Vol. 45 • No. 4 September 2018 Sidney Bechet Clarinet Works of Repertoire for Interview with Forgotten Pedagogical Also in this issue... Alexandre Rydin Voice, Clarinet and Shirley Brill History of Multiple Orchestra/Piano Articulation for Clarinet D’ADDARIO GIVES ME THE FREEDOM TO PRODUCE THE SOUND I HEAR IN MY HEAD. — JONATHAN GUNN REINVENTING CRAFTSMANSHIP FOR THE 21ST CENTURY. President’sThe EDITOR Rachel Yoder [email protected] ASSOCIATE EDITOR Dear Members and Jessica Harrie Friends of the International Clarinet Association: [email protected] s I write this message just days after the conclusion of EDITORIAL BOARD ClarinetFest® 2018, I continue to marvel at the fantastic Mitchell Estrin, Heike Fricke, Jessica Harrie, festival held on the beautiful Belgian coast of Ostend. We Caroline Hartig, Rachel Yoder are grateful to our friends Eddy Vanoosthuyse, artistic Adirector of ClarinetFest® 2018, and the Ostend team and family of MUSIC REVIEWS EDITOR the late Guido Six – Chantal Six Vandekerckhove, Bert Six and Gaby Gregory Barrett – [email protected] Six – who together organized a truly extraordinary and memorable festival featuring artists from over 55 countries. AUDIO REVIEWS EDITOR The first day alone contained an amazing array of concerts Chris Nichols – [email protected] including an homage to the legendary Guido Six by the Claribel Clarinet Choir, followed by the Honorary Member concert featuring Caroline Hartig GRAPHIC DESIGN Karl Leister, Luis Rossi, Antonio Saiote and the newest ICA honorary Karry Thomas Graphic Design member inductee, Charles Neidich. Later that evening was the [email protected] world premiere of the Piovani Clarinet Concerto with the Brussels Philharmonic, performed by Artistic Director Eddy Vanoosthuyse. Every day of the festival was filled INDEX MANAGER with world-class performances and master classes right up to the beautiful closing chords of the final Emily Kerski – [email protected] concert featuring the festival clarinet choir and fireworks as the sun set over beautiful Ostend. The ICA recognizes that without the generous support of our sponsors, exhibitors, vendors and THE CLARINET ONLINE industry professionals, ClarinetFest® would not be possible. We are tremendously grateful for the Jason Alder and Jessica Harrie sponsors of ClarinetFest® 2018, including Arpèges, Backun, Buffet Crampon, D’Addario, Duvel, [email protected] Luis Rossi, National Lottery, Ongaku Records, the City of Ostend, Rovner, Royal Global, RZ Woodwinds, Sabre, Henri Selmer Paris, Vandoren and Yamaha. We wish to thank Backun Musical ABOUT THE COVER: Services for donating clarinets for the ICA Young Artist Competition winners and Vandoren and D’Addario for supplying mouthpieces for the orchestra competition as well as prizes for the evening drawings. Thank you to the many exhibitors who donated prizes for the drawings including Edizioni Vol. 45 • No. 4 Eufonia, Silverstein, and Buffet who generously donated a Prodige clarinet. Many thanks go out to September 2018 Alan and Janette Stanek for funding the monetary awards for all of the ICA competitions through our Capital Campaign. Thank you to everyone who attended the ICA National Chairs meeting at ClarinetFest® 2018. It was one of the most well-attended and passionate meetings to date. Many great ideas were discussed, with one major initiative emerging: to affiliate ICA with other world clarinet organizations by creating a new fee structure to make membership in two associations affordable for everyone around the world. The board is working with our newly appointed Chair of International Relations, Luca Sarraca, our Sidney continent chairs and national chairs to accomplish this exciting initiative. Our primary objectives Bechet Clarinet Works of Repertoire for Interview with Forgotten Pedagogical Also in this issue... Alexandre Rydin Voice, Clarinet and Shirley Brill History of Multiple are to increase communication between all clarinet communities throughout the globe and to be all- Orchestra/Piano Articulation for Clarinet inclusive. If you would like to add to the discussion, please do not hesitate to reach out to us. Sidney Bechet in 1928 at the cabaret Chez Florence, Finally, it has been an honor to serve as president of our wonderful organization for the past Paris; photo courtesy of the Hogan Jazz Archive, three years. While leading an entity such as the International Clarinet Association is not without its Tulane University challenges, I am pleased at all we have been able to accomplish as a passionate board and staff. One of the greatest perks of serving as president for the past three years has been the opportunity to meet The Clarinet (ISSN 0361-5553) is published 4 times so many extraordinary people in our field. I am continually reminded that an organization is only as strong as its members. a year by the International Clarinet Association Recently I was reminded of the acronym TEAM, Together Everyone Achieves More. I wish to International Clarinet Association offer my sincere and heartfelt thanks to President-Elect Mitchell Estrin, Secretary Denise Gainey, 829 Bethel Road, #216 Treasurer Tod Kerstetter, Executive Director of Operations Evan Lynch, Editor Rachel Yoder, Columbus, OH 43214 Associate Editor Jessica Harrie – and the list goes on and on! It has been a privilege to work with [email protected] these amazing colleagues and friends and with the entire membership. I look forward to continuing +1 888-983-5441 to serve the ICA as past president and am delighted at the bright future of our beloved organization and the world clarinet community. www.clarinet.org Yours sincerely, ICAclarinet facebook.com/icaclarinet © Copyright 2018, International Clarinet Association. Views expressed by the writers and reviewers in The Caroline A. Hartig Clarinet are not necessarily those of the staff of the President, International Clarinet Association journal or of the International Clarinet Association. 2 | THE CLARINET SEPTEMBER 2018 International Clarinet Association President: Mitchell Estrin – [email protected] E-Newsletter and Social Media Coordinator: Past President: Caroline Hartig – [email protected] Jessica Harrie – [email protected] Historian: President Elect: Denise Gainey – [email protected] Jean-Marie Paul – [email protected] ICA Research Center: Secretary: Christopher Nichols – [email protected] University of Maryland – www.lib.umd.edu/scpa/scores Research Coordinator and Library Liaison: Treasurer: Tod Kerstetter – [email protected] Joshua Gardner – [email protected] Chair of International Relations: Pedagogy Chair: Luca Saracca – [email protected] Diane Barger – [email protected] Executive Director of Operations: Social Media Editor: Evan Lynch – [email protected] Timothy Phillips – [email protected] Webmaster: Kevin and Sonya Morgan – www.morgansites.com The ICA board of directors is pleased to announce the following continent chairs: HONORARY MEMBERS Europe: Friedrich Pfatschbacher (Austria) Ben Armato (1928–2015) Israel and the Near East: Ilan Schul (Israel) Walter Boeykens (1938–2013) Asia: Zhen Sun (China) Betty Brockett (1936–2003) Asia: Masaharu Yamamoto (Japan) Clark Brody (1914–2012) Asia: Hyung-Jik Yoo (Korea) Jack Brymer (1915–2003) Africa: Danre Strydom (Republic of South Africa) Larry Combs, Evanston, Illinois North America: Catherine Wood (Canada) Eddie Daniels, Santa Fe, New Mexico South America: Marco Mazzini (Peru) Buddy DeFranco (1923–2014) Hans Deinzer, Frankfurt, Germany & Bobbio, Italy Guy Deplus, Paris, France NATIONAL CHAIRPERSONS Stanley Drucker, New York, New York F. Gerard Errante, Las Vegas, Nevada Argentina: Carlos Céspedes Hungary: Bence Szepesi David Etheridge (1942–2010) Armenia: Alexandr G. Manukyan Iceland: Kjartan Óskarsson Lee Gibson (1915–2013) Australia: Floyd Williams India: Dr. Pandit Narasimhalu Vadavati James Gillespie (Editor Emeritus), Denton, Texas Austria: MSDir. Mag. Ireland: Paul Roe Paul Harvey, Twickenham, Middlesex, U.K. Stanley Hasty (1920–2011) Dr. Friedrich Pfatschbacher Israel: Eva Wasserman-Margolis Ramon Kireilis, Denver, Colorado Italy: Luigi Magistrelli Belarus: Vladimir P. Skorokhodov Béla Kovács, Budapest, Hungary Japan: Belgium: Hedwig Swimberghe Masaharu Yamamoto Frank Kowalsky, Tallahassee, Florida Brazil: Ricardo Dourado Freire Luxembourg: Sébastien Duguet Jacques Lancelot (1920–2009) Bulgaria: Bobo Yotzov Mexico: Luis Humberto Ramos Karl Leister, Berlin, Germany Canada, National Chair: Moldava: Victor Tihoneac Mitchell Lurie (1922–2008) Netherlands: John McCaw (1919-2015) Dr. Catherine M. Wood Céleste Zewald New Zealand: Marie Ross John Mohler, Chelsea, Michigan Canada, St. Lawrence Region: Charles Neidich, New York, New York Norway: Christian Stene Lorne Buick Fred Ormand, Lawrence, Kansas Panama: Alexis Fong Castillo Canada, Great Lakes Region: Bernard Portnoy (1915–2006) People’s Republic of China: Yi He Barbara Hankins Alfred Prinz (1930–2014) Peru: Marco Antonio Mazzini Luis Rossi, Santiago, Chile Canada, Central Region: Poland: Jan Jakub Bokun Harry Rubin, York, Pennsylvania Margaret Wilson Portugal: António Saiote António Saiote, Porto, Portugal Canada, Pacific Region: Patricia Kostek Puerto Rico/Carribean: Kathleen Jones James Sauers (1921–1988) Chile: James Schoepflin, Spokane, Washington Luis Rossi Serbia: Andrija Blagojević Columbia: Javier Asdrúbal Vinasco Selim Sesler (1957–2014) Slovakia: Július Klein David Shifrin, Norwalk, Connecticut Costa Rica: Lenin Izaguirre Cedeño Slovenia: Joze Kotar William