I just had to pass this one along with a name like the Roadkill Clarinet Quintet.
Submitted by Carolee Hazlet/MACA public relations
The next program for the 2008 season of the Moberly Area Council on the Arts is a must see.
The Roadkill Clarinet Quintet will perform in concert at 7 p.m., Tuesday, February 19, at the MACC auditorium.
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This quintet will amaze the audience with its fine classical playing with the sounds of jazz and swing era music. These five musicians will entertain with humor and comedy, as well as some of the finest clarinet playing around. They will cause the audience to tap their feet and clap their hands to the sounds of ragtime, jazz and big band, as well as classical music. They will present pieces by Mozart, Bach and Paganini to start out with but watch out as they swing into Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Benny Goodman and others.
Members of the Roadkill Clarinet quintet are Russ Coleman, Jim Gai, Steve Litwiller, John Patterson and Mark Smith.
Coleman served Missouri State University in Springfield for 32 years as director of bands and professor of clarinet. He is active as a guest conductor, clinician, performer and adjudicator in the U.S. and Japan.
Gai is in his 20th year teaching clarinet and saxophone at University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg. He has been a Yamaha artist/clinician since 1981.
Litwiller has served as director of bands at the Boonville high School for 23 years. He is past president of the Missouri Bandmasters Association.
Patterson has served as director of bands at Hickman High School in Columbia for 35 years and as director of music for the Columbia Public Schools for 25 years.
Smith is assistant director of bands at Smith-Cotton High School in Sedalia. He was principal clarinet with the 72nd U.S, Army Band at Ft. MacArthur, CA and the 8th U.S. Army Band in Seoul, Korea.
For more information call MACA director Karen Wright at 660-676-3854.
Submitted by Carolee Hazlet/MACA public relations
The next program for the 2008 season of the Moberly Area Council on the Arts is a must see.
The Roadkill Clarinet Quintet will perform in concert at 7 p.m., Tuesday, February 19, at the MACC auditorium.
*
This quintet will amaze the audience with its fine classical playing with the sounds of jazz and swing era music. These five musicians will entertain with humor and comedy, as well as some of the finest clarinet playing around. They will cause the audience to tap their feet and clap their hands to the sounds of ragtime, jazz and big band, as well as classical music. They will present pieces by Mozart, Bach and Paganini to start out with but watch out as they swing into Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Benny Goodman and others.
Members of the Roadkill Clarinet quintet are Russ Coleman, Jim Gai, Steve Litwiller, John Patterson and Mark Smith.
Coleman served Missouri State University in Springfield for 32 years as director of bands and professor of clarinet. He is active as a guest conductor, clinician, performer and adjudicator in the U.S. and Japan.
Gai is in his 20th year teaching clarinet and saxophone at University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg. He has been a Yamaha artist/clinician since 1981.
Litwiller has served as director of bands at the Boonville high School for 23 years. He is past president of the Missouri Bandmasters Association.
Patterson has served as director of bands at Hickman High School in Columbia for 35 years and as director of music for the Columbia Public Schools for 25 years.
Smith is assistant director of bands at Smith-Cotton High School in Sedalia. He was principal clarinet with the 72nd U.S, Army Band at Ft. MacArthur, CA and the 8th U.S. Army Band in Seoul, Korea.
For more information call MACA director Karen Wright at 660-676-3854.
