Friday, June 29, 2012 - 7 PM
Sakura: A Concert of Japanese Music for Clarinet Choir
Coordinating with "Cherry Blossoms", a special exhibit of Japanese prints
Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena CA
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Saturday, May 5, 2012 -3PM
South Pasadena Eclectic Music Festival
South Pasadena Library Auditorium
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FREE admission - Come early; seating is limited.
Saturday, March 17, 2:30 PM
Artesia High School, Lakewood, CA
Victoria Ramos, Conductor
Admission Free!
Program: Folk Song Suite, Ralph Vaughn Williams, arranged Johnston
Virgenes del Sol, for two solo clarinets and clarinet choir, arr. Mazzini
Christin Hablewitz and Lynne Snyder, soloists
One Step at a Time by Paul Richards
The Gift of Kumamoto Folksong by Kazuhiro Morita
Rolling Thunder March by Fillmore
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, Gurol, Avshalomov, and Cummings, gave west coast premieres of works by Ellerby, Curtis, Johnston, and Linkola
In 2007, they were the only clarinet choir to be selected for the International Clarinet Association ClarinetFest in Vancouver, British Columbia. In 2010, they performed at ClarinetFest10, in Austin, Texas, and in 2011 were featured at the Los Angeles ClarinetFest11.They have performed to a standing-room-only concert at the South Pasadena Eclectic Music Festival in 2010 and 2011. Watch this space for details of their June, 2012, performance of original Japanese music for clarinet choir at the Norton Simon Museum, in Pasadena.
LACC is registered with the State of California as a 501c3 non-profit educational and cultural corporation.
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.
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
Martin Ellerby "Looping the Loop, A Chicago Hop" local premiere
Jonathan Russell "Claremont Suite" (2011) local premieres, written for Margaret Thornhill
Erol Gurol "Night Rhapsody"--World Premiere, 2011, written for LACC
Charles Fernandez --"Circus Stroll"--local premiere
Mike Curtis --"Global Tour"--local premiere
Jukka Linkola--"Chalumeaux Suite"--local premiere
Andy Scott-"Paquito" for 8 clarinets--local premiere
Vaughn Williams (arr. Johnston)--Rhosymedre
Paul Harvey--"Dances of Atlantis"
Andy Scott --"Fujiko" for solo E--flat clarinet and clarinet choir
David Avshalomov--"Three Outside"- World Premiere, 2008, written for LACC
Edward Cansino--"The Great Clarinet Circus" for clarinet choir and percussion, World Premiere, 2007, written for LACC
Darius Milhaud/Kazuhiro Morita --Scaramouche Suite
Paul Richards --"One Step at a Time"
Antonio Fraioli--"My Funny Paola" for jazz clarinet and choir, local premiere
Spencer Dorn--"A Collection for Clarinet Choir"
Claude Debussy/Howland--"Petite Suite"
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"
Gordon Jacob--"The Wind in the Reeds"
Gordon Jacob--"Introduction and Allegro"
Weber/Heim--"Adagio and Rondo" for clarinet solo and clarinet choir, from the Quintet for Clarinet and Strings
Gordon Jacob--"Concertino" (after Tartini) 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.
