JAMES FALZONE
CLARINET

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GUEST ARTIST SERIES
ORGAN HALL
FEBRUARY 17, 2019 • 5:00 PM

School of Music

Clarinetist, composer, and improviser JAMES FALZONE is an

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acclaimed member of the international jazz and creative music scenes,
a veteran contemporary music lecturer and clinician, and an award-

The Already and the Not Yet

James Falzone

winning composer who has been commissioned by chamber ensembles,

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dance companies, choirs, and symphony orchestras around the globe.

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please turn all beepers, cell phones and watches to their silent mode. Thank you.

He leads his own ensembles Allos Musica and The Renga Ensemble and
has released a series of critically acclaimed recordings on Allos
Documents, the label he founded in 2000. James performs throughout
North America and Europe, appears regularly on Downbeat magazine's
Critics' and Readers' Polls, and was nominated as the 2011 Clarinetist
of the Year by the Jazz Journalist Association. He has been profiled in
the New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, New Music Box, and Point
of Departure, among many other publications. Educated at Northern
Illinois University and New England Conservatory, James is also a
respected educator and scholar and has been on the faculty of The
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Deep Springs College, North
Central College, and was a fellow at The Center for Black Music
Research. At present James is the Chair ofMusic at Cornish College of
the Arts in Seattle, Washington. Learn more about James Falzone and
his work at his website: www.allosmusica.org.
There will be a class following the performance