Dr. Henry Cáceres Backun Artitst 3330 W 5900 S Taylorsville, UT 84129 (801) 702-3003 E-mail: [email protected]

Curriculum Vitae Education

• Doctor of Musical Arts, University of Utah, 2014 -Minor in Conducting -Title of dissertation: The Contribution of Jorge Montilla to the Repertoire and His Use of Venezuelan Dances • Master of Musical Arts in Clarinet Performance, University of Utah, 2006 • Bachelor of Music in Clarinet Performance, Universidad de Chile, 2003

Orchestra Positions

• Principal Clarinet, Sinfonia Salt Lake, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2014–Present • and Guest Principal, Ballet West Orchestra, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2014–Present • Associate Principal E-flat Clarinet, Concepción Symphony Orchestra, Chile, 2001–2014 (tenure position) • Second Clarinet, Chilean National Symphony Orchestra, 2000–2001 • Second Clarinet, Chilean Chamber Orchestra, Santiago, Chile, January–February 1999 (on tour)

Honors and Awards

• Dean’s Fund of Excellence, Performance Travel Grant (Graduate School), University of Utah College of Fine Arts, Summer 2013 • Finalist, Orchestral Audition Competition, International Clarinet Association (ICA), Los Angeles, California, July 2011 • 3rd Place Winner, Utah Chamber Music Competition, University of Utah Clarinet Quartet, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 2011 • Finalist, Orchestral Audition Competition, ICA, Austin, Texas, August 2010 • Winner of the Utah Philharmonia Concerto Competition, University of Utah, 2010 • Winner of the Bicentennial Becas Chile to study abroad, Chile, 2009 • Winner of the National Music Development Fund, Chile, 2009 • Winner of the Concepción Symphony Concerto Competition, Chile, 2007 • Winner of the Andes Foundation National Prize, Chile, 2004 and 2005 • Winner of the Temporada del Descubrimiento (Discovery Season), National Award, Chile, 2001 • Winner of the Corporación Amigos Del Teatro Municipal, National Award, Chile, 1994–2000 • National Youth Symphony Orchestra Award Recipient, Chile, 1992–2001

Dr. Henry Cáceres, Clarinet 1 Teaching Experience

• Adjunct Assistant Professor of Clarinet, University of Utah, 2019–Present • Woodwind Pedagogy, University of Utah, 2019–Present. Duties include teaching clarinet pedagogy to music education majors • Director of Bands, American Preparatory Academy, Utah, 2016–Present. Duties include teaching clarinet private lessons, clarinet sectionals, and teaching 6th-12th grade concert band • Clarinet Studio, Utah State University, Spring 2015. Duties included teaching clarinet private lessons • Clarinet Chamber Music, University of Utah, 2010–2014. Duties included teaching traditional as well as contemporary chamber music repertoire and teaching traditional and extended (contemporary) clarinet techniques to both undergraduate and graduate students. A quartet (Forward 4) performed and was featured at several major international venues • Teaching Assistant, MUSC 3600: World Music, University of Utah, 2010. Duties included mentoring students during office hours and grading papers • Centro Artístico Cultural de Concepción, Chile, 2002–2003. Duties included teaching clarinet private lessons, clarinet sectionals, and teaching clarinet chamber music to pre-college division students • Conservatorio de Música Laurencia Contreras Lema, Universidad del Bio-Bío, Concepción, Chile, 2003. Duties included teaching clarinet private lessons, clarinet sectionals, and teaching clarinet chamber music to undergraduate clarinet performance majors • Centro Cultural Ilustre Municipalidad de Talcahuano, Talcahuano, Chile, 2001–2003. Duties included teaching clarinet private lessons, clarinet sectionals, and teaching clarinet chamber music to both the Marine and Navy Band’s clarinetists and to pre-college division students • Orquesta Sinfónica Infantil, Collipulli, Temuco, Chile, 2007–2008. Duties included teaching clarinet private lessons, clarinet sectionals, and teaching clarinet chamber music to pre-college division students • Orquesta de Cámara Juvenil, Los Angeles, Chile, 2007–2008. Duties included teaching clarinet private lessons, clarinet sectionals, and teaching clarinet chamber music to pre-college division students • Centro Cultural “Casa del Arte,” Rancagua, Chile, 2000–2003. Duties included teaching clarinet private lessons, clarinet sectionals, and teaching clarinet chamber music to pre-college division students

Clinician/Adjudicator

• Judge, Idaho State Solo Festival, Pocatello, Idaho, May 2015 • Clinician at Idaho Summer Band Camp, Idaho State University, 2013 • Adjudicator, Clarinet Audition, Timpanogos Symphony Orchestra, American Fork, Utah, August 2013

Lecture

• “The Contribution of Jorge Montilla to the Clarinet Repertoire and His Use of Venezuelan Dances,” Utah Clarinet Festival, Weber State University, March 3, 2018

Dr. Henry Cáceres, Clarinet 2 Solo Performances with Orchestra

• Sinfonia Salt Lake, Henry Wolking’s Gone Playin’ for Clarinet and Strings, Salt Lake City, Utah, January 2019 • University of Utah Philharmonia, Concerto Competition Winner, Jean Françaix’s Salt Lake City, Utah, January 2010 • Concepción Symphony Orchestra, Carl Maria von Weber’s Concerto for Clarinet No. 2, Concepción, Chile, September 2007 • Concepción Symphony Orchestra, International Season, ’s Clarinet Concerto, Concepción, Chile, October 2004 (Chilean premiere) • Chilean National Symphony Orchestra, Carl Maria von Weber’s Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra, Santiago, Chile, April 2001

Selected Performance Experience

• The Maurice Abravanel Visiting Distinguished Composers Series, E-Quantum for violin, clarinet, and piano, Salt Lake City, September 2019 • Intermezzo Concert Series, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 2018 • Guest Artist, Rosco String Quartet, Mozart’s , Salt Lake City, January 2018 • Guest Artist, Chinook Woodwind Quintet, Great Falls, Montana, May 2015 • Forward 4, Utah Clarinet Festival, Provo, Utah, April 2015 • Forward 4, ICA Annual Conference, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, July 2014 • Forward 4, Semanas Musicales de Frutillar, Frutillar, Chile, February 2014 • Forward 4, ICA Annual Conference, Assisi, Italy, July 2013 • Live Radio Broadcast, Sirius XM 143, Highway 89, KBYU Radio, Forward 4, Provo, Utah, July 2013 • Forward 4, ICA Annual Conference, Lincoln, Nebraska, August 2012 • Live Radio Broadcast, Sirius XM 143, Highway 89, KBYU Radio, Forward 4, Provo, Utah, July 2012 • Live Radio Broadcast, Sirius XM 143, Highway 89, KBYU Radio, Clarinet and Piano, Provo, Utah, November 2011 • Invited Guest Soloist with Alan Kay (Clarinet Professor at Juilliard School of Music), University of Utah School of Music, Salt Lake City, Utah, March 2011 • Second Clarinet, Orchestra at Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah, March 2011 • Guest Artist, Canyonlands New Music Ensemble, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 2010 • Second Clarinet, Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, Caracas, Venezuela, December 1994

Recorded Performances

• “Angels from Realms of Glory.” Salt Lake Choral Artists, Salt Lake City, 2018 • “Hearts and Minds.” Lyceum Philharmonic Orchestra, Salt Lake City, 2011 • “Música de Concierto Chilena: Obras Sinfónicas en vivo, vol. 1 y 2,” Chilean National Symphony Orchestra, Santiago, Chile, 2001

Commissions

• Miguel Chuaqui, Según El Favor del Viento for Clarinet Quartet, Salt Lake City, 2014, performed in the United States and Chile

Dr. Henry Cáceres, Clarinet 3 • Igor Iachimciuc, Ca La Breaza for Clarinet Quartet, Salt Lake City, 2014, performed in the United States and Italy • Steve Roens, Five Episodes for Four for Clarinet Quartet, Salt Lake City, 2014, performed in the United States and Chile • Igor Iachimciuc, Gone Fishing, for two clarinets, Salt Lake City, 2006 • Igor Iachimciuc, Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, Salt Lake City, 2005

Selected Media and Newspaper Coverage

• “Clarinetist Henry Cáceres gave a dynamic account that captured the spirit and character of each movement with lucid expressions and witty charm.” Utah Arts Review, January 8, 2019

• “They closed the concert joined by John Coppa performing Klezmer Dances by Göran Fröst arranged by their own Henry Cáceres. The last piece especially was a hit. Some impressive multiple tonguing and flutter tonguing was employed.” International Clarinet Association Reports, Dr. Dawn Marie Lindblade (Assistant Professor of Clarinet at the University of Central Oklahoma), August 1, 2014

• “With Wind in His Sails,” by Patty Henetz, Studio Magazine, University of Utah, 2014

• “Hay que irse, acá es complicado” (Must Go, Here It Is Complicated), by Ricardo Carcamo, Diario El Sur, Daily Newspaper, September 29, 2007, Chile

• “Planeta USA Gira en Concierto” (USA Planet Concert Tour), by Ricardo Cárcamo, Diario El Sur, Daily Newspaper, October 21, 2004. Chile

• “Músicos Jóvenes Toman la Batuta” (Young Musicians Take the Baton), by Alvaro Peña, Diario El Sur, Daily Newspaper, August 8, 2003. Chile

• “Crítica de Música-Audición de Becados” (Music Review-Concert Award), by Federico Heinein, El Mercurio, Daily Newspaper, 1997. Chile

• “Miguel Chuaqui’s Según el Favor del Viento ‘Fantasía sobre un tema de Violeta Parra’ – Para cuatro clarinetes en si bemol” (for four B-flat clarinets)” by Kattiusca Marin, Doctoral Dissertation, April 2014. United States

Master Classes Participation

Robert Spring (Texas University), Alan Kay (Orpheus Chamber Orchestra), Michael Webster (Rice University), Eddy Vanoosthuyse (International Soloist/Belgium Conservatory), Alan Damian (Pierre Boulez Ensemble, France), Ricardo Morales (Philadelphia Orchestra), Laura Flax (Metropolitan Orchestra), Antonio Saiote (International Soloist), Stanley Drucker (), (International Soloist, France), Bil Jackson (Vanderbilt University), John Bruce Yeh (Chicago Symphony)

Dr. Henry Cáceres, Clarinet 4 Selected Orchestral and Chamber Collaborations

• Alan Kay, Principal Clarinet of Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Clarinet Duet, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2011 • Jeff Nelson, Canadian Brass University of Utah Wind Ensemble, Salt Lake City, Utah • Gene Pokorny, Principal Tuba of Chicago Symphony University of Utah Wind Ensemble, Salt Lake City, Utah • Adam Frey, International Soloist (Euphonium) University of Utah Wind Ensemble, Salt Lake City, Utah • Verónica Villaroel, Soprano Concepción Symphony Orchestra, Concepción, Chile, 2007 • Dudu Carmel, Principal Oboe of Israel Philharmonic Chamber music, Concepción, Chile, 2005 • Luciano Pavarotti, Tenor Concepción Symphony Orchestra, Concepción, Chile, 1995 • , Conductor Chilean National Youth Symphony Orchestra, Santiago, Chile, 1997

Service

• Affinity Group Working Group, McCluskey Center for Violence Prevention, University of Utah, 2020–Present

References

• Alan R. Kay, Principal Clarinetist and Artistic Director of Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Clarinet Professor at Juilliard School of Music, Manhattan School of Music, and Stony Brook University, [email protected], (201) 314-3494

• John Bruce Yeh, Assistant Principal Clarinet of Chicago Symphony, [email protected], (708) 638-6210

• Tara Simoncic, Former Music Director of Ballet West Orchestra, Music Director of Louisville Ballet, Conductor of the Flexible Orchestra in NYC and the Greenwich Symphony’s Young People’s Concerts, [email protected], (646) 246-6696

• Peter Wright, Principal Clarinet Emeritus of Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, Former ICA’s Orchestral Audition Competition Coordinator, [email protected]

• Robert Baldwin, Music Director of Sinfonia Salt Lake, [email protected], (801) 581-6762

• Ruben González, Clarinet Professor at Universidad de Chile, Former National Symphony Orchestra Bass Clarinet, [email protected], (+569) 82928269

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