Students of artist-in-residence Jennifer Nelson perform Alfred Uhl’s Divertimento for Clarinet Quartet (1942) and other works in this concert presenting works composed for clarinet
PROGRAM
SONATA FOR CLARINET & PIANO IN Bb ...... FRANCIS POULENC (1899-1963)
I. Allegro tristamente (Allegretto - Très calme - Tempo allegretto)
II. Romanza (Très calme)
III. Allegro con fuoco (Très animé)
MO YAN Pei-Jung Huang, accompanist
CLARINET CONCERTO ................................. AARON COPLAND (1900-1990)
ALEXANDER TU Pei-Jung Huang, accompanist
CONCERTO #2 .............................. CARL MARIA VON WEBER (1786 -1826)
II. Andante con Moto
I. Allegro
CLARISSA THOMPSON Kevin Tu, accompanist
DIVERTIMENTO FOR THREE CLARINETS & BASS CLARINET ........................................ALFRED UHL (1909-1992)
I. Allegro
II. Andante sostenuto, molto expressivo
III. Allegro con brio
THE CHERRY BLOSSOM QUARTET: Mo Yan, Clarissa Thompson, and Alexander Tu, clarinet; Victor Morgan, bass clarinet
DIRECTOR BIO
Jennifer Nelson
Jennifer Nelson joined the School of Music faculty as a clarinet instructor in Fall 2009. She is currently principal clarinet with the Pacific Northwest Ballet and Auburn Symphony orchestras. She also has an active freelance career, playing shows at the Fifth Avenue and Paramount Theaters, performing as an occasional extra with the Seattle Symphony, Seattle Opera and Northwest Chamber Orchestra, and recording for various television and motion picture scores.
Nelson has also traveled throughout the United States with the national touring companies of Phantom of the Opera and the New York City Opera. Her orchestral and recital performances have taken her to Mexico, Japan, Germany, Liechtenstein, Austria, Honduras, and most recently India.