Midwest ClariFest
The Sixteenth Annual
8:00 am –
9:00 pm
Kimball Recital Hall
1113 R St
Lincoln NE 68508
Lincoln NE 68508
Additional Info: KRH
Contact:
Diane Barger, (402) 472-0582, dbarger1@unl.edu
The Sixteenth Annual Midwest ClariFest will take place on Wednesday, Apr 10, all day in Kimball Recital Hall. Hosted by Hixson-Lied Professor of Clarinet, Dr. Diane Barger. This year’s featured guest artist is Dr. Suzanne Tirk. Other guest artists will be David Kamran and Richard Viglucci, Hixson-Lied Fellows at UNL.
Dr. Suzanne Tirk is Assistant Professor of Clarinet at the University of Oklahoma, member of the Oklahoma Wind Quintet, and Director of the University of Oklahoma Clarinet Symposium. A dynamic performer and teacher, Dr. Tirk has taught at several universities including Wichita State, Bemidji State, Lawrence University, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, and Montana State. During her tenure at Wichita State University, she performed with the Lieurance Wind Quintet, and was Principal Clarinet with the Wichita Symphony Orchestra. She can be heard on the Lieurance Wind Quintet recording, Music from the Americas, released by Summit Records in 2011. Dr. Tirk has established a national and international reputation with numerous performances and masterclasses, throughout the United States, Canada, Brazil, Kazakhstan, China, Australia, Panama, and Great Britain. She holds degrees from Lawrence University and Michigan State University. Her teachers have included Elsa Ludewig Verdehr, Charles Neidich, Theodore Oien, Colin Lawson, and Fan Lei.
Dr. Suzanne Tirk is Assistant Professor of Clarinet at the University of Oklahoma, member of the Oklahoma Wind Quintet, and Director of the University of Oklahoma Clarinet Symposium. A dynamic performer and teacher, Dr. Tirk has taught at several universities including Wichita State, Bemidji State, Lawrence University, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, and Montana State. During her tenure at Wichita State University, she performed with the Lieurance Wind Quintet, and was Principal Clarinet with the Wichita Symphony Orchestra. She can be heard on the Lieurance Wind Quintet recording, Music from the Americas, released by Summit Records in 2011. Dr. Tirk has established a national and international reputation with numerous performances and masterclasses, throughout the United States, Canada, Brazil, Kazakhstan, China, Australia, Panama, and Great Britain. She holds degrees from Lawrence University and Michigan State University. Her teachers have included Elsa Ludewig Verdehr, Charles Neidich, Theodore Oien, Colin Lawson, and Fan Lei.