This episode of ICA Health and Wellness Committee's ClarinetCast features Erin Finkelstein. 

Erin Finkelstein helps people transform their limitations into opportunities to move, think and perform easier with more joy, through somatically informed movement. She is a classically trained musician and Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner with over 20 years of professional experience performing clarinet. She is a member of the Carmel Bach Festival in California, Urban Nocturnes, an ensemble in residence at Trinity Cathedral in Downtown Phoenix, and can be heard regularly with Arizona Opera and the Phoenix Symphony. She has been on faculty at the University of the Pacific, California State University, and Glendale and Phoenix Community Colleges.

Shawn Copeland - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbmUteDINa0

Timothy Bonenfant - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otAjF1b80co

Jackie McIlwain - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqIMLuBxHNA

Kathryne Pirtle - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYD9js4G_oA

Robert E. Markison, MD - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur3tKh069mg

Recording featured: A Far Cry (ensemble) and Musicians from Marlboro (ensemble) featuring Anthony McGill (clarinet)

This episode of ICA Health and Wellness Committee's ClarinetCast features Shawn Copeland on the Alexander Technique.

Shawn L. Copeland, D.M.A., combines performance, pedagogy, and entrepreneurship as he navigates today’s dynamic music industry. He is an Associate Professor with the Lionel Hampton School of Music, where he also teaches Alexander Technique and Entrepreneurship. There he performs with the Northwest Wind Quintet and the Hammers & Reeds Trio, both resident LHSOM ensembles. He is currently the Co-Director of the Stetson University Clarinet Clinic and a resident Alexander Technique teacher for the Eastern Music Festival.  He has played with the Washington/Idaho Symphony, Greensboro Symphony, Winston Salem Symphony, North Carolina Symphony, and the Orlando Philharmonic. He has held management positions with Walt Disney Entertainment, Inc.,  and the Greensboro Opera Company.  Shawn is a performing artist for Buffet Crampon, Gonzalez Reeds, and Silverstein Works. He is co-author of “Embodied Mapping for Clarinetists” and “Breathing for Clarinetists,” both of which are set to be published later this year.

Recording of the podcast episode is available on ICA’s YouTube channel in video and on your favorite podcast service in audio format.

Previous video recordings are available under the following links:

Timothy Bonenfant - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otAjF1b80co

Jackie McIlwain - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqIMLuBxHNA

Kathryne Pirtle - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYD9js4G_oA

Robert E. Markison, MD - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur3tKh069mg

Recording featured: A Far Cry (ensemble) and Musicians from Marlboro (ensemble) featuring Anthony McGill (clarinet)

Join ICA Membership and Development Committee member and ICA's first ever intern Sam Kopec for an episode of ClarinetCast. In this episode, Sam speaks with Seunghee Lee (Sunny Kang) about her multi-faceted career and how clarinetists can think outside of the box, becoming music entrepreneurs.

For more information about Seunghee Lee, visit www.seungheeclarinet.com. Sunny’s new album with the London Symphony Orchestra, Aspire, will be released on all streaming services on Friday so check it out!

Recording featured: A Far Cry (ensemble) and Musicians from Marlboro (ensemble) featuring Anthony McGill (clarinet)

This episode of ICA Health and Wellness Committee's ClarinetCast features Timothy Bonenfant, ICA Texas State Chair. Dr. Timothy Bonenfant is an Associate Professor of Clarinet and Saxophone at Angelo State University where he also teaches Survey of Rock and Roll. He is a member of The Mesquite Trio and The Batik Quartet.  He is a former member of the Nevada Symphony Orchestra and the Las Vegas Philharmonic. He has also worked with the Houston Symphony Orchestra, the Abilene Philharmonic, the San Angelo Symphony Orchestra, the Boise Symphony Orchestra, the Nevada Opera Theater, and with various musical groups on the Las Vegas Strip. His professional experience also includes playing with such notable performers as Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Andrea Bocelli, Charlotte Church, Theodore Bikel, John Duykers, Marvin Hamlisch, Tommy Tune, Dudley Moore, David Foster, Sandi Patty, Rip Taylor, the Village People, and the Moody Blues.   

Recording of the podcast episode is available on ICA’s YouTube channel in video and on your favorite podcast service in audio format.  

Resources discussed during this episode can be found at: https://clarinet.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Bibliography-copeland.docx

Previous video recordings are available under the following links: 

Jackie McIlwain - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqIMLuBxHNA 

Kathryne Pirtle - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYD9js4G_oA 

Robert E. Markison, MD - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur3tKh069mg

Join ICA Social Media Coordinator and Committee Chair Jenny Maclay for an episode of ClarinetCast. In this episode, Jenny speaks with Dr. Nicola Buckenmier about Carolina Schleicher-Krahmer, the first female clarinet soloist.   You can read more about Caroline Schelicher-Krähmer in this article by Buckenmaier on The Clarinet [Online]. 

https://clarinet.org/caroline-schleicher-krahmer-first-female-clarinet-soloist/

Information can also be found at the following address: https://carolineschleicher.com/

Recording featured: A Far Cry (ensemble) and Musicians from Marlboro (ensemble) featuring Anthony McGill (clarinet)

ICA Health and Wellness podcast interview will feature Jackie McIlwain as the current president of the Association for Body Mapping Educators, formerly known as Andover Educators. Jackie is a clarinet professor at the University of Southern Mississippi. She talks about how body mapping has helped thousands of professionals overcome pain from misuse, prevent injury, and come back to the arena of performing. She also answers the following questions for us: What is somatic education? Why do we need it? How does body mapping help us performers prevent and overcome challenges? Recording of this episode will be uploaded

Recording of the podcast episode will also be available on the ICA’s YouTube channel in video.

Previous video recordings are available under the following links:

Kathryne Pirtle - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYD9js4G_oA

Robert E. Markison, MD - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur3tKh069mg

Join ICA New Music Committee member Stefanie Gardner for this special Composer of the Month interview with composer Alyssa Morris. 

Recording featured: Up and Away for clarinet, bass clarinet, and piano will be published by TrevCo next month. Alyssa has been self-publishing this work since 2019. Performance by Joshua Gardner, clarinet, Stefanie Gardner, bass clarinet, and Gail Novak, piano. Recorded live at the Glendale Community College Performing Arts Center by David Thibodeaux on 20 September 2019.

Join ICA Health and Wellness Committee member Csaba Jevtic-Somlai for the second in a series of episodes of ICA ClarinetCast, a clarinet-focused podcast.  This episode features an interview with Dr. Robert E. Markison on repetitive strain injuries of the hand. Dr. Markison is a fellowship-trained hand surgeon with nearly 40 years of experience and is a Clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of California San Francisco, a Faculty Member of the San Francisco Orthopedic Residency Program, and a Lifetime Member of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand. A board-certified hand surgeon in San Francisco who has now given more than 100 patients relief from carpal tunnel syndrome with carpal tunnel release (CTR) using the SX-One MicroKnife® and ultrasound guidance. Co-founder of the UCSF Health Program for Performing Artists (1984) Dr. Markison is also a professional musician, artist, and craftsman specializing in the care of creative hands. He performs, records, and composes music on reeds, brass, strings, piano, electronic, and a variety of other instruments.  

https://youtu.be/Wzl5NzjauX8

Recording featured: A Far Cry (ensemble) and Musicians from Marlboro (ensemble) featuring Anthony McGill (clarinet)

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Join ICA Health and Wellness Committee members Csaba Jevtic-Somlai and  Season Cowley for the first in a series of episodes of ICA ClarinetCast, a clarinet-focused podcast. This episode features an interview with Kathryne Pirtle, where she shares her journey back to healthy living and performing with a focus on the untapped topic of SI (sacroiliac) joint dysfunction.   

Kathryne Pirtle is the clarinetist of The Orion Ensemble and has performed with the Lyric Opera, Ravinia Festival, Chicago Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Grant Park, Lake Forest, and Elgin Symphonies. Her solo recordings include Telemann's Twelve Fantasias transcribed for Clarinet and Works for Unaccompanied Clarinet, The Music of J. S. Bach (Rubank). She has written a book on nutrition using traditional foods: Performance Without Pain (New Trends, 2006), and an e-book: Acid Reflux—A National Epidemic and Precursor to Chronic Illness—Achieving Lasting Healing with Traditional Foods (2009).

Recording featured: A Far Cry (ensemble) and Musicians from Marlboro (ensemble) featuring Anthony McGill (clarinet) 

Publisher Info. Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0