News release Public Information Office   SLU 10880   Hammond, LA 70402   phone: 985-549-2341   fax: 985-549-2061 publicinfo@selu.edu Spring 2004 news releases Public Information home News archive Contact: Christina Chapple Date: 11/3/04   Click on image for publication quality photo  CLARINETIST PRESENTS FIRST SOUTHEASTERN FACULTY RECITAL      HAMMOND – Clarinetist Andrew Seigel will present his first recital as a member of the Southeastern Louisiana University Department of Music and Dramatic Arts faculty at 7:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 8 in the Pottle Music Building Auditorium.      His recital program includes Francois Devienne’s “Deuxième Sonata,” John Rutter’s “Three American Miniatures,” Astor Piazzolla’s “Two Tango Etudes,” and Nikola Resanovic’s “alt.music.ballistix,” described as “an electro-acoustic composition scored for solo clarinet and digital audiotape.” The recital is free to the campus and community.      Seigel will be joined by fellow faculty members Nicole McPherson, flute, and Henry Jones, piano.      Seigel, who joined the Southeastern faculty earlier this fall, previously taught clarinet at Michigan State University, Albion College, and Spring Arbor University. He earned his doctoral degree at Michigan State University, studying clarinet with Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr. From 1997-1999, he studied as a Fulbright Scholar at Hungary’s Franz Liszt Academy of Music.       A California native, Seigel received a bachelor’s degree in music education and master’s degree in music performance from California State University-Fresno, where he studied with Miles Ishigaki. He also studied with Charles Neidich, Ted Oien, Peter Jenkin, Colin Lawson and Juzsef Balogh.       Seigel has performed throughout the United States and in Hungary, Germany, and Romania. Most recently, he was the utility clarinetist with the Grand Rapids Symphony and principal clarinetist of the West Shore Symphony. He has also performed with the Greater Lansing Symphony Orchestra, the Jackson Symphony Orchestra, the Fresno Philharmonic, the Orpheus Chamber Ensemble, and the Tulare Symphony.       As a chamber musician, Seigel has performed with the Powers Woodwind Quintet of Central Michigan University, the Fulton Ensemble, and is the founding clarinetist of the Veritas Ensemble. He was a featured performer at the 1998 Fulbright Musical Gala in Berlin, and has appeared as a soloist with ensembles in California and Michigan. During the summer, Seigel teaches and performs at the New England Music Camp, in Sidney, Maine.      For additional information, contact the Department of Music and Dramatic Arts, 985-549-2184.