The Los Angeles Clarinet Choir

Margaret Thornhill, Founder and Conductor


performing "The Great Clarinet Circus" for the ICA ClarinetFest 2007, in Vancouver British Columbia photograph by Mike Getzin

Listen to the choir playing Ottorino Respighi "Ancient Airs and Dances-1"
arranged for Piet Jeegers by Jac Corstjens, recorded live April 25, 2009

Listen to the choir playing "Cortege" by Claude Debussy, arranged Russell Howland
recorded live in concert, April 25, 2009

Listen to the choir playing Mvt. 2 of "Chalumeaux Suite" by Jukka Linkola
Soloist: Lori Musicant Koch,recorded live in concert, April 25, 2009

Listen to the choir playing "Clowns" from The Great Clarinet Circus



Join us for our NEXT CONCERTS!

Sunday, June 11--3PM--Summer Send-Off Concert!
Sponsored by FAME Pasadena
First AME Church 1700 N. Raymond (at Penn)
Pasadena, CA

FREE
Free parking! Refreshments served.
Program:

Vaughn Williams/arr. Johnston--Rhosymedre
Mike Curtis--Global Tour
Jukka Linkola--Chalumeaux Suite
Lochkart/Montilla--Estampas Criollias (for 4 clarinets)
> Mike Curtis--Bulgarian Bat Bite (for 4 clarinets)
Debussy/arr.Howland-Cortege (from Petite Suite)
Chuck Fernandez-Circus Stroll
- Martin Ellerby--Looping the Loop: A Chicago Hop

Sunday, June 25, 10 am
CLARINETFEST10, International Clarinet Association annual conferencebr> Bates Recital Hall
University of Texas
AUSTIN, TEXAS

NEWS: The Los Angeles Clarinet Choir has been invited to perform at the International Clarinet Association ClarinetFest 2010 in Austin, Texas, July 21-15! We will be performing Jukka Linkola's "Chalumeaux Suite"!

Founded in 2005 by its conductor, Margaret Thornhill, the Los Angeles Clarinet Choir has in a short time become one of North America's premiere clarinet ensembles. Most members have college degrees in clarinet performance. Committed to performing new original music and arrangements for this unique medium, the LACC is the dedicatee of works by Cansino and Avshalomov, and Cummings, gave west coast premieres of works by Ellerby, Curtis and Johnston, and Finnish composer, Jukka Linkola's 1990 "Chalumeaux Suite." In 2007, they were the only clarinet choir to be selected for the Vancouver ClarinetFest.
In 2009, LACC registered with the State of California as a 501c3 non-profit educational and cultural corporation
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2010 Members' Bios


Watch the choir's performance of Sammy Nestico's "A Study in Contrasts" from its May 8th concert at the South Pasadena Public Library.

Watch the choir's performance of the Bartok Roumanian Dances from its December 8th concert at Santa Monica Public Library.



CD--now available!
A professionally produced CD of the Los Angeles Clarinet Choir is now available from us for $15 plus postage.
Or, buy it online from CD Baby: http://cdbaby.com/cd/lacc Score and parts for The Great Clarinet Circus are also now available directly from the composer.
For details, email us.Hire us for a Free Concert:
In 2006, the Los Angeles Clarinet Choir was selected by the Los Angeles County Arts Commission for a three-year inclusion in the "Musicians' Roster"- a selection of performance groups sponsored in free public concerts at non-profit venues. Schools, community centers, hospitals, senior centers, jails, youth facilities, and other non-profit organizations may apply to present the Clarinet Choir in concert at no cost to the presenter!

For more information about the Choir, future concerts, or to inquire about having the Choir perform at your venue, please The Los Angeles Clarinet Choir.

Partial Repertoire List

Charles Fernandez --"Circus Stroll"--local premiere

Mike Curtis --"Global Tour"--local premiere
Jukka Linkola--"Chalumeaux Suite"--local premiere
Alan Scott-"Paquito" for 8 clarinets--local premiere
Vaughn Williams (arr. Johnston)--Rhosymedre
Paul Harvey--"Dances of Atlantis"
"MAGIC FOUNTAIN" by DAVID AVSHALOMOV--World Premiere
Edward Cansino--The Great Clarinet Circus for clarinet choir and percussion
Spencer Dorn--A Collection for Clarinet Choir
Claude Debussy/Howland--Petite Suite
Georges Bizet/Caillet--Adagietto from L'Arlesienne
Alex Ciesla/Traditional--Klezmer Suite
Vaclav Nelhybel--Chorale and Danza
Edvard Grieg/Costjens (collection Piet Jeegers)--Peer Gynt Suite
Bela Bartok/Jense (collection P. Jeegers)--Roumanian Dances
Maurice Ravel/Brackett--Mother Goose Suite
Wolfgang Mozart/Caillet--Overture to the Marriage of Figaro
John Philip Sousa/Conley--The Stars and Stripes Forever
W.A. Mozart/Dorn--Ave Verum
Gordon Jacob--Scherzo, Pavan, and Gopak
Gordon Jacob--Introduction and Allegro
Irving Berlin/Frackenpohl-Puttin'on the Ritz
Weber/Heim--Adagio and Rondo from the Quintet for Clarinet and Strings
Gordon Jacob--Concertino for solo clarinet and clarinet choir
Ponchielli/Cardon--Il Convegno for two solo clarinets and clarinet choir
Sammy Nestico-A Study in Contrasts
Robert Roden-"Two Water Colors"
Jan van der Roost--Rikudim
Elliot Del Borgo--Dodecaphonic Essay
Peter Schickele-Monchrome for Nine Clarinets

Comments from our fans:The concert was hot! Everyone deserves to hear the best music, and that's what the LACC is about!
--Bill Van Loan, audience member, November 22, 2008
I didn't expect your music to be so---MELODIC! That's the only word for it! --audience member, September 18, 2005.
When I grow up I want to be an E-flat clarinet player! --Robin Sachs, age 13
May I have your autograph? --Natalie Jacobs, age 7 (Dec. 18, 2005)
I have never heard the sanctuary resonate like that before. --Pastor Andy Wilson, La Crescenta Presbyterian Church

The Los Angeles Clarinet Choir, 2008 .Pictured (row 1, left to right): Jeff Lewis, Erica Golden, Dr. Thornhill, Joel Kabakoff, Don Gross, Alex Sramek. (row 2, left to right): Barbara Watts-Robinson, Spencer Quong, Lynne Snyder, Nichole Pacquing, Sarkis Hardy, Vicky Ramos.Top: David Sucik, Lori Musicant Koch. Photo by Enrique Perez.