International Clarinet Association ClarinetCast

Join ICA Pedagogy Committee members Shawn Copeland, Jackie McIlwain, Julianne Kirk Doyle, Kip Franklin, and George Stoffan for their first podcast episode, "What is Pedagogy?"

Dr. Johnson is an associate professor at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. She practices as a clinical audiologist in Chapel Hill, providing adult diagnostic, tinnitus, and aural rehabilitative services. As part of one of the nation’s highest-ranked Doctor of Audiology programs, Dr. Johnson teaches several graduate courses on hearing aid technology and Occupational Audiology. Wh...

Performance psychologist Noa Kageyama is on the faculty of The Juilliard School and the Cleveland Institute of Music. Formerly a conservatory-trained violinist with degrees from Oberlin and Juilliard before completing a Ph. D. in counseling psychology at Indiana University, Noa specializes in teaching musicians how to utilize sport psychology principles and demonstrate their full abilities under p...

The ICA Health and Wellness committee's current podcast episode features Jason Shafer. Jason Shafer joined the Colorado Symphony as the Principal Clarinetist in 2013. Jason teaches graduate and undergraduate clarinet majors at University of Northern Colorado in the School of Music, and is on the faculty at the International Festival-Institute at Round Top in Texas. Jason has appeared in guest...

The ICA Health and Wellness committee's current podcast episode features Shannon Kiewitt - "How Fitness Supports Music." Shannon Kiewitt joined “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band in January 2011. She was appointed to the bass clarinet section in March 2017. Kiewitt began her musical training on the clarinet at age 10. Shannon attended Indiana University in Bloomington, e...

The ICA Health and Wellness committee's current podcast episode features Season Cowley on their experience with an invisible illness as a musician. Introduction: Dr. Season Cowley currently serves as the instructor of clarinet at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, instructor of woodwinds at Hastings College, and principal clarinet with the Hastings Symphony Orchestra. Cowley currently serves...

The ICA Health and Wellness committee's current podcast episode features Sheri Rolf. Sheri is sometimes called “Doctor Doctor” because she has an MD and a DMA. As a board-certified otolaryngologist-head and neck surgeon with a DMA in clarinet performance, she brings a unique perspective to the health and wellness of the clarinetist. Sheri has performed as a soloist with the University of Louis...

This episode of ICA Health and Wellness Committee's ClarinetCast features Cindy Bartz. Cindy began playing the clarinet in 1968 and earned a Music Degree at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point School of Music in 1983. Her yoga journey started in 2004 to heal her body from a biking accident. After years of 0practicing yoga and playing the clarinet, Cindy realized yoga not only healed her...

This episode of ICA Health and Wellness Committee's ClarinetCast features John Henes. John Henes is a musician, a performer and a master teacher. He has taught the Alexander Technique both privately and in workshops for more than 35 years, and he is certified by the Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique. His positions include teaching the Alexander Technique at the Bienen School of Mu...

This episode of ICA Health and Wellness Committee's ClarinetCast features  Kensley Behel and Meghan Taylor on 5 Ways to implement Health in the Clarinet Studio.  Kensley Behel is a musician, researcher, and consultant who specializes in musicians' health. After waiting years for diagnoses and treatment for Stress Velopharyngeal Insufficiency (that pesty nasal air leak you may have encoun...

This episode of ICA Health and Wellness Committee's ClarinetCast features Erin Finkelstein.  Erin Finkelstein helps people transform their limitations into opportunities to move, think and perform easier with more joy, through somatically informed movement. She is a classically trained musician and Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner with over 20 years of professional experience performi...

This episode of ICA Health and Wellness Committee's ClarinetCast features   Shawn Copeland on the Alexander Technique. Shawn L. Copeland, D.M.A., combines performance, pedagogy, and entrepreneurship as he navigates today’s dynamic music industry. He is an Associate Professor with the Lionel Hampton School of Music, where he also teaches Alexander Technique and Entrepreneurship. There he perfo...

Join ICA Membership and Development Committee member and ICA's first ever intern Sam Kopec for an episode of ClarinetCast. In this episode, Sam speaks with Seunghee Lee (Sunny Kang) about her multi-faceted career and how clarinetists can think outside of the box, becoming music entrepreneurs. For more information about Seunghee Lee, visit  www.seungheeclarinet.com . Sunny’s new album with the...

This episode of ICA Health and Wellness Committee's ClarinetCast features Timothy Bonenfant, ICA Texas State Chair. Dr. Timothy Bonenfant is an Associate Professor of Clarinet and Saxophone at Angelo State University where he also teaches Survey of Rock and Roll. He is a member of The Mesquite Trio and The Batik Quartet.  He is a former member of the Nevada Symphony Orchestra and the Las Vega...

Join ICA Social Media Coordinator and Committee Chair Jenny Maclay for an episode of ClarinetCast. In this episode, Jenny speaks with Dr. Nicola Buckenmier about Carolina Schleicher-Krahmer, the first female clarinet soloist.   You can read more about Caroline Schelicher-Krähmer in this article by Buckenmaier on The Clarinet [Online].  https://clarinet.org/caroline-schleicher-krahme...

ICA Health and Wellness podcast interview will feature Jackie McIlwain as the current president of the Association for Body Mapping Educators, formerly known as Andover Educators. Jackie is a clarinet professor at the University of Southern Mississippi. She talks about how body mapping has helped thousands of professionals overcome pain from misuse, prevent injury, and come back to the arena...

Join ICA New Music Committee member Stefanie Gardner for this special Composer of the Month interview with composer Alyssa Morris.  Recording featured: Up and Away for clarinet, bass clarinet, and piano will be published by TrevCo next month. Alyssa has been self-publishing this work since 2019. Performance by Joshua Gardner, clarinet, Stefanie Gardner, bass clarinet, and Gail Novak, piano. R...

Join ICA Health and Wellness Committee member Csaba Jevtic-Somlai for the second in a series of episodes of ICA ClarinetCast, a clarinet-focused podcast.  This episode features an interview with Dr. Robert E. Markison on repetitive strain injuries of the hand. Dr. Markison is a fellowship-trained hand surgeon with nearly 40 years of experience and is a Clinical Professor of Surgery at the Uni...

Join ICA Health and Wellness Committee members Csaba Jevtic-Somlai and  Season Cowley for the first in a series of episodes of ICA ClarinetCast, a clarinet-focused podcast. This episode features an interview with Kathryne Pirtle, where she shares her journey back to healthy living and performing with a focus on the untapped topic of SI (sacroiliac) joint dysfunction.    Kathryne Pir...