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Ithaca CollegeDigital Commons @ ICAll Concert & Recital Programs Concert & Recital Programs2-20-2011Masterclass: Alan Kay, clarinetAlan KayFollow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/music_programsPart of the Music CommonsThis Program is brought to you for free and open access by the Concert & Recital Programs at Digital Commons @ IC. It has been accepted forinclusion in All Concert & Recital Programs by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ IC.Recommended CitationKay, Alan, "Masterclass: Alan Kay, clarinet" (2011). All Concert & Recital Programs. 47.http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/music_programs/47Guest Artist Masterclass:Alan Kay, clarinetHockett Family Recital HallSunday, February 20, 201112:00 p.m.3URJUDP7KUHH(WXGHVRQ7KHPHVRI*HUVKZLQI. I Got RhythmII. Summertime3DXO+DUYH\E&KULV3HxDFODULQHWSonata /HRQDUG%HUQVWHLQ(PLO\3HFRUDURFODULQHW0DU\$QQ0LOOHUSLDQR$E\VVRIWKH%LUGVIURPWKH4XDUWHWIRUWKH(QGRI7LPH2OLYLHU0HVVLDHQ(PLO\'REPHLHUFODULQHW&RQFHUWRLQ$.I.  Allegro:$0R]DUW%UHQGRQ/XFDVFODULQHW0DU\$QQ0LOOHUSLDQRBiographyAlan Kay, clarinetOne of the most versatile and respected musicians of his generation,clarinetist Alan R. Kay was honored with membership in the OrpheusChamber Orchestra in 2002 and serves as Principal Clarinet with NewYork’s Riverside Symphony.  He also performs as principal clarinetoften with the American Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of St.Luke’s and at American Ballet Theater.  Mr. Kay’s honors include theC.D. Jackson Award at Tanglewood, a Presidential Scholars TeacherRecognition Award, Juilliard’s 1980 Clarinet Competition, and the1989 Young Concert Artists Award with the piano and wind sextetHexagon later featured in the prizewinning documentary film, “Debut.” Mr. Kay is a founding member of Windscape and Hexagon; he appearsfrequently with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and as aguest of numerous string quartets and chamber ensembles, including theMendelssohn, Rossetti, Mirò, and Shanghai Quartets.  A guest artist atmany of the country’s finest summer festivals, Mr. Kay returned lastsummer for his second season at Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival andhis sixth season at the esteemed Yellow Barn Festival.  His acclaimedperformance of Weber’s Concerto at the 2005 Windham ChamberFestival was heard repeatedly through the U.S. on NPR’s “PerformanceToday.”  Artistic Director of the New York Chamber Ensemble, hisseries of thematic programs at the ensemble's Cape May Music Festivaldraws growing audiences each year.  Also a conductor, Mr. Kay studiedorchestral conducting as a Bruno Walter Scholar at Juilliard withOtto-Werner Mueller and has led ensembles at Purchase College,Juilliard, in Buck’s County (PA), Staten Island, California and NewYork City.   Mr. Kay taught at the Summer Music Academy in Leipzig,Germany in 2004 and teaches at the Manhattan, Hartt and JuilliardSchools.  He has served on the juries of the International ChamberMusic Festival in Trapani, Italy, Young Concert Artists InternationalAuditions, and the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition.   A virtuosoof the wind chamber music repertoire, Mr. Kay has recorded CD’s withHexagon, Windscape and the Sylvan Winds; he also appears on manyother chamber music, orchestral and new music CD’s.  He lives withhis two boys, Noah and Jonathan, ages 13 and 10, in Leonia, NewJersey.

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