda, clarinet invited him to the concert. He said, “It looks as if you were actually playing, so you should contact Pete Nowlen, tell him I sent you, let you in the band and put you in the back row and regain the muscle memory in your fingers.” I am now celebrating my fifth year in the UC Davis Concert Band and am president of the Woodland Community Band. I have completed the circle. Professor Jerome Rosen was New York Counterpoint Steve Reich my inspiring mentor, teacher, and now a dear friend. —Bill Hollingshead (b. 1936) Charles Neidich, conductor Ann Lavin, Diane Maltester, Marilyn Martella, Karla Avila, Deborah Pittman, Roy Zajac, Al Bona, Laurie San Martin, Leslie Tagorda, Peter Josheff, and Kenneth Long, clarinet 4 Clarinet Festival January 20–22, 2011 5 Program abouT the artists Saturday, January 22, 2011 Al Gamboa Bona recently finished his Clark W. Fobes received his B.A. from CSU 8:00 pm undergraduate degrees at UC Davis with a B.A. in Fresno in 1976 and M.M. from the San Vanderhoef Studio Theatre, mondavi Center Music Performance and a B.S. in Exercise Biology. Francisco Conservatory of Music in 1983. Mr. He has been playing clarinet for twelve years and Fobes’s principal teachers were Rosario Mazzeo, has studied with Steve Sánchez, Jerry Simas, and Russell S. Howland, George E. Waln, Gary Gray, Ann Lavin. At James Logan High School he and Howard Klug. He has had an active career Charles Neidich, clarinet performed at the Rose Parade in Pasadena, the as a clarinetist performing with the San Midwest Clinic, the Edinburgh Easter Festival, Francisco Opera Orchestra, San Francisco John Cozza, piano and Carnegie Hall. During his time in high Symphony, San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, and school he also participated in the California Band the California Symphony, and as a clarinet Director’s Association All-State Honor Band. At UC Davis, he performed doubler, he has often been called upon to play bass clarinet, contrabass Program in various chamber ensembles as well as in the UC Davis Symphony clarinet, basset horn and E soprano clarinet. He plays with the Orchestra for four years. In 2009 he played in the premiere of the play Skywalker Ranch Orchestra and can be heard on numerous movie Elephant’s Graveyard with music written by Laurie San Martin. In the soundtracks. Composer Steven Mackey wrote a soloistic BB contrabass Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, op. 28 Mieczyslaw Weinberg same year, he also premiered San Martin’s piece Elephant’s Dance with the clarinet part for Mr. Fobes in his commissioned symphonic work Pedal Allegro (1919–96) San Francisco Chamber Orchestra. Tones for the San Francisco Symphony. Allegretto Adagio John Cozza is a lecturer in applied piano and In 1977 Mr. Fobes was appointed principal clarinetist with the Fresno accompanying and joined the faculty of the Philharmonic Orchestra and began a parallel career as a woodwind In Memoriam for Solo Clarinet Charles Neidich Conservatory of Music at the University of the repair technician. After moving to San Francisco in 1981 to further (b. 1954) Pacific in spring 2004.