International Clarinet Association Pennsylvanias

Pennsylvania Clari-PAge
October 2012

Upcoming Events
Oct. 22 7:30 WCU Oct. 25 8:00 Firehouse Space Nov. 9-10 Karen Danessa performs with the Rochberg Trio with hornist Liz Pfaffle Christy Banks performs works for clarinet and electronics by Rusty Banks in Brooklyn, NY

Did you know

That many Pennsylvania ICA members will be involved in the 2012 Penn State Single Reed Summit? Check out SingleReedSummit.com and get registered! That if you renew or extend your ICA membership between now until Dec. 31, 2012 you will be entered in a drawing to win some really neat prizes? This applies to NEW memberships, too. Tell your clarinet friends! That were on Facebook? International Clarinet Association Pennsylvania. That members from outside Pennsylvania can read this newsletter, too, @ Clarinet.org?

Tony Costa, clarinet and David Stambler, saxophone host the Penn State Single Reed Summit. SingleReedSummit.com Colleen Hartung in recital with Leslie Cullen, flute, Bernadette Boerckel, soprano, anad Gary Boerckel, piano. Works by Copland, Larsen, Kokai, Mozart, and Reinecke

Nov. 10 8:00 Susquehanna University

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Dr. Soo Goh joins Kutztown Faculty

Soo Goh is the Assistant Professor of Clarinet at Kutztown University, where he also teaches the Introduction to Music Literature course. Previously, he has taught at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke and Elon University. Soo Goh is one of the first few musicians from Penang, Malaysia to further his studies on the clarinet. He holds a B.A. in Music and Computer Science from Luther College, a M.M. degree from Bowling Green State University, and a D.M.A from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. His primary teachers have been Michael Chesher, Kevin Schempf and Kelly Burke. He has performed regularly with the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra and was the principal clarinetist of Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra and the Raleigh Civic Symphony Orchestra. Soo Goh is the principal clarinetist with the Carolina Philharmonic. As a founding member of the orchestra, he made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2008 with the ensemble under the direction of Maestro David Michael Wolff. Soo Goh has also performed in professional music conferences including the ClarinetFest and the Society of Composers, Inc. His international experience includes orchestral performances in Malaysia, Austria, and Jordan. As a music educator, he coached clarinet and wind sectionals in the North Carolina Orange County area schools. Soo Goh has a strong interest in technology and loves exploring ways to integrate them in his daily life and teachings. He particularly enjoys working with geeky students.

Joshua Kovach, pictured holding a bass clarinet with Ensemble54, will be featured on a new CD titled "Paths" to be released in November on Vectordisc Records. The music is by composer, author and pianist David Bennett Thomas.

Mr. Thomas serves on the Faculty of The University of the Arts, and is currently working on an exciting

new clarinet quartet as well.