CCM Clarinet Studio

Congratulations to our CCM Wind Symphony and Philharmonia clarinets for their final joint concert of the year! The concert celebrated the United States' 250th anniversary and featured works by American composers! The Wind Symphony performed works by Horne, Gould, Shaw, and Bernstein, and the Philharmonia performed works by Price and Copland. Congratulations to all our students for a wonderful final concert of the 2025-2026 academic year!

Huge congratulations to the .clarinetstudio member .o_ for his incredible achievement of making it to the semi-final round of the competition in Korea this summer ! We are very proud of Owen and wishing him best of luck in his competition performances!

Congratulations to Cindy Wang and her chamber group for her amazing chamber recital! She performed her shared recital with Gabriel Shapiro on piano, Elijah Barrios on oboe, Alex Prok on bassoon, and Veronica Chen on French Horn. They performed the Mozart and Beethoven Quintets for Piano and Winds in Eb Major, K. 452 (Mozart) and Op. 16 (Beethoven). Bravo all!

Congrats to the CO clarinets for a fantastic concert last night!

Congrats to our DMA student Huai Xuan for her outstanding lecture recital! She presented a guide to performing Berio’s Sequenza IXa and Denisov’s Sonata for Clarinet Solo. Congratulations!!

Congratulations to the Wind Ensemble clarinets for their amazing last concert of the year!

Last week, Aidan presented a fantastic senior recital! He played works by Françaix, Stravinsky, and Bassi. Congratulations and we will miss hearing you play!

Congratulations to Citlalmina to a fantastic lecture recital! She presented about electroacoustic works for clarinet, including Animus III for Clarinet and Tape by Jacob Druckman which featured many theatrical elements. Congratulations on your achieving your DMA!

This past Monday, our clarinet studio held the finals to this year’s Mozart Clarinet Concerto competition! A huge congratulations to the first place winner Joaquin Chávez and alternate finalists Owen Cheung and Zikang Wang!! Each played beautifully with their own musicality shining through. Thank you Professor Pavel Vinnitsky, Professor Ron Aufmann, Dr. Aik Pung, and Maestro Duo Shen. Joaquin will perform with the CCM Concert Orchestra next season. Congratulations!

Congrats to Vicente for a wonderful first masters recital! He performed newer works by Collery, Yoshimatsu, and Copland. Congratulations!!

Congratulations to Seongjin Kim for his wonderful AD recital! He performed both Brahms Clarinet Sonatas, No. 1 in F Minor and No. 2 in Eb Major. Special thanks to CCM clarinet student Huai Xuan Wu for performing with him on piano! Congratulations!