Dr. Laura McLaughlin Clarinet ___
Education
University of Wisconsin-Madison 2010-2013 Madison, WI
DMA: Clarinet Performance Dissertation Project– An E-flat clarinet performance method book. Includes original etudes designed to help a clarinetist make an effective transition to the mastery of the E- flat clarinet, an annotated bibliography of commercially published solo music for E-flat clarinet, and interviews with world renowned E-flat clarinetists.
Minor: Distributed– Music Education focus Designed a syllabus for a one-semester music theory class at the undergraduate level in Music Theory Pedagogy course. Created a syllabus and taught the clarinet portion of the single reeds method course to undergraduate music education majors in Advanced Pedagogy course. Taught clarinet privately at the undergraduate level as part of an independent study.
Michigan State University 2006-2008 East Lansing, MI
MM: Clarinet Performance
Eastern Michigan University 2004-2006 Ypsilanti, MI
BM: Clarinet Performance
Hope College 2002-2004 Holland, MI
Teachers Linda Bartley 2010-2013 Elsa Verdehr 2006-2008 Kimberly Cole Luevano 2004-2006 Kristin Ward 2002-2004 Jay Devries 1995-2002
Additional Instruction James Smith, Director of Orchestras University of Wisconsin-Madison 2013 Charlene Zimmerman, Principal Chicago Lyric Opera 2011 Richard MacDowell, University of Texas-Austin 2010 Nathan Williams, University of Texas-Austin 2010 Kenneth Grant, Eastman School of Music 2009 Charles Neidich 2007 Frank Kowalsky, Florid a State University 2007 Deborah Chodacki, East Carolina University 2007
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Deborah Bish, Florida State University 2006 Eli Eban, Indiana University 2006 James Gillespie, formerly of University of North Texas 2005
Saxophone Teachers Max Plank, formerly of Eastern Michigan University 2005 Ryan Janus, formerly of Hope College 2004
Professional Activities
Teaching
Lecturer at University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (Oshkosh, WI) 2014-present Applied instructor: weekly private lessons for clarinet students Facilitate weekly seminar for clarinet majors, minors, and non-majors
Adjunct Instructor of Clarinet at Carroll University (Waukesha, WI) 2014-present Applied instructor: weekly private lessons for clarinet students
Private Lesson Instructor for middle school and high school students (Milwaukee, WI) 2003-present
Educational Outreach Clinician for Music 4 Peace (Chicago, IL) 2014
Clarinet Instructor for Summer Music Clinic (Madison, WI) 2014 High school summer music camp instructor Facilitated daily master class
Yoga for Performers Instructor for Summer Music Clinic (Madison, WI) 2014 High school summer music camp instructor
Educational Outreach Clinician for Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra (Ann Arbor, MI) 2014
Theory Instructor for Summer Music Clinic (Madison, WI) 2013 High school summer music camp instructor
Yoga for Performers Instructor for Summer Music Clinic (Madison, WI) 2013 High school summer music camp instructor
Master Class Clinician with Helios Wind Quintet at Bok Academy (Lake Wales, FL) 2013
Invited Guest Clinician for University of Wisconsin Jazz Orchestra (Madison, WI) 2013
Master Class Clinician for Sun Prairie High School (Madison, WI) 2012
Invited Guest Lecturer at University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, WI) 2012 Lectured for Teaching Instrumental Music in the Elementary School course Discussed teaching approaches for beginning clarinet students
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Clarinet Instructor for Summer Music Clinic (Madison, WI) 2012 Middle and high school summer music camp instructor Clarinet adjudicator—placed students in appropriate ensembles Facilitated daily masterclass
Single Reeds Method Instructor at University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, WI) 2011 Taught clarinet portion of Single Reeds Method class
Clarinet Instructor at University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, WI) 2011 Provided individual clarinet instruction to undergraduate music education majors
Adjudicator for Winds of Wisconsin (Madison, WI) 2011 Placed middle and high school students in ensemble
Chamber Music Coach – UW Outreach program, VIBES 2010-2011 Volunteer chamber music coach in a Madison area high school
Clarinet Instructor for Longhorn Music Camp (Austin, TX) 2010 Middle and high school summer music camp private lesson instructor
Clarinet Instructor for Walled Lake Western High School (Walled Lake, MI) 2009 Coached clarinet sectionals and drill for marching band
Private Lesson Instructor for Fulmore Middle School (Austin, TX) 2009-2010 Middle School students – Bb clarinet and bass clarinet
Private Lesson Instructor for Gorzycki Middle School (Austin, TX) 2009-2010
Private Lesson Instructor for Murchison Middle School (Austin, TX) 2009-2010
Group Lesson Instructor for Travis High School Wind Ensemble (Austin, TX) 2009-2010 Coached the clarinet section of the Wind Ensemble
Adjudicator for Texas Music Educators Association Region 18 (Austin, TX) 2009 Judged high school students in TMEA All-State competition
Sectional Coach for Scarlett Middle School (Ann Arbor, MI) 2004-2005 Coached clarinet sectional
Clarinet Instructor for Huron High School (Ann Arbor, MI) 2003-2004 Coached clarinet sectionals and drill for marching band
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Performing
Member – Wisconsin Wind Orchestra (Waukesha, WI) 2014-present
Founder, Chamber Ensemble Member – Lakeshore Rush (Chicago, IL) 2014-present
Invited Guest Performer – Chicago Clarinet Ensemble (Chicago, IL) 2014
Substitute Clarinet – Grand Rapids Symphony (Grand Rapids, MI) 2014-present
Substitute Clarinet – Lansing Symphony Orchestra (Lansing, MI) 2014-present, 2007-2008
Substitute Clarinet – West Michigan Symphony Orchestra (Muskegon, MI) 2014-present
Substitute Clarinet – Holland Symphony Orchestra (Holland, MI) 2014-present, 2003-2004
Substitute Clarinet – Midland Symphony Orchestra (Midland, MI) 2014-present
Substitute Clarinet – Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra (Ann Arbor, MI) 2013-present Associate Member – Civic Orchestra of Chicago (Chicago, IL) 2013-2014
Invited Substitute Musician – Capitol City Band (Madison, WI) 2013-present
Invited Guest Performer – Chicago Clarinet Ensemble, Venezuelan Virtuosity 2013 (Chicago, IL)
Guest Performances – Helios Quintet (Lake Wales, FL) 2013
Invited Guest Orchestra Musician – A Little Night Music at Performance Network 2013 Theater (Ann Arbor, MI)
Invited Guest Performer – Wingra Woodwind Quintet (Madison, WI) 2012
Invited Performer – Helios Quintet, UW-Madison Awards Convocation (Madison, WI) 2012
Substitute Clarinet – Madison Symphony Orchestra (Madison, WI) 2012-present
Extra Clarinetist – Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Milwaukee, WI) 2011-2013
Soloist and Chamber Musician – Outreach performances in schools, retirement 2010-2013 homes, and correctional facilities (Madison, WI)
Classical Revolution – (Madison, WI) 2010-2013
Orchestra Member – St. Luke’s Christmas Cantata (Middleton, WI) 2010-2011
Chamber Winds Member – University of Texas—Austin Conducting Workshop 2010
Chamber Winds Member – Michigan State University Conducting Workshop 2008
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Chamber Winds Member – Michigan State University 2007-2008
Clarinetfest (Vancouver, CA), performer 2007 Performer, Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman arr. Joan Tower
Participant – ARIA International Summer Academy 2007
Substitute Clarinet – Michigan Philharmonic (Plymouth, MI) 2007-2008
Company Member – College Light Opera Company (Cape Cod, MA) 2005
Administrative
University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music 2012-2013 Graduate Liaison: Appointed graduate liaison to the school of music faculty for the 2012-2013 academic school year. Attend departmental meetings. Address graduate students’ questions and concerns to the faculty.
Helios Quintet 2012-2013 Served as woodwind quintet contact member for UW-Madison School of Music benefit concerts in Lake Wales, FL. Communicated regularly with the UW-Madison School of Music and fellow quintet members during the planning stages of the benefit concerts.
Michigan State University School of Music 2011-2012 Nominated student representative for clarinet search committee. Organized and addressed student questions for professor of clarinet candidates. Communicated students' questions and concerns to the school of music faculty search committee.
Clarinetfest 2010 Volunteer staff member. Facilitated check-in for participants of the conference. Mediated and resolved billing concerns during check-in.
Women’s Initiative for Leadership Development 2007-2008 Served on committee. Committed to developing women leaders through hosting conferences, sharing leadership development opportunities with MSU women, and participating in outreach activities for women’s groups through community service projects.
Awards & Honors
University of Wisconsin-Madison Finalist, annual concerto competition 2012 Winner, woodwind-piano duo Shain competition 2012 Award, James R. Smith Orchestral Leadership and Service 2012 Fellowship, Paul Collins Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship 2010-2013 Finalist, annual concerto competition 2010
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Michigan State University Scholarship, academic school year music scholarship 2007-2008 Award, for Graduate Student Research Enhancement 2007 Scholarship, Dr. Robert L. Petrella Graduate Scholarship in Clarinet 2007 Scholarship, academic school year music scholarship 2006-2007
Eastern Michigan University Invited to join Golden Key International Honor Society 2006 Winner, Barry Manilow competition 2005 Invited to participate and perform in the 25th Undergraduate Symposium 2005 Scholarship, Jessie Dillman music scholarship 2005 Award, Alexander Talent Award 2004
Hope College Winner, annual concerto competition 2004 Winner, freshman instrumental jury award 2003
Huron High School Ann Arbor, MI Award, John Philip Sousa Band Award 2002 Winner, annual concerto competition 2002
Memberships College Music Society International Clarinet Association Golden Key International Honor Society Phi Kappa Pi, International All-Disciplinary Honor Society First United Methodist Church of Ann Arbor, MI
Performed Repertoire
Unaccompanied Literature Bassett, Leslie. Soliloquies. Larsen, Libby. Dancing Solo. Osborne, Willson. Rhapsody for Clarinet. Rózsa, Miklós. Sonatina for Clarinet Solo. Stravinsky, Igor. Three Pieces for Clarinet Solo. Tower, Joan. Wings. Smith, William O. Five Pieces for Clarinet Alone.
Clarinet and Piano Literature Blackwood, Easley. Sonatina for Eb Clarinet and Piano, Op. 38. Bolcom, William. Little Suite of Four Dances for E flat Clarinet and Piano. Brahms, Johannes. Sonata in F minor, Op. 120, No. 1. Sonata in E flat major, Op. 120, No. 2. Debussy, Claude. Premiere Rhapsodie. Horovitz, Joseph. Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano. Larsen, Libby. Licorice Stick. Messager, André. Solo De Concours.
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Milhaud, Darius. Duo Concertante. Molter, Johann Melchior. Concerto No. 3 transcribed for Eb Clarinet and Piano. Muczynski, Robert. Time Pieces. Poulenc, Francis. Sonata for Clarinet and Piano. Reger, Max. Sonata No. 1. Reinecke, Carl. “Undine” Sonata, Op. 167. Rossini, Gioachino. Theme and Variations. Stanford, Charles. Three Intermezzi, Op. 13. Stamitz, Carl. Concerto in B flat major. Weber, Carl Maria von. Grand Duo Concertant, Op. 48.
Concerto with Orchestra *Performances Copland, Aaron. Concerto for Clarinet. Mozart, Wolfgang. Concerto in A major. *Weber, Carl Maria von. Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra in E flat major, Op. 26. Ann Arbor Huron High School Symphonic Band, Ann Arbor, MI 2002 *Weber, Carl Maria von. Concerto No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 74. Hope College Symphony Orchestra, Holland, MI 2004
Chamber Literature Arnold, Malcom. Three Shanties for Woodwind Quintet, Op. 4. Bartók, Béla. Contrasts, BB 116. Bates, Mason. Difficult Bamboo, Red River, The Life of Birds. Beethoven, Ludwig van. Trio in B flat major, Op. 11. Bernard, Émile. Divertissement for Double Wind Quintet. Brahms, Johannes. Trio for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano in A minor, Op. 114. Bruch, Max. Eight Pieces for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano, Op. 83. Danzi, Franz. Wind Quintet in D minor, Op. 68, No. 3. Daugherty, Michael. Dead Elvis. Dvořák, Antonín. Serenade for Wind Instruments, Cello and Double Bass in D minor, Op. 44. Françaix, Jean. Wind Quintet No. 1. Gillingham, David. American Counterpoint for Clarinet, Flute and Saxophone. Hindemith, Paul. Kleine Kammermusik for Wind Quintet, Op. 24, No. 2. Ibert, Jacques. CinqPièces en Trio for Oboe, Clarinet, and Bassoon, 3 Pièces Brèves for Wind Quintet. Kurtág, György. Quintet for Winds, Op. 2. Ligeti, György. Ten Pieces for Wind Quintet. Mendelssohn, Felix. Concert Piece in D minor, Op. 114, No. 2. (1st and 2nd clarinet) Messiaen, Olivier. Quartet for the End of Time. Milhaud, Darius. Suite for Violin, Clarinet and Piano, Op. 157B. Montilla, Jorge. Venezuelan Burlesque. Mozart, Wolfgang. Serenade in E flat major K. 375 (1st and 2nd clarinet), Piano and Wind Quintet K. 452, Trio for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano ‘Kegelstatt’ K. 498, Overture to Don Giovanni arranged for chamber winds (1st and 2nd clarinet). Muczynski, Robert. Quintet for Winds, Op. 45. Persichetti, Vincent. Pastoral, Op. 21. Poulenc, Francis. Sextet for Wind Quintet and Piano, Op. 100. Premru, Raymond. Concertino for Trombone and Woodwinds.
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Saint-Saëns, Camille. Tarantelle, Op. 6. Shostakovich, Dmitry. Waltzes for Clarinet and Flute. (arr. Lev Atovmyan). Serocki, Kazimierz. Swing Music. Skalkōtas, Nikos. 36 Greek Dances for Orchestra. (arr. Nikos Koranjinos for Wind Quintet). Spittal, Robert. Consort for Ten Winds. Stravinsky, Igor. L’Histoire du Soldat, Octet for Wind Instruments, Septet Thuille, Ludwig. Sextet in B flat major, Op. 6. Uhl, Alfred. Divertimento. Varèse, Edgar. Déserts. Villas-Lobos, Heitor. Chôros No. 2, W197.
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