TXST students participated in the Clarinet Fiesta CD Recording Project, performing and recording two world-premiere arrangements: Mozart – Sinfonia Concertante K. 297b and Schumann – Concert Piece for Four Horns arranged for four clarinets (Eb, Bb, Basset Horn and Bass Clarinet). Our Texas State students shared the stage with some of the top clarinetists from around the world: Philippe Cuper, Principal Clarinet of the Paris Opera and Professor of Clarinet at the National Conservatory of Versailles; Andre Moisan, Bass Clarinet & Saxophones of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Professor of Clarinet at the Montreal University, Canada; David Gould, Bass Clarinet & Clarinet of the American Ballet Orchestra, New York, NY, and Mitchell Estrin, Clarinet Professor of the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL, current president elect of the International Clarinet Association. The CD will be produced by Mark Custom Recordings, Inc.
Student performers included Amy Gravel, Austin Vogelman, Brittany Hernandez, Noah Ornelas, Shane Lemanski, Robert Malave, Vikas Chopra, Jackelyn Pecero, Nathan Snyder, Rebecca Martinez, Eryn O’Sullivan, Allyn Hartman, Kristen Hutchins, Steven Gres, Emely Chacon, Joseph Trevino, and Kevin Rodriguez.