Formal study of the clarinet culminates in the arrival at this level. Special interests such as contemporary styles, artistic study abroad or special research are possibilities at this point.

Career objectives may have specific prerequisites. Teaching at the college level requires graduate study. Graduate assistantships with a modest stipend can provide experience in teaching undergraduate students while pursuing a graduate degree tuition-free. A secondary specialty field such as music history, theory or conducting is often useful. Many small to medium size college teaching situations offer the opportunity to combine self-generated sources of income such as teaching, playing, contracting and recording.

Professional performance experience is generally required for the top college positions. Universities that offer graduate degrees usually require that their faculty members have doctoral degrees along with an artistic performance background. After settling into a performing or teaching position and gaining recognition, clinician-soloist engagements may be pursued to supplement basic employment.

The performance music listed in this level contains two masterpieces written for the clarinet. As with other great standard repertoire staples, these works can be studied initially in earlier levels. At this level, however, this music should be relearned and restyled to reflect consummate artistic maturity and style.

LEVEL 7 REPERTOIRE

FOR Bb CLARINET WITH PIANO

Brahms-Wright: Sonata in F Minor, Opus 120, No. 1
Brahms-Wright: Sonata in Eb Major, Opus 120, No. 2
Crusell-Hite: Concerto No. 3 in Bb Major, Opus 11 (orchestral accompaniment available)
Debussy-Hite: Premiere Rhapsodie (band and orchestra accompaniment available)
Krommer-Portnoy: Concerto in Eb Major
Mozart-Tournerie: Concerto in A Major, K. 622 (piano in Bb; for Bb clarinet)
Mozart-Wright: Concerto in A Major, K. 622 (piano in A; for A clarinet)
Spohr: Concerto No. 1 in C Minor, Opus 26
Weber, C. M. von: Concerto No. 1 in F Minor, Opus 73
Weber, C.M. von: Concerto No. 2 in Eb Major, Opus 74

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