We would like to thank our exhibitors, The Music Shoppe, Vandoren, and 2019 University of Illinois Clarinet Day ClarinetXPress, as well as our sponsors for their support and participation. The University of Illinois Clarinet Day is sponsored in part by Buff et Crampon U.S.A., J. David Harris, host/faculty artist Yamaha Corporation of America, and D’Addario Woodwinds. The Prestige Clarinet Quartet Janice L. Minor, host/faculty artist Anthony J. Costa, guest artist John Kurokawa, guest artist Sarah Nowlin, guest artist Andrea R. DiOrio, guest artist University of Illinois and Festival Clarinet Choirs Joe Clark, conductor Smith Memorial Hall Saturday, March 30, 2019 Evening Concert ~ 6:30 p.m. SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 8:30 AM Registration 9:00 AM Group Festival Clarinet Choir Rehearsal 10:05 AM Masterclass with U of I Clarinet Faculty Professor J. David Harris and Dr. Janice L. Minor 11:30 AM Bass Clarinet Masterclass with Guest Artist, Dr. Anthony J. Costa 12:30 PM LUNCH/EXHIBITS 1:45 PM Masterclass with Guest Artist Ensemble, The Prestige Clarinet Quartet *Featuring Chaconne and Charade for Clarinet Quartet by Christopher Weait 3:30 PM Masterclass with Guest Artist, Andrea R. DiOrio 4:30 PM Group Festival Clarinet Choir Rehearsal 6:30 PM Clarinet Day Concert featuring The Prestige Clarinet Quartet, Andrea R. DiOrio, University of Illinois Faculty/Students, University of Illinois Clarinet Choir, and Festival Clarinet Choir *Exhibits will open throughout the day MICHAEL HENRY Birdwatching (A Fancier’s Handbook) Joe Clark, Graduate Assistant, University of Illinois (b.1963) I. Swallows Fleeting Joe is currently a candidate for the master of music in wind band conducting and II. Sparrows Bickering serves as a graduate teaching assistant with the University of Illinois Bands. He recently III. Vultures Looming completed his undergraduate career at the Eastman School of Music and University of IV. Capercaillies Courting Rochester, where he received degrees in music education, clarinet performance, and V. Roadrunners Racing mathematics. While there, Joe put together a wide variety of ensembles, ran a weekly VI. Phoenix Rising reading orchestra, and was co-artistic director of the Eastman Clarinet Choir. A native of Massachusett s, Joe continues to work with ensembles near home. He The Prestige Clarinet Quartet has been on the staff of the North Middlesex Regional High School marching band and John Kurokawa, clarinet winter percussion programs as both music/visual staff and drill-writer. He is a counselor Janice L. Minor, clarinet at the UMass Lowell Symphonic Band Camp, a weeklong program for high school Sarah Nowlin, clarinet students. Additionally, he runs an annual summer chamber music program designed Anthony J. Costa, clarinet to allow high school and returning college students an opportunity to continue making music at a high level over the summer. Anthony J. Costa’s performance is sponsored in part by Buff et Crampon U.S.A In addition to conducting, Joe’s musical interests are diverse. As a clarinetist, John Kurokawa’s performance is sponsored in part by Yamaha Corporation of America he has put on a wide variety of recitals, ranging from standard classical repertoire Janice L. Minor’s performance is sponsored in part by Buff et Crampon U.S.A and D’Addario accompanied by jazz combo to a recital entirely on alto clarinet. As a composer, he Woodwinds has had works premiered by the Nashua Chamber Orchestra and the Bay View Music Festival. As an educator, he intends to continue to work with high school students following his degree at Illinois. FRANCIS POULENC Sonata for Clarinet (1889-1963) III. Allegro con Fuoco arr. TAEHOON KIM J. David Harris, solo clarinet Dasom Nam, clarinet Colby Spengler, clarinet Dalton Swallows, clarinet Joe Clark, bass clarinet ALFRED UHL Divertimento (1908-1993) I. Allegro II. Andante, sostenuto, molto espressivo III. Allegro con brio The Prestige Clarinet Quartet John Kurokawa, clarinet Janice L. Minor, clarinet Sarah Nowlin, clarinet Anthony J. Costa, bass clarinet Andrea R. DiOrio, North Central College, Clarinet Faculty JOAN TOWER Wings for Solo Clarinet Andrea R. DiOrio is among Chicago’s most highly sought after clarinetists. (b. 1938) DiOrio has performed in over fi fteen operas with Andrea R. DiOrio, clarinet the Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra. She has also performed with many orchestras, including the Grant Park Orchestra, Chicago Philharmonic, Quad Cities Symphony IAN HOLLOWAY Die Kunst Der Klarinett e Orchestra, Chicago Opera Theater, Elgin Symphony Orchestra, Ravinia Festival (b. 1952) Variations on ‘Colonel Bogey’ Orchestra, Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra, South Bend Symphony Orchestra, and I. Introduction Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra. In addition to her orchestral work, Andrea is the II. Serenade Director of Operations and clarinetist of the mixed chamber ensemble, Picosa. The III. Sequence I ensemble consists of fl ute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and composer-in-residence and IV. Fugue is in-residence at Elmhurst College, Roosevelt University and North Central College. V. Tango Picosa is committ ed to performing virtuosic chamber music while showcasing Chicago VI. Rondo composers and rising musicians. DiOrio is also a core member of the Chicago Clarinet Ensemble and a former member of the MAVerick Ensemble, where she served as The Prestige Clarinet Quartet clarinetist and Artistic Administrator. With MAVerick, she participated in dozens of John Kurokawa, clarinet world premieres. Janice L. Minor, clarinet DiOrio has been recognized as a top pedagogue as well. In 2014, DiOrio’s Sarah Nowlin, clarinet presentations on the topic of “A New Twist on Clarinet Methods” were presented to a Anthony J. Costa, bass clarinet full house at the Illinois Music Educator’s Association State Conference and as a webinar for the National Association for Music Education Learning Network. DiOrio currently GUSTAV HOLST The Planets serves as Clarinet Instructor at North Central College, a position she has held since 2010. (1874-1934) I. Mars DiOrio is a Senior Lecturer for Benedictine University’s School of Graduate, Adult and trans. JOE CLARK IV. Jupiter Professional Education where she teaches Music Appreciation and writes curriculum. DiOrio is Co-Director of the Illinois Summer Youth Music University of Illinois Clarinet Choir Pre-College Clarinet Camp with J. David Harris at the University of Illinois. She has Joe Clark, conductor previously served in the music departments of Benedictine University and Loyola University Chicago. VASILIJ AGAPKIN A Slavic Farwell DiOrio earned a Master of Music Performance in Clarinet from Northwestern (1884-1964) University, where she studied with Russell Dagon, and a Bachelor of Music Performance trans. JOE CLARK in Clarinet, with honors from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she studied with J. David Harris. DiOrio also studied with Charlene Zimmerman and John GUSTAV HOLST First Suite in E-fl at Bruce Yeh. She feels very fortunate to have had such great teachers and mentors, and is (1874-1934) I. Chaconne delighted to have the opportunity to pass on what she has learned to all of her students. trans. MATT JOHNSTON She and her husband, Tony, live in Naperville with their baby girl, Penelope and dog, Sousa. MODEST MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition John Kurokawa (Clarinet) currently performs as Principal Clarinetist of the Dayton (1839-1881) The Bogatyr Gate (In the Ancient Capital, Kiev) Philharmonic Orchestra. He has been a featured soloist, performing the works of trans. JOE CLARK Mozart, John Williams, Gerald Finzi, and John Adams. Additional solo appearances include the WSU Chamber Orchestra and most recently, the Dayton Bach Society and Festival Clarinet Choir the WSU Wind Symphony performing Michael Daugherty’s Brooklyn Bridge for solo Joe Clark, conductor clarinet and wind ensemble. In the summer Kurokawa performs as Principal Clarinetist of the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra’s festival, ‘Summermusik’ and has also performed as guest Eb clarinetist and guest Principal Clarinetist with the Cincinnati Symphony We would like to gratefully acknowledge Angela Tammen, Director of Admissions and Public Orchestra. Kurokawa is also the Instructor of Clarinet at Wright State University; in Engagement and Stephen Burian, Assistant Director for Public Engagement, for their support addition to teaching applied clarinet, he teaches courses in woodwind chamber music, and assistance with the organization of the 2019 University of Illinois Clarinet Day. woodwind pedagogy, and music technology. An avid chamber musician, he performs with the Dayton Philharmonic Woodwind Quintet and the Prestige Clarinet Quartet, which has been a featured ensemble at the Oklahoma Clarinet Symposium, International Clarinet Association Clarinetfest, Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic and Ohio Music Education Association Conference.. Kurokawa holds the B.M. in woodwind performance from Bowling Green State University and the M.M. in clarinet performance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. He performs exclusively on the Yamaha CSVR Clarinet and Custom 881 Eb Clarinet and is a Yamaha Performing Artist. Sarah Nowlin (Clarinet) is the former Director of Bands at The Summit Country Day School in Cincinnati, Ohio where she spent 16 years building a successful band program in an independent school environment. She has served as Instructor of Clarinet, and Director of Intermediate Bands at the Interlochen Arts Academy Summer Institute. Ms. Nowlin has performed with the Sorg