Clarinetist Todd Palmer
CENTERBROOK – Community Music School and Musical Masterworks present a master class with clarinetist Todd Palmer on Sunday, Feb. 15, at 12 p.m. at Community Music School, 90 Main St., Centerbrook. Palmer will offer advice on technique and performance for four student musicians, who will each play during the class. The clarinet master class is free and open to the public. Call 860-767-0026 for additional information.
Having been involved in an array of creative and diverse artistic presentations throughout his career, clarinetist Palmer has appeared as soloist, recitalist, chamber music collaborator, educator, arranger, and presenter in a variety of musical endeavors around the world.
He has appeared with many symphony and chamber orchestras including those of Houston, Atlanta, St. Paul, Cincinnati, Montréal, BBC Scotland, and has collaborated with many of the worlds finest string ensembles such as the St. Lawrence, Brentano, Borromeo, Pacifica and Daedelus quartets.
Palmer has also shared the stage with sopranos Kathleen Battle, Renée Fleming, Heidi Grant Murphy, and Dawn Upshaw, and commissioned and appeared in the world premiere of composer Ricky Gordon’s theatre work, Orpheus and Euridice, with coloratura Elizabeth Futral on Great Performers at Lincoln Center.
Since winning the Young Concert Artist International Auditions, Palmer has appeared as recitalist and lecturer at major performing arts centers and universities in 48 states. His appearances abroad have included concerto, recital and chamber music performances in Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy, England, Canada, Mexico, Columbia, Brazil, the Caribbean, China and Japan.
In addition, Palmer has been closely associated with composer Osvaldo Golijov, and is regarded as the champion of his great klezmer clarinet quintet The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind. He recorded this work with the St. Lawrence Quartet for EMI Classics which received two Grammy Award nominations in addition to the Classical Prelude Award from the Netherlands. Palmer worked extensively with Golijov on the newly orchestrated version which he premiered with the Santa Rosa, Oakland and Marin Symphonies in 2006.
Palmer will be performing for Musical Masterworks on Saturday, Feb. 14, at 5 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 15, at 3 p.m. with Gilles Vonsattel (piano), Bella Hristova (violin), and Edward Arron (cello) at The First Congregational Church in Old Lyme, 2 Ferry Rd., Old Lyme. They will be performing works by Debussy, Weber, Beethoven and Stravinsky.
Tickets to the concert are $35 and student tickets are $5; additional concert information can be found atwww.musicalmasterworks.org.
Community Music School offers innovative music programming for infants through adults, building on a 30 year tradition of providing quality music instruction to residents of shoreline communities. CMS programs cultivate musical ability and creativity and provide students with a thorough understanding of music so that they can enjoy playing and listening for their entire lives.
Additional information can be found at or www.community-music-school.org.