News release Public Information Office   SLU 10880   Hammond, LA 70402   phone: 985-549-2341   fax: 985-549-2061 publicinfo@selu.edu     www.selu.edu/news Contact: Christina Chapple Date: 4/17/03   INAUGURAL SOUTHEASTERN CLARINET SYMPOSIUM MAY 5       HAMMOND -- Clarinetists and music lovers of all ages throughout Louisiana and Mississippi are invited to participate in the Southeastern Louisiana University Clarinet Symposium May 5 at the university’s Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts in downtown Hammond.       “This is the first Clarinet Symposium ever to be held at Southeastern,” said coordinator Deborah Andrus, a member of Southeastern’s Department of Music and Dramatic Arts faculty. “The symposium will be filled with exciting master classes, recitals and lectures for clarinetists and non-clarinetists alike.”       Registration is scheduled for 8 a.m. at the theater, 220 E. Thomas St.       Andrus said the symposium will feature John Bruce Yeh, associate principal clarinetist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, one of America’s most highly respected teachers and performers. Yeh will present a master class at 10 a.m. and will perform the “Concerto No. 2 in E-flat Major” by Carl Maria von Weber with the Southeastern Wind Symphony at the final concert, titled “Come Memory.”       The symposium will also feature master classes and recitals by Andrus, Maxine Ramey, professor of clarinet at the University of Montana; Michelle Shoemaker, chair of winds and brass at the Longy School in Boston; and Mel Rogers, a freelance clarinetist from New Orleans. The artists will present a recital at 1:30 p.m. and master classes at 2:30 p.m.       “All high school, college and professional clarinetists are invited to bring their clarinets to perform with the symposium’s Clarinet Choir in concert, which will be directed by Paul Frechou, director of Bands at Mandeville High School,” Andrus said.         The choir will perform at 6:45 p.m., prior to the 7:30 p.m. Wind Symphony concert.       Andrus said new clarinets, music, reeds and other clarinet accessories will be available for purchase at the symposium, courtesy of the Yamaha Corporation and Zeagler Music.         Admission is free, but pre-registration is recommended for clarinet choir participation. For more information, call Andrus or the Department of Music and Dramatic Arts at (985) 549-5183. Return to News Releases