REBECCA RISCHIN Solo, Chamber, and Orchestral Clarinetist; Professor, and Author Professor of Clarinet Ohio University Ohio University School of Music 6116 Old U.S. Highway 33 440 Robert Glidden Hall Athens, OH 45701 Athens, OH 45701 (740)593-3482 (740)707-7061 www.ohio.edu/clarinet rischin@ohio.edu Teaching Prizes Winner, Ohio University College of Fine Arts "Outstanding Teacher Award" 2002. One of two winners in the College, which includes the Schools of Art, Dance, Film, Interdisciplinary Arts, Music, and Theater. Sole nominee from the School of Music. The other winner was from the School of Art. Received $1500 to spend on teaching research and/or creative activity. Used for travel to observe the teaching of the following clarinet professors: Richard Hawkins, Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, April 2003; James Campbell, Eli Eban, and Howard Klug, Indiana University School of Music, April 2003; Kenneth Grant, Eastman School of Music, March 2003 Nominee, Ohio University "Presidential Scholarship" 2003-2004. University-wide award. Winners hold the title Presidential Teacher for three years, and receive $5000 each of these years for teaching, research, and/or creative activity. Performance Prizes First Place, First International Clarinet Competition in Cracow, POLAND 1994. Competitors from Australia, Austria, France, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Poland, the Czech Republic and the United States. Finalist, Principal Clarinet, BBC Symphony Orchestra, London, ENGLAND 1993. No winner. Substitute List, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado, former conductor, audition, Berlin, GERMANY, May 1995 Finalist, Principal Clarinet, Konzertverein St. Gallen, SWITZERLAND 1995. No winner. Harriet Hale Woolley Performance Scholar, Paris, FRANCE 1993-94. 1 of 3 visual and performing artists selected from the United States. 2000 Outstanding Musicians of the 20th Century, International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, UK Who's Who of American Women, 21st edition, Marquis Who's Who, biographical entry, p. 872. Winner, Jonathan Edwards College Arts Prize, Yale University 1989 Winner, William Waite Concerto Competition, Yale University 1987 Winner, Stoltzman/San Francisco Mayor's Command Performance Solo 1985 Finalist, San Francisco Symphony Young Musicians' Awards 1985 Dissertation Fellowship
Florida State University ($10,000) for "Music for Eternity: A New History of Olivier Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time, 1994-95. 1 of 10 fellowships awarded university-wide, all disciplines. DM treatise, December 1997, 370 pp. Carnegie Hall Debut Solo Recital, New York City Rischin-2 Clarinet Fantasies, with Y. Kim, piano, in Weill Recital Hall, Mar 23, 2014. Standing ovation. Solo, Chamber and Concerto Performances--Europe Featured Soloist, International Clarinet Association Clarinetfest 2013, Assisi, ITALY, July 25, 2013. Featuring clarinetists from 25 countries. Featured Soloist, International Clarinet Association Clarinetfest 2002, Stockholm, SWEDEN, July 4, 2002. Featuring clarinetists from 20 countries. Featured Soloist, Fifth International Clarinet Festival, Cracow, POLAND, R. Zelobowska- Orzechowska, piano, July 4, 1997. Featuring 11 clarinetists from all over the world. Featured Soloist, 2nd International Clarinet Festival, Cracow, POLAND, R. Zelobowska- Orzechowska, piano, June 29, 1994. Featuring 13 clarinetists from all over the world. Messiaen s Quartet for the End of Time, Fondation des Etats-Unis, with members of the Ludwig Quartet, May 20, 1994 "Concerts de la maison," Fondation des Etats-Unis, 7 performances, 1993-1994 Concerto Soloist, Capella Cracoviensis, S. Galonskiego, conductor, Cracow, POLAND, Final Round Performance, First International Clarinet Competition, March 5, 1994. Concerto Soloist, Yale Symphony, Alasdair Neale, conductor; Canterbury Cathedral, ENGLAND, June 3, 1988, William Waite Concerto Competition Winner. European Premiere Mark Phillips' One of a Kind for clarinet solo--fifth International Clarinet Festival, Cracow, POLAND July 4, 1997 American Premiere/Commission Mark Phillips' My Aunt Gives Me a Clarinet Lesson for clarinet, percussion and narrator/dancer Ohio University Sep 28, 1999 Solo Recitals North America Visiting Artist Solo Recital, Manhattan School of Music, Mar 20, 2014 Visiting Artist Solo Recital, University of Cincinnati College Conservatory, Feb 24, 2014 Visiting Artist Solo Recital, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, Sept 27, 2012 Visiting Artist Solo Recital, Penn State University, State College, Sept 26, 2012 Featured Soloist, International Clarinet Association s Clarinetfest, Lincoln, NE Aug 3, 2012 Visiting Artist Recital, University of North Carolina-Greensboro, Nov 4, 2011 Visiting Artist Recital, North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, Nov 3, 2011 Featured Soloist, International Clarinet Association s Clarinetfest, Austin, TX, July 22, 2010 Visiting Artist Solo Recital, Ohio State University, Columbus, Nov 4, 2010 Visiting Artist Recital, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Nov 2, 2009
Visiting Artist Recital, University of Windsor, Windsor, CANADA, Nov 14, 2008 Featured Soloist, University of Oklahoma Clarinet Symposium, Norman, June 6, 2008 Featured Soloist, International Clarinet Association s Clarinetfest, Vancouver, July 4, 2007 Featured Soloist, International Clarinet Association s Clarinetfest, Atlanta, GA, Aug 10, 2006 Rischin-3 Solo Recitals North America (cont) Featured Performer, Women in Music Conference, Ohio University. Wings with composer Joan Tower, keynote speaker Oct 23, 1997. Solo Recitals, Ohio University, Athens, OH 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014 Concerto Performances--United States Ohio University Wind Symphony, Memorial Auditorium, Athens, OH, Andrew Trachsel, conductor, April 25, 2013 Huntington Symphony Orchestra, Huntington, WV, Kimo Furumoto, conductor, Nov 4, 2000. River Cities Symphony, Parkersburg, WV, Kimo Furumoto, conductor, February 26, 1999, Ohio University Symphonic Band, Memorial Auditorium, Athens, OH, John Climer, conductor, February 21, 1996. Ohio University Symphonic Band, Ohio Music Educators Annual Convention, Dayton, OH, John Climer, conductor, February 2, 1996. Florida State University Chamber Winds, Opperman Music Hall, Tallahassee, FL, James Croft, conductor, February 8, 1995. Yale Symphony Orchestra, Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT, Alasdair Neale, conductor, April 23, 1988, William Waite Concerto Competition Winner. Branford Chamber Orchestra, Branford Hall, Yale University, April 1986. Chamber Performances United States Stravinsky s L Histoire du Soldat, OU Faculty Chamber Recital, Mar 17, 2013 OhioWinds Faculty Woodwind Quintet, Ohio University Recitals, Jan 21, 2008; Feb 19, 2010 Messiaen s Quartet for the End of Time, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, Marjorie Bagley, violin; Pablo Mahave-Veglia, cello, Sylvia Henry, piano, Nov 10, 2004; Ohio University, Nov 3, 2004. International Clarinet Association s Clarinetfest 2004, University of Maryland-College Park, Mark Phillips My Aunt Gives Me a Clarinet Lesson, with R. Braun, percussion and A. Gribou, dancer/narrator, July 24, 2004. Society of Composers 36th Annual Conference, University of Akron, OH. Mark Phillips' My Aunt Gives Me a Clarinet Lesson, with R. Braun, percussion and Lisa Moulton, dancer/narrator, April 20, 2002. Society of Composers 35th Annual Conference, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY. Mark Phillips' My Aunt Gives Me a Clarinet Lesson, with R. Braun, percussion, Mar 31, 2001. Featured Performer, International Clarinet Association's Clarinetfest 2000 in Norman, OK, July 16, 2000. Rorem's Ariel. Featuring clarinetists from 18 countries. Guest Artist, Lark Quartet & Alejandro Cremaschi in Copland Sextet, Ohio University Keyboard Benefit Concert, Memorial Auditorium, March 8, 2000 Stop! Look! Listen! ProMusica Chamber Orchestra Chamber Music Series, Columbus Museum of Art, OH, A. Cremaschi, piano, March 5, 2000 Guest Artist, Lark Quartet, Brahms Quintet, Ohio University, Ironton, OH February 8, 1997
Brahms Quintet, Feb 4, 1997; Mozart Quintet, Jan 21, 1996, both with Lark Quartet at OU Orchestral Experience Rischin-4 ProMusica Chamber Orchestra of Columbus, OH, Timothy Russell, conductor Second Clarinet, June 2001-Nov 2005; Substitute Principal/Second Clarinet (1996-04) Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Columbus, OH, Alessandro Siciliani, conductor Associate Member/Substitute Clarinetist, 1996-present Ohio Valley Symphony, Ray Fowler, conductor, Gallipolis, OH--Substitute Principal/Second (1995-99) Waterloo Festival Faculty Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz, Yoel Levi, Catherine Comet, conductors Second Clarinet, Princeton, NJ 1993 Florida State University Symphony, Phillip Spurgeon, conductor--principal Clarinet 1992-93 Florida State University Faculty Chamber Orchestra, Robert Shaw, guest conductor, Second Clarinet, Tallahassee, FL 1991-92 Tallahassee Symphony--Substitute Principal Clarinet, 1991-92 Yale Philharmonia, Eleazar Carvahlo, conductor--principal and Second Clarinet, 1989-90 Yale Symphony, A. Neale and L. Bjaland, conductors; Principal--1988-89; Second--1985-88 Recordings One of a Kind, unaccompanied clarinet compositions, by Centaur Records, recorded in in 2007 at the Rogers Center for the Performing Arts at Merrimack College in North Andover, MA; released in 2009. Excerpts from reviews below: Producing an album comprised only of unaccompanied clarinet music presents a unique challenge. Lacking the timbrel variety of an orchestra or chamber ensemble, such an undertaking might easily result in something monotonous and repetitive. Clarinetist Rebecca Rischin has successfully avoided such pitfalls, and produced a beautiful new recording with substantial variety, diversity and interest Her playing demonstrates a fluent and well-controlled technique, and outstanding relative intonation in all registers. She is capable of significant inflection of tone, and achieves a dark and mellow color at times, while producing a brighter, edgier color in some of the more jazzy and klezmerinspired moments of this repertoire. --from the NACWPI Journal of the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors, 58:4, Summer 2010, p. 23. convincingly performed Rischin serves this music with a clean, clear sound, methodical technique, and mastery of the large register skips and dynamic variation necessitated by the works It is a beautiful piece, soulfully treated by Rischin. --from The Clarinet, 37:2, March 2010, pp. 98-99. "American Jazz Concertos." ProMusica Chamber Orchestra; Timothy Russell, conductor; D.D. Jackson, Robert Spring, World Saxophone Quartet, soloists. Summit Records. Recorded Nov 4 and 5, 2001, Southern Theater, Columbus, OH, second and bass clarinet, c. 2001. Upcoming Recordings
Clarinet Fantasies, music for clarinet and piano in a Romantic style, with Youmee Kim, piano, recorded for Centaur Records in spring 2014, and to be released in 2015. Book Rischin-5 For the End of Time: The Story of the Messiaen Quartet. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, December 2003. 192 pages, 46 illustrations. Paperback 2006. French edition 2006. Japanese edition 2007. Excerpts from reviews below. "Rebecca Rischin's illuminating look at the participating personalities and historical context of the creation of Olivier Messiaen's Quatuor pour la fin du temps, one of the greatest artistic triumphs of the twentieth century, provides valuable insight into the complex circumstances surrounding this extraordinary premiere and allows us a very special glimpse into the warmth and strength of the human spirit."--kent NAGANO, Music Director, Montreal Symphony; Deutsches Symphonie Orchester, Berlin; and Los Angeles Opera "Offers a wealth of new information about the circumstances under which the quartet was created. Based on original interviews with the performers, witnesses to the premiere, and documents from the prison camp, this first comprehensive history of the quartet's composition and premiere held my interest from beginning to end... For the End of Time touches on many things: faith, friendship, creativity, grace in a time of despair, and the uncommon human alliances that wartime engenders." Chamber Music "By turns moving, astonishing, challenging and funny, it is a story that deserves to be heard. Strongly recommended." BBC Music Magazine "The clarinetist Rebecca Rischin has written a captivating book entitled 'For the End of Time: The Story of the Messiaen Quartet.' Her research dispels several long-cherished myths about the 1941 première.... Rischin lovingly brings to life the other musicians Étienne Pasquier, cellist; Henri Akoka, clarinetist; and Jean Le Boulaire, violinist who played with Messiaen, the pianist at the première." Alex Ross, The New Yorker "The writing and first performance of Olivier Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time, in a German POW camp in the bitter winter of 1941, is one of the great stories of 20th century music. Ohio University music professor Rischin has gone to heroic lengths to separate the facts from the legends that have grown up about it...this is a fascinating, and finally believable, account of a remarkable occasion."--publishers Weekly "Rebecca Rischin has written a fascinating book... an extremely valuable (and uniquely detailed) record of reminiscences by those who were involved in the first performance of the Quatuor pour la fin du Temps on 15 January 1941." The Musical Times "A book thoroughly and sensitively researched and communicated The true and full developed account conveyed by Rischin leaves the reader feeling at least as much awe for the Quartet as the mythology had previously done This excellent book is a valuable historical document, essential to an understanding of Messiaen and the Quartet." The Clarinet
"I do not know of any other book with such specific information about this period in Messiaen's life."--roberto SIERRA, professor, Cornell University Dissertation "Music for Eternity: A New History of Olivier Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time." DMA treatise, Florida State University, Dec 1997, 370 pp. Basis for above book. * Fellowship, Florida State University (1 of 10 awarded university-wide) 1994-95 Articles Rischin-6 Liner Notes for Akoka CD, Quartet for the End of Time/Klezmer, Oxingale Records, 2014. A Clarinetist s Guide to Stravinsky s Three Pieces, Muzyca, Russian journal, Nov 2013. The Thinking Clarinet: Berio s Sequenza IXA. The Clarinet, Dec 2013. Henri Akoka: The Clarinetist Who Premiered Messiaen s Quartet for the End of Time. Cover article in The Clarinet, Dec 2004. Recitative and Frenzy, CD review in The Clarinet, Sept 2003. "Exploring Learning Styles: Developing a Flexible Teaching Approach: Reflections on Pedagogy Saturday VI. American Music Teacher, Oct/Nov 2002. "Advanced Clarinet/Advanced Piano Technique. October 2000. Professional Report from 2000 Music Teachers National Assoc. Conference, Minneapolis, MN. "From the Shadow to the Light," CD review in The Clarinet, September 2000. "Master Class: Wings by Joan Tower." The Clarinet Mar 1999. Teaching Experience Professor of Clarinet (since Sep 1995), Ohio University School of Music, Athens, OH Give individual instruction and weekly studio class in clarinet performance to undergraduate and graduate music majors; give seminars in solo repertoire, pedagogy, auxiliary instruments, and orchestral excerpts; coach student chamber groups; actively recruit talented new students; participate in advising, auditions, committees, juries, hearings, and oral examinations; supervise graduate assistants in teaching clarinet methods and/or individual applied clarinet; perform as a soloist and chamber musician in faculty recitals. Graduate Teaching Assistant, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 1992-93 Taught undergraduate music majors; coached chamber music Supervision of OU Graduate Teaching Assistants Supervision of students below in teaching of individual applied lessons and/or Clarinet Methods (required course for music education majors) C. Yue, 2014-present; A. Gross, 2011-2014; B. McLemore, 2009-2011; E. Wynn, 2007-2009; B. Silber, 2005-2007; J. Vansteenburg, 2003-2005; W. He, 2001-2004; A. Opell, 2001-2003; Ying Chang, 2000-2002; Andrea Bitunjac, 1999-2001; Heather Jean, 1996-1998
Rischin-7 Master Classes Given Manhattan School of Music, NY, NY, Mar 20, 2014 University of Cincinnati College Conservatory, Feb 24, 2014 Interlochen Arts Academy, MI, Oct 6, 2013 San Francisco State University, May 17, 2013 San Francisco Conservatory, May 9, 2013 Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, Sept 27, 2012 Penn State University, State College, Sept 26, 2012 University of North Carolina- Greensboro, Nov 4, 2011 North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, Nov 3, 2011 Michigan State University, East Lansing, Nov 2, 2009 Bowling Green State University, OH, Oct 15, 2009 University of Windsor, Windsor, CANADA, Nov 15, 2008 Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, Oct 22, 2007 University of Akron, Akron, OH Mar 30, 2007 University of Montana, March 28, 2005 Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, Nov 11, 2004 Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL Oct 1, 2002 Guest Lectures/Clinics Given Messiaen s Quartet for the End of Time, Columbia University, NY, NY, Apr 28, 2014 Messiaen s Quartet for the End of Time, Gold Coast Chamber Series, Lafayette, CA, May 18, 2013 Messiaen s Quartet for the End of Time, International Centenary Festival of Messiaen, site of former prison camp Stalag VIIIA, Görlitz, GERMANY, Dec 10, 2008 Messiaen s Quartet for the End of Time, International Centenary Festival of Messiaen, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, Dec 5, 2008 Messiaen s Quartet for the End of Time, International Centenary Festival of Messiaen, University of Stavanger, NORWAY, Nov 21, 2008 Messiaen s Quartet for the End of Time, International Centenary Festival of Messiaen, University of Windsor, CANADA, Nov 15, 2008 Messiaen s Quartet for the End of Time, International Centenary Festival of Messiaen, Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, CANADA, Oct 18, 2008 Messiaen s Quartet for the End of Time, International Centenary Festival of Messiaen, Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham, ENGLAND, June 22, 2008 Messiaen s Quartet for the End of Time, Fear No Music Series, Portland, OR, Feb 3, 2006 Messiaen s Quartet for the End of Time, Musicorda Chamber Music Festival, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, Aug 5, 2005 Messiaen s Quartet for the End of Time, Montreal Chamber Music Festival, May 28, 2005 "Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time," Clarinetfest 2002, Stockholm, SWEDEN, International Clarinet Association, July 3, 2002 "Teaching Applied Music in Higher Education," Applied Teaching Methods Class Guest Instructor, Longy School of Music Cambridge, MA April 10, 2000
"Superior Clarinets: Secrets of Success at the OMEA High School Solo Contest" Ohio Music Educators Conference Columbus, OH Jan 23, 1998 Quatuor pour la fin du Temps, paper presented in English and French, Clarinetfest 1996, Paris, FRANCE, International Clarinet Association, July 5, 1996. Adjudicating/Reporting Rischin-8 Judge, West Virginia All-State Clarinet Auditions, Jan 8-9, 2015 Judge, International Clarinet Assoc. s Research Presentation Competition, Vancouver, July 2007 Judge, International Clarinet Assoc. s Research Presentation Competition, Atlanta, Aug 2006 Judge, International Clarinet Association's High School Competition, Tape Round, March 2003 Judge, International Clarinet Association's Orchestral Excerpts Competition, Semi-Final Round, Clarinetfest 2002, Stockholm, SWEDEN, July 3, 2002 Professional Reporter, "Exploring Learning Styles: Developing a Flexible Teaching Approach," Music Teachers National Association Conference, March 16, 2002, Cincinnati, OH Professional Reporter, Advanced Clarinet/Advanced Piano Technique Session at the Music Teachers National Association Conference, March 25, 2000 Minneapolis, MN Recruitment/Organization of Guest Master Classes and Recitals at OU Ohio University Clarinet Galas Apr 2002; Apr 2003, 2004, Apr 2005, Apr 2007, Apr 2008, Apr 2009, Apr 2010, Apr 2012, and Mar 2013. Full day of recitals, master classes, and clinics featuring Jane Carl, University of Missouri Kansas City Conservatory (2103); Kelly Burke and Anthony Taylor, professors, University of North Carolina-Greensboro (2012); Scott Wright, professor, University of Kentucky-Lexington (2011); Caroline Hartig, professor, Michigan State University (2010); Michele Gingras, professor, Miami University, Oxford, OH (2009); Kristina Belisle, professor. University of Akron (2008); Deborah Bish, professor, Florida State University (2007); Eli Eban, professor, Indiana University (2005); Richard Hawkins, professor, Oberlin Conservatory (2004); Robert Spring, professor, Arizona State (2003); and Daniel Gilbert, clarinetist, Cleveland Orchestra (2002). Potpourri performances and presentations by area clarinetists and clinicians on topics ranging from Performance Anxiety to Reed-Making. Clarinet choir reading sessions. Jonathan Cohler, Prof, New England Conservatory Apr 2, 2000 Ronald de Kant, Prof, University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music Oct. 28, 1997 David Shifrin, Prof, Yale University Nov. 5, 1996 Frank Kowalsky, Prof, Florida State University May 17-18, 1996 Ohio University Clarinet Website Creation Website created by senior Elizabeth Aleksander under my supervision in order to boost visibility of the clarinet studio, September 2002. Maintained by myself. www.ohio.edu/clarinet Institution of Honors Clarinet Choir at Clarinet Gala Students selected via live and recorded audition to rehearse and perform at Clarinet Gala (see website above for more information) 2011-present
Recent Student Awards/Distinctions 1st prize, Fine Arts,, Ohio University Research and Creative Activity Expo for his original composition, Mirrors, for clarinet, bass clarinet, and electronics: Andrew Gross, 4/11/13 Recent Student Awards/Distinctions (cont) Rischin-9 Selection to participate in National Collegiate Wind Ensemble Iesha Leonard, MM, Conducting, clarinet, May 2009. Performance in Carnegie Hall, NY Selection to participate in Domaine Forget, Canadian Music Festival Mel Holcomb, June 2009 Ohio University Clarinet Choir performance at Ohio Music Educators Association (OMEA) Professional Conference, Cincinnati, February 4, 2005. Second Prize, International Clarinet Association Orchestral Excerpts Competition, Weilun He, Clarinetfest 2003 in Salt Lake City, UT, July 2003. Twenty-five students entered. Only two prizes were awarded. Seven semi-finalists and three finalists were chosen. The other two finalists were from Yale and the University of Michigan. Judges included Larry Combs, principal clarinetist of the Chicago Symphony. Ohio University Student Soloist Competition Winner: Angela Opell, clarinet; March 2003. Featured soloist with Symphony Orchestra in Artie Shaw Concerto on April 29, 2003. Ohio University School of Music Outstanding Graduate Student in Performance Award, Angela Opell, clarinet, MM Performance, 2003. Honorable Mention, Music Teachers National Association Collegiate Artist Solo Competition, Woodwind Division Ohio Round, Angela Opell, November 2, 2002. Ohio University Anthony Trisolini Fellowship awarded to clarinetist Weilun He, clarinet performance major, May 2002. One of five-named graduate fellowships and the largest in the university, the Trisolini award provides full tuition and a service-free stipend of $12,000. Weilun was the only student in the College of Fine Arts to receive a fellowship.. This is the first time in approximately twenty years that a student from the School of Music has received this award. Ohio University Student Soloist Competition Winners: Clarinet Duo: Weilun He and Ying Chang; February 17, 2002; featured soloists with Symphony Orchestra in Ponchielli's Il Convegno on April 30, 2002. Ohio University Clarinet Choir selected to perform OMEA Professional Conference, Feb 8, 2002. Program: Clarinet Concerto Extravaganza featuring six outstanding student soloists in duo concerti by Krommer, Mendelssohn, and Ponchielli: Former Student Distinctions Elizabeth Aleksander, BM, Performance '03, DMA, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, MM Northern Arizona University with graduate assistantship. National Merit Scholar; Principal Clarinet, Blue Lake International Symphonic Band & Symphony Orchestra-- European tour; Eb clarinet, Ohio All-State Band; Co-principal, Toledo Youth Symphony, Pi Kappa Lambda Award for freshman with highest GPA, OU Presidential Scholarship Andrea Bitunjac, MM Performance '01; MM theory expected '02, Graduate Teaching Associate Presser Scholar; University of Nebraska Collegiate Recital Representative, 1997, Ohio University Student Soloist Competition Finalist 2000, Member, Phi Kappa Phi and Pi Kappa Lambda Honor Societies Ying Chang, MM Performance, '02, Finalist, 1990 Taiwan National Clarinet Competition, Graduate Teaching Associate, 2002 Ohio University Student Soloist Competition Winner
Mark Fort, PhD student in Comparative Arts, Huntington Symphony, Substitute Second and Bass Clarinet; Clarinet Faculty, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp Lauren Freedman, BM Music Theory 06, National Merit Scholar, Member, Ohio All-State Orchestra, Cincinnati Youth Wind Ensemble Former Student Distinctions (cont) Rischin-10 Weilun He, Performance Certificate '02, MM 04 Performance/Pedagogy, Graduate Teaching Associate, former Principal Clarinetist, Shanghai Radio Symphony, China; currently professor of clarinet, Shanghai Normal University, Ohio University Trisolini Fellowship, Ohio University 2002 Student Soloist Competition Winner Katherine Hudson-Sabens, M.M. 08 and Erin Upson, M.M 07, Honorable Mention, Ohio University Student Soloist Competition, 2007 Heather Jean, M.M. '98, Finalist, Ohio University, Student Soloist Competition 1997, 1998 elected to Pi Kappa Lambda and Phi Kappa Phi 1998 Sarah Kovalan, BM Music Therapy 06, Member, West Virginia All-State Band, elected to Pi Kappa Lambda 2006 Nicole Long, BM Performance, 2006, 2nd Prize, University of Oklahoma Symposium High School Competition, 2002, Domaine Forget Summer Workshop 2005, scholarship for MM in performance at University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Angela Opell, MM Performance '02, Graduate Teaching Associate, Ohio University 2003 Outstanding Graduate Student in Performance and Student Soloist Competition Winner, Graduate Teaching Assistantship in Ethnomusicology, Weslyan University (premier ethnomusicology program in the US), David Lewis Memorial Scholarship, Marshall University Research Scholar, studies at Oxford University in England, founder, "Klezalachia," the Athens Klezmer Band Lacey Stokes, BM Performance, '99, Clarinetist, Lackland Air Force Band, San Antonio, TX; Assistantships, Florida State, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Jocelyn Wilson, BM '01, Award for Outstanding Graduating Senior in Music Education Outstanding Applicants to Ohio University Chantelle Brown, BM, performance and music education, Hartt School of Music, CT; wait-listed for Master's program at Eastman School of Music Yos Vaneesorn, Principal Clarinetist, Bangkok Symphony Orchestra, Thailand Matthew Allyn, Principal Clarinetist, Columbus Symphony Youth Orchestra; Assistant Principal, Ohio All-State Honor Orchestra Kristin Mather, Principal Clarinetist, Ohio All-State Honor Orchestra; Soloist with Youngstown and Canton Symphony Youth Orchestra Student Recitals at Ohio University Student Recital, Andrew Gross, clarinet, June 1, 2012; May 2013 Student Recital, Colin Celek and Elyse Lykins, clarinets, Mar 20, 2012 Performance Honors Recital, Shanna DeJoseph, clarinet, Mar 5, 2011 Graduate Recital, Brian McLemore clarinet, May 20, 2011 Student Recital, Melton Holcomb, clarinet, Feb 24, 2010 Student Recital, Kathryn Staub, clarinet, Devlin Pope, bassoon, Feb 20, 2010 Student Recital, Iesha Leonard, clarinet, May 10, 2009
Master s Recital, Elizabeth Wynn, clarinet, Mar 7, 2009 Master s Recital, Katherine Hudson-Sabens, woodwinds, May 18, 2008 Master s Rectial, Ben Silber, clarinet, May 19, 2007 Master s Recital, Jessica Vansteenburg, clarinet, March 5, 2005 Rischin-11 Student Recitals at Ohio University (cont) Senior Recital: Elizabeth Aleksander, clarinet, June 3, 2002 Master's Recital: Angela Opell, clarinet, May 31, 2002 Performance Certificate Project Recital: Weilun He, clarinet, May 28, 2002 Junior Recital: Elizabeth Aleksander, clarinet, May 1, 2002 Master's Recital: Ying Chang, clarinet, April 16, 2002 Performance Certificate Recital: Weilun He, clarinet, February 27, 2002 Ohio University School of Music Committee Appointments Chair, Woodwind Division, 2000-2004 Member, Academic Concerns Committee, 2007-present Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee, (by election) 2001-2003 Member, National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) Committee, 2003-2004 Member, Ensemble Directors Committee, 2002-2005 Member, Director Search, 2001-2002 Member, Graduate Committee, 2000-2004 Member, Student Soloist Competition Committee, 1996-2005, and 2010-present Member, Assessment Committee, 1998-2000 Member, Bassoon Search, 2000 Member, Instrument Repair Technician Searches, 1997, 1998 Member, Interim and Tenure Track Flute Searches, 1997, 1999 Member, Curriculum Committee, 1996-98 Ohio University Committee Appointments Member, School of Dance Promotion and Tenure Committee 2008-2009; 2012-13 Member, School of Interdisciplinary Arts Promotion and Tenure Committee 2005 Member, College of Fine Arts Promotion and Tenure Committee 2003 Member, I. Hollis Parr/Ann Parry Billman Fine Arts Award Committee (sole representative from the School of Music), May 23, 2001 Discussion Mentor to new faculty in the College of Fine Arts (1 of 2 representatives from the College of Fine Arts), August 28, 2001 Member, University Communications and Marketing Committee (1 of 2 representatives from the College of Fine Arts), February 28, 2001 Grants Recently Received Ohio University Creative Research Award for Carnegie Hall debut recital in spring 2014 Given $4000 Ohio Arts Council Fast Track Award for solo performance at International Clarinet Association s (ICA) Clarinetfest in Lincoln, NE Aug 3, 2012. Given $500 Ohio University (OU) School of Music and College of Fine Arts Professional Activity Award for solo performance at ICA Clarinetfest in Lincoln, NE Aug 3, 2012. Awarded $500
OU School of Music and College of Fine Arts Professional Activity Award for solo recitals and masterclasses at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro and the North Carolina School of the Arts, Nov 2011. Awarded $400 Education Yale University - New Haven, Connecticut Bachelor of Arts, Cum laude (Music Major) May 1989 Master of Music (Performance) May 1990 Ecole Normale de Musique - Paris, France Diplôme d'exécution (Performance Diploma) June 1994 Florida State University School of Music - Tallahassee, Florida Doctor of Music (Performance) Dec 1997 Principal Teachers Rischin-12 Guy Deplus, Professor Emeritus, Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique, Former Principal Clarinetist of the Opéra de Paris 1993-94 Frank Kowalsky, Professor, Florida State University School of Music 1991-1993 David Shifrin, Professor, Yale University School of Music, Artistic Director of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center 1987-90 Keith Wilson, Professor Emeritus, Yale University School of Music 1985-87 Donald Carroll, Clarinetist, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra 1982-85 Additional Lessons Robert Marcellus, former Professor, Northwestern University, Summer 1987 Gregory Smith, Second Clarinetist, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Summer 1987 David Weber, Professor Emeritus, The Juilliard School 1986-87 Joaquin Valdepeñas, Principal Clarinetist, Toronto Symphony, at Aspen Festival 1986 Master Class Performances Franklin Cohen, Principal Clarinet, Cleveland Orchestra, Sarasota Festival 1992 Stanley Hasty, Professor Emeritus, Eastman School of Music, Sarasota Festival 1992 Richard Stoltzman, San Francisco Conservatory 1985 Summer Chamber Music and Orchestral Festivals Waterloo Festival, Fellowship Recipient, Princeton, New Jersey 1993 Sarasota Festival, Scholarship Recipient, Sarasota, Florida 1992 Blossom Festival, Scholarship Recipient, Cleveland, Ohio 1989 Aspen Festival, Aspen, Colorado 1986 Professional Offices/Memberships
Vice-President, Phi Kappa Phi, OU chapter, 2007-2013; Secretary/Treasurer Pi Kappa Lambda, Beta Phi Chapter, 1998-2002; member, 1993-present; American Federation of Musicians; Music Teachers National Association; Ohio Music Educators Association; International Clarinet Association