October 6, 2014

Clarinetist Kip Franklin to perform in recital at SVSU

Clarinetist Kip Franklin will be joined in concert by clarinetist Sandra Jackson and pianist Garik Pederson Saturday, Oct. 11, as part of the second annual Clarinet Day and Artist Recital at Saginaw Valley State University. The concert begins at 6 p.m. in SVSU’s Rhea Miller Recital Hall; it is free and open to the public.

The program includes music by composers such as German composer J.S. Bach, French composer Claude Debussy and Czech composer Franz Krommer.

An SVSU adjunct professor of clarinet, Franklin was recently a featured presenter at the International Clarinet Association Convention in Baton Rouge, La. He won the 2011 state-level Music Teacher's National Association Young Artist and Chamber Music division.

Franklin is also member of the Fresco Winds woodwind quintet and has performed at the Fischoff National Camber Music Competition in 2011 and 2012.

Jackson is an assistant professor of clarinet at Eastern Michigan University. She was recently a featured soloist at the Bach Festival in Lexington, Mich. Jackson maintains a private studio of clarinet students and is a founding member of the Lakeview Chamber Ensemble in Chicago.

Pederson is a professor of piano at Eastern Michigan University and the president of the Michigan Music Teachers Association. He has performed as soloist and chamber musician throughout the U.S., Europe, Canada, Central America, Taiwan and the Philippine Islands.

For more information on the concert, please contact the SVSU Department of Music at music@svsu.edu or (989) 964-4159.