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Recording with the Pacifica Quartet
I recently had the pleasure of recording the Mozart and Brahms Quintets with the Pacifica Quartet. We performed together a few times and after a particular concert in Chicago, Jim …
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WQXR Cafe Concert
Pacifica Quartet and Anthony McGill play Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet, Second Movement
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Why I Do What I Do
Some of my Facebook friends saw my post the other day about the thank you cards I received in the mail from the second graders at Pine Street Elementary School …
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It’s 6 AM and I Need to Write a Blog Post Right Now.
So yes I did just wake up at 6 and decide to write this post. And no I don’t normally do this. As my mom said over the weekend, you …
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Blues for Japan
I woke up this morning wanting to play something about the events in Japan and the emotions surrounding this tragedy. I knew I couldn’t put it into words so I …
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Exciting WGN Interview
Here is the great piece WGN did surrounding my recent Chicago performances and events. Thank you Rick Strasser and Dean Richards at WGN! http://www.wgntv.com/videobeta/f585d4ba-ae46-4516-a486-8e09db702562/News/Chicago-clarinetist-sits-center-stage-alongside-world-renowned-musicians
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Citizen Musician Weekend
Hanging out with Yo Yo and Manny Ax in the Windy City! click photo to enlarge This past weekend I had the honor to play the Brahms Clarinet Trio with …
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Pelleas und, oops, et Melisande
It has been months and months since I last wrote on this blog. Many notes have been played but none written in far too long. In fact it had been …
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WNYC Caramoor Preview Video!
The video is up and live! Enjoy! We appear a few minutes in on the clip. http://beta.wnyc.org/thegreenespace/events/2010/jun/24/caramoor-festival-sneak-peek/
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You made it! A preview of the Caramoor International Music Festival at WNYC’s The Greene Space
The title refers to what Paquito D’Rivera yelled at the end of our performance last evening at WNYC’s The Greene Space. This was an awesome experience and I hope the …
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