| George Stoffan Postcard From Europe CD (2008)
Leo Weiner
$11.49 Mr. Stoffan's dissertation, Revolutions and Revelations: the clarinet music of the Czech composer, Zbyněk Matějů, explores Czech musical life after the fall of communism. He joined the United States Air Force Band in Washington D.C. in 1997 and served as that ensemble's Concertmaster and Principal Clarinetist from 1998 until 2001. He also serves as Principal Clarinetist with the Pontiac-Oakland Symphony. He has appeared in chamber recitals at the Anderson House Museum in Washington D.C., the Lyceum Museum, Montgomery (MD) College, at George Mason University's Harris Theater, and at the Scarab Club of Detroit. His research interests include contemporary Czech clarinet music. He performed at conferences of the International Clarinet Association in 2004 at the University of Maryland, in 2006 in Atlanta, and in 2008 in Kansas City. He also made a presentation, entitled Improving Your Clarinet Section, at the 2008 Michigan Music Educator's Conference. Mr. Stoffan has served on the teaching faculties of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Washington Conservatory, the D.C. Youth Orchestra Program, George Mason University, the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, and Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. Mr. Stoffan participated in the Kent/Blossom Chamber Music Festival during the summers of 1996 and 1997. He has also performed with the National Philharmonic, Washington Cathedral Choral Society, National Gallery Chamber Orchestra, Washington D.C. Contemporary Music Forum, Fairfax (VA) Symphony, Annapolis (MD) Symphony, Green Bay Symphony, Madison (WI) Symphony, the Orchestra of Southern Utah, and performed with the Massachusetts Symphony on its March 2002 tour of Spain. George Stoffan is Assistant Professor of Clarinet at Oakland University. Mr. Stoffan previously served on the faculty of Southern Utah University.
|