The Independent Silver Band would like to invite everyone to a concert at the First United Methodist Church of Mt. Vernon Illinois, on Thursday, November 14 at 7:30 P.M. In addition to performances of Civil War era, and Victorian music, we are very proud and pleased to be featuring world renowned clarinettist Msgt. Jay Niepoetter. Clarinetist Jay Niepoetter is currently principal bass clarinet with “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band in Washington, DC. Dr. Niepoetter began his musical instruction at age 7, and joined Elza Allen’s Centralia Jr. High School Band while still in fifth grade. Dr. Niepoetter took weekly clarinet lessons with James Loomis from 1979-1983. During that time Niepoetter was also a member of David Drillinger’s Centralia High School Band. Upon graduating from CHS in 1983, he attended Southern Illinois University (Carbondale) for one year. He then transferred to Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in music performance. He was named NIU’s Outstanding Young Alumni for the College of Visual and Performing Arts in 1997. He completed a master’s degree in music performance from the University of Maryland in College Park (UMD) and won the Homer L. Ulrich Award for excellence in performance. In 2004 he completed his doctor of musical arts degree at UMD. Dr. Niepoetter was accepted into the clarinet section of “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band in Washington, DC in 1988 at the age of 22 years old. At the time he was the second youngest member of the organization. Over the course of his 20 year career he has performed in all forty-eight continental states, Norway, England, and Switzerland. He also took part in a historic three week tour of the Soviet Union in 1992. From Inaugurations of Presidents to a memorial service at ground zero in New York City on the first anniversary of the World Trade Center’s attack, Dr. Niepoetter has performed for many of our nation’s recent historic events. Dr. Niepoetter also holds the bass clarinet position with the Maryland Symphony Orchestra in Hagerstown, and performs regularly with the Annapolis, Fairfax, and Alexandria symphonies. He has been a substitute with the National Symphony Orchestra and was invited to perform with the NSO on the 2004, 2005, and 2006 national concert tours. He has performed with a wide variety of artists, such as; Aretha Franklin, Trisha Yearwood, Marilyn Horne, Patty Lupone, André Watts, Leonard Slatkin, John Williams, Yo-Yo Ma, Mstislav Rostropovich, Denyse Graves, Frederica von Stade, Marvin Hamlisch, Quincy Jones, Oak Ridge Boys, Osmo Vänskä, Jessye Norman and Kathleen Battle. In addition to the clarinet solo, we are adding a clarinet section to the ISB for this concert, and a display of antique clarinets will be on display. Admission is free.
Posted on: Sat, 02 Nov 2013 03:01:00 +0000
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