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For more information contact: Brendan Kinney, 518-564-2090, brendan.kinney@plattsburgh.edu

Plattsburgh State, Local, and Canadian Clarinet Students Unite

College Welcomes Musicians for Workshop, Performance

PLATTSBURGH, NY (10/13/2007; 1358)(readMedia)-- Eight clarinet students and one faculty member from CÉGEP de Sherbrooke, Quebec will visit the campus of SUNY Plattsburgh on Nov. 3 to participate in a one-day cultural exchange with members of the SUNY Plattsburgh Clarinet Choir and area high school clarinetists.

Hosted by the SUNY Plattsburgh music department, students will spend the day working together in combined rehearsals and a unique masterclass setting. Four clarinet students from the Plattsburgh area, including Plattsburgh State students and community members, will perform in the masterclass led by CÉGEP de Sherbrooke faculty member, Nathalie De Grâce, followed by a late afternoon reception.

The culminating activity of the day-long workshop will be a performance featuring chamber and solo repertoire played by the Canadian students. In addition, the CÉGEP of Sherbrooke students and members of the SUNY Plattsburgh Clarinet Choir will combine for a Clarinet Choir en-masse performance of Irving Berlin's “Puttin' on the Ritz,” conducted by Plattsburgh State Clarinet Instructor, Janine Scherline. The masterclass, rehearsals and performance are free and open to the public.

The day-long clarinet workshop is generously supported by the Department of Music and the Center for the Study of Canada at SUNY Plattsburgh. Plans are in the works for a reciprocal exchange by the SUNY Plattsburgh Clarinet Choir members and instructor to visit CÉGEP de Sherbrooke in the Spring of 2008.

Plattsburgh State/Sherbrooke Clarinet Workshop

11 a.m. – noon Full Clarinet Choir rehearsal in Krinovitz Recital Hall, Hawkins Hall (KRH)

2:15 – 3 p.m. Full Clarinet Choir rehearsal in KRH

3 – 4 p.m. Masterclass, with de Grâce in KRH

4 – 5 p.m. Informal Reception in Hawkins Hall, outside of KRH

5 p.m. Clarinet Concert, featuring SUNY Plattsburgh Clarinet Choir

For more information, call SUNY Plattsburgh music department at (518)-564-2180.

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