Denise Gainey, Guest Artist Clarinet Recital Feb. 25 at 4:00

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Posted on February 20, 2017 by Keith Bohnet

Keith Bohnet

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The USA Clarinet Studio will present a guest artist recital by Denise Gainey at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 25 in the Laidlaw Performing Arts Center. This recital is the culminating event of USA Clarinet Day 2017. Dr. Gainey is Associate Professor of Clarinet and Coordinator of Music Education at the University of Alabama-Birmingham. She will be assisted in the concert by clarinetist Kip Franklin and pianist Robert Holm.

Admission to this Department of Music concert is free and open to the public. Persons needing more information about this event or in need of special accommodation may call (251) 460-7116 or (251) 460-6136.

For more information about events associated with Clarinet Day 2017 visit www.southalabama.edu/colleges/music/clarinetday.html or contact Dr. Kip Franklin at kipfranklin@southalabama.edu.

About the guest artist

Denise A. Gainey is Associate Professor of Clarinet and Instrumental Music Education and Coordinator of Graduate Studies in Music at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She is a Backun Artist/Clinician, an educational recording artist for Carl Fischer Music, and is secretary of the International Clarinet Association. Gainey is an active clinician and recitalist throughout the United States and performs regularly with the Alabama Symphony. She has compiled and edited a collection of clarinet solos, Solos for Clarinet, published by Carl Fischer in 2001 (as Denise Schmidt), and is currently writing a book on the life and work of master teacher Kalmen Opperman. She received a Bachelor of Music Education from Florida State University, a Master of Music in Clarinet Performance from The University of North Texas, and a Doctor of Musical Arts in Clarinet from The University of Kentucky. Gainey’s major teachers include Kalmen Opperman, James Gillespie, Frank Kowalsky and Fred Ormand.

Need directions to Laidlaw? Just go to Google Maps at www.maps.google.com and enter "USA Laidlaw Performing Arts Center." We're actually on the corner of University Blvd. and USA Drive South.

Musical Arts Series Season Pass Holders may now reserve their place at concerts if they contact events coordinator Keith Bohnet by 5:00 p.m. the day previous to the event! Call (251) 460-7116 or email kbohnet@southalabama.edu. Please mention the amount of seats needed AND be sure you are planning on being in place at least 20 minutes in advance of the concert! (Pass Holders only please! Held seats not claimed within 20 minutes of the performance may be offered to other concert attendees.)

For information on how to join the Musical Arts Society, visit our website at www.southalabama.edu/music and click on "events and programs" to see everything you need to know about the Musical Arts Concert Series and USA's Musical Arts Society.

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