Behind the Scenes: WBIMF

Coming up this July, the chamber music scene and orchestral world expands in New York with the West Branch International Music Festival. From July 18 to August 1, students and concertgoers will enjoy music with some of the world's greatest musicians including Anker Buch, Wendy Warner, Odin Rathnam and Anthony McGill!
One of the faculty for West Branch International Music Festival is Sir Lars Bjornkjaer, concertmaster of the Royal Danish Opera. I spoke with him recently about the upcoming festival:

While West Branch International Music Festival is accepting under 40 students, scholarships are available for many! Apply online and find out more information at: http://westbranchfestival.org/
Look for more interviews ahead with Odin Rathnam and Christian Hørbov-Meier!

John Clare's Composing Thoughts: Dan Welcher

Composer Interview: Dan Welcher from John Clare on Vimeo.

Flew the coop

So I had a great time in San Francisco, and am catching up from the trip, looking forward to a fab 39th birthday this weekend.
To celebrate, here is some rare, special footage from last week.

There is alot more about the chickens here. Thanks to Sebastian, Maltilda and Ethan for their help with the video!

Fiddle Fanboy

Happy Birthday Elliott!

Happy 100th Elliott Carter from John Clare on Vimeo.

Pretty happy

I like being able to share this with you...

Chris O'Riley at TPR from John Clare on Vimeo.

The next video is better technically with another Chris - Christopher Seaman conductor! There won't be a microphone in front of his face on the video...what can I say, I'm a radio guy...

Latest project

So in July I started some big projects...and in part this came about: an interview with Chris Brubeck. See the opening of our interview at his home in Connecticut.

Brubeck on Classified from John Clare on Vimeo.