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______________________________________________________ ORCHESTRAL APPOINTMENTS Singapore Symphony Orchestra Associate Principal - 1^st & Eb (1998- 2005) Acting Principal (November 2000 – July 2002) Aspen Festival Orchestra (1997) ORCHESTRAL FREELANCE
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Guest Principal Bergen Philharmonic, Norway - Guest Principal Scottish Ballet Guest Principal		Glasgow Symphony Orchestra-Principal Scottish Festival Orchestra-Principal Malaysia Philharmonic American Ballet Theater Aspen Chamber Symphony
CHAMBER Hebrides Ensemble - Sound Festival and Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festivals Spannungen Kammermusikfest - Janacek Concertino BOZAR festival -Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels - Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time (live radio broadcasts) Schwetzingen Festspiele, Germany - Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time (Europe wide live radio broadcasts) Paragon Ensemble - St. Magnus Festival (live BBC Radio 3) American Wind Symphony Orchestra Edinburgh Quartet - clarinet and Basset Horn Lake District Summer Music Festival RECORDINGS BIS Label - Singapore Symphony Orchestra Albany Records - wind ensemble CD recordings SOLO Nigel Osborne -The Way We Played" (Film score) Steve King - Concerto for Clarinet and Percussion Mozart Clarinet Concerto - Singapore Symphony Orchestra Weber Concerto No. 2 - Wuhan Orchestra, China "Peter and the Wolf" - Soloist/Actress in a Televised broadcast, Beijing McLeod Concerto - Meadows Chamber Orchestra UK Recital Tour with pianist Steven Osborne PAXTON HOUSE, BERWICKSHIRE CLARINETTIST Jean Johnson and pianist Steven Osbourne presented a diverse programme of music well suited to the impressive surroundings of Paxton House’s picture gallery as part of the Music at Paxton festival of chamber music. Saint-Saens’ Sonat ADVERTISEMENT a in E flat Op 167 for clarinet and piano is a lyrical and often flirtatious piece that explores the full extent of the clarinet’s range and calls for some nimble finger-work. Johnson met these challenges with ease delivering, with Osbourne, a performance full of wit and warmth. However, Brahms’ Sonata No 1 in F minor Op 120 saw the chemistry between the husband and wife duo move into a different league. Brahms postponed his retirement to write this work for a talented young clarinettist and the scoring here is indicative of a composer at the height of his powers. Although it bristles with dramatic gestures, there is also poignancy and intimacy, particularly in the reflective andante, as a counterpoint to the energy and dynamism that pulsates through this work. Johnson and Osbourne captured these moods and emotions beautifully in this sparkling, virtuosic performance. Both musicians shone individually, with Johnson barely pausing for breath in Miklos Rozsa’s note-packed Sonatine for unaccompanied clarinet, and Osbourne giving a masterful interpretation of several of Debussy’s Preludes from Book 1, particularly the atmospheric Footsteps in the Snow and the enigmatic Submerged Cathedral. Published Date: 20 July 2009 By Susan Nickalls DISTINCTIONS Austin Symphony Orchestra - Principal Clarinet Audition winner (2000) Randers Kammerorkester, Denmark – Principal Clarinet Audition Finalist (2006) U.S. Pershing's Own Army Concert Band, Washington, D.C., E-flat Clarinet Audition winner (2001) EDUCATION Indiana University, Graduate Studies (1996-1997) Aspen Music Festival (1996) - Clarinet Fellow (1997) University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Bachelor of Music Performance, cum laude (1996) University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Bachelor of Music Education, cum laude (1996) Professors: Eli Eban • Alfred Prinz • Theodore Oien • Michael Sussman MAS Homepage