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The
Los Angeles Clarinet Choir
photograph
by Tony Koch
The
Los Angeles Clarinet Choir, Dr. Margaret Thornhill, Conductor
Saturday, DECEMBER 8, 1:30 PM
Santa Monica Public Library, Martin Luther King Auditorium
601 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Lori Musicant Koch and Victoria Ramos, clarinet soloists
Admission: FREE ! Tickets available at library starting one hour before the event
Program:
Roumanian Folk Dances--Bela Bartok (arr. Jense)
Suite de Danzas-Manuel de Falla (arr.for clarinet quartet by Vicente Ortiz--US Premiere)
"Il Convegno" (The Meeting) for 2 solo clarinets and clarinet choir--Amilcare Ponchielli( arr. Cardon)
Chorale and Danza--Vaclav Nelhybel
First Suite in E-flat--Gustav Holst (arr. Matthew Johnson)
Liberty Bell March--John Phillip Sousa (arranged Jeff Lewis--PREMIERE!)
for further information, call the Santa Monica Library: 310-458-8600
"Clowns" from The
Great Clarinet Circus
CD--now available!
The Great Clarinet Circus/Dvorak Serenade
A professionally produced CD of the Los Angeles Clarinet Choir is now available for $15 plus postage.
Score and parts for The Great Clarinet Circus are also now available directly from the composer. For details, email us.
Founded in 2005 by clarinetist/conductor, Margaret Thornhill, the Los Angeles Clarinet Choir is an adult ensemble of 14 seasoned
performers on clarinets of various sizes: soprano, alto, bass,
basset horn, contrabass, and e-flat sopranino. A majority
of our members have college degrees in clarinet performance,
are currently studying, or have pursued substantial college-level
private study.
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 contact Margaret Thornhill.
Partial Repertoire List
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
Comments
from our fans:
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 in concert at Neighborhood Unitarian
Church, Pasadena, California. Front row: Gary Robertz, E-flat
sopranino; David Sucik, E-flat sopranino; Lori Musicant, principal;
Vicky Ramos, soprano; Joel Kabakoff, soprano, Sarkis Hardy,
soprano; Eulis Kay, soprano. Back row: Margaret Thornhill,
conductor; David Barnett, soprano; Robert Reyes, soprano,
Christopher Franco, soprano, Steve White, bass, Don Gross,
contrabass; Jeff Lewis, bassethorn/alto.
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