Michigan State University Clarinet Studio

01/19/2022

Dear students,
I hope you're all doing well and are in good health. While I'm on my sabbatical, I wanted to let you know about a few wonderful Summer Academys/Festivals that are a great opportunity to expand your experience and networking:
1) The 2022 Henri Selmer International Summer Academy and competition is back to in-person this summer! For its sixth year, the 2022 edition will bring again great faculty, wonderful students and amazing concerts and masterclass to Michigan.
2022 faculty:
Mariam Adam
Francois Sauzeau
Maureen Hurd Hause
Jonathan Holden
Tasha Warren
Guy Yehuda
for more info:
https://henriselmeracademy.com
MSU students receive a special MSU discount on top of a waiver for lodging/food fee which usually is about $300 off.

2) The Saarburg Chamber Music Festival in Germany is an intensive chamber music festival in a beautiful region of Germany. Students get lessons, chamber music coachings and many perfromance opportunities.
https://saarburgfestival.de

3) The FOOSA Orchestra academy in California is a great Orchestral experience in Fresno and L.A. Students get to work with top notch musicians in a side by side setting. check it out: https://www.foosamusic.org

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to email me about any of these festivals.

Have a great semester!

Dr. Yehuda

11/02/2021

New update on our Instagram page 🔥

https://www.instagram.com/p/CVwjaVKAsoZ/?utm_medium=copy_link

10/20/2021

TOMORROW!! October 21st, 7:30pm

Symphony Band concert at Wharton Center!

Go Green! Go Concert!

The livestream 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
https://livestream.com/musicmsu/10212021symphonyband

10/13/2021

Yo! Friends! Did you come to the concert or watch the livestream tonight?

Our clarinetists from the Concert Band did really great job tonight!!!
Looking forward to the next concert!

Go Green! Go Sleep 😴

10/05/2021

10/04/2021 [Master Class]

Welcome the clarinetist, Yao Guang Zhai 👏🏽

Yao Guang Zhai is principal clarinet of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Zhai has won top prizes at the Hellam and Blount-Slawson young artist competitions and the Aspen Music Festival and Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra concerto competitions; and is winner of the Spotlight Award. He studied at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, Idyllwild Arts Academy, and the Curtis Institute of Music.
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Thank you for sharing your musical thoughts and your experience with us! Hope one day, we could meet you in person, or we can sit next to you in the orchestra!

Spartans! Go Green! Go Dream!



We also have an update on Instagram! Yayyy! 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

https://www.instagram.com/p/CUofB6ItsZs/?utm_medium=copy_link

09/28/2021

[Concert]

Do you guys miss the live concert?

And YES! The ensemble performances were back this semester!! Woo Hoo!!

Congratulations on an amazing first concert from the Wind Symphony clarinetists on last Friday (9/24)!!

A short funny story of those pictures....
Tivon was trying to make everyone together, and he did great! When they took the first picture, the conductor just came out. Some people invited the conductor to take the pictures together, so they didn’t look at the camera!! Finally, they got a perfect picture 👌🏽

Looking forward to the next cycle!

Sweet reminder:
1. Stay safe 🏠
2. Keep healthy 💪🏽💪🏽
3. Wear masks 😷😷😷

02/22/2021

Students,
Put this excellent opportunity on your calendar!

The 2021 International Henri Selmer Summer Academy and Competition will be once more an online edition for this summer!
(Covid inspired us to be the first online clarinet academy back in 2020 and it proved to be a huge success!)
This year we have amazing faculty, concerts, masterclasses, lessons and more!
New for this year: visit Paris virtually! all participants will join us for tour through the Selmer Paris factory and the showroom in real-time!
Posture and Alexander techniques sessions.
And of course, The 2021 Henri Selmer Summer Academy competition:
1st Prize- brand new Selmer Paris Presence Bb clarinet
2nd Prize - $1000
3rd Prize - Selmer Paris Concept clarinet mouthpiece.
May 26th-30th, 2021
Faculty:
Stepen Williamson
Sylvie Hue
Todd Levy
Aude Richard-Camus
Robert Spring
Tasha Warren
Guy Yehuda
for more details:
www.henriselmeracademy.com

05/15/2020

01/13/2020

Join us on February 2nd for our annual Michigan State Clarinet Extravaganza!

Register by January 26th!
https://www.music.msu.edu/clarinetextravaganza

Eric Mandat - Guest Artist
Guy Yehuda and Mingzhe Wang - MSU Clarinet Professors

12/02/2019

Happy December! As today is the last Monday of classes for MSU students, it is time for our last of the semester! We are thrilled to introduce freshman Audrey Rancourt:

Clarinetist Audrey Rancourt is an avid performer and teacher from the Detroit area. In high school, she performed extensively with the Grosse Pointe North High School Symphony Band (where she was a featured soloist in May), the Michigan Youth Arts Festival Honors Band, the Grosse Pointe North Full Orchestra, Pit Orchestra, Concert Band, and Pep Band. She has also performed frequently in a woodwind quintet and clarinet duet at local venues in her hometown of Grosse Pointe, including the Grosse Pointe War Memorial and Orchestra Hall. Since starting at MSU, she has performed with the Michigan State University Concert Band.
In addition to performing, Audrey enjoys teaching and has maintained a clarinet studio in the Grosse Pointe area, teaching students of all ages. She has also worked as a sectional coach at the Grosse Pointe Summer Music Festival over the past 4 years, where she instructs middle-school-aged musicians on applying fundamental and technical skills to large ensembles.
Currently, Audrey is a freshman at Michigan State University pursuing a Bachelor of Music in Clarinet Performance under the instruction of Dr. Guy Yehuda. Other principal instructors have included Ralph Skiano and Andrea Levine. When not performing or teaching, Audrey enjoys baking, cooking, spending time with friends, writing, and playing board games.