Diane Barger
Diane Barger, Hixson-Lied Professor of Clarinet, is currently preparing for her appearance as featured guest artist for the 37th Oklahoma Clarinet Symposium in Norman, OK (http://ouclarinetsymposium.ou.edu/). The symposium is June 12-14th on the campus of the University of Oklahoma in Norman. Barger's recital features music by Reinecke, Miluccio, and Delano and is scheduled on Friday, June 13th at 4pm in the Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall in the Catlett Music Center. UNL graduate students Jennifer Reeves (MM 2014; new DMA student and GTA, Fall '14) and Lucas Willsie (MM student, GTA) will be attending the symposium with Barger, and Jennifer Reeves is scheduled to perform in one of the symposium master classes. July 30-August 2, Barger will be attending the International Clarinet Association's annual ClarinetFest® (http://www.clarinet.org/clarinetFest2014/), which will take place in Baton Rouge, LA on the campus of Louisiana State University. Reeves, Willsie and Shiana Montanari (MM) will also be attending. Following a peer-reviewed invitation process last fall, Barger accepted the invitation to present two lectures at ClarinetFest® this summer. Her first presentation will occur on Thursday, July 31 at 11am in the Union Theater Room. The lecture is titled, "So You Want to Host an ICA ClarinetFest®…", is an hour in length, and will describe the process of creating the initial site proposal for the ICA Board of Directors and discuss the intricacies of organizing, planning, and managing all aspects of an ICA ClarinetFest®. (As a reminder, Barger served as Artistic Director and Host of the highly successful 2012 ICA ClarinetFest® here in Lincoln on the UNL campus!) The 2nd lecture presentation is shared with co-collaborater Dr. Denise Gainey (from the University of Alabama at Birmingham) and is a 30-minute presentation scheduled for Saturday, August 1 at 4pm in the Union Theater Room. The lecture is titled "Collaborative Teaching and Learning in the Studio" and discusses the way social networking (specifically Facebook) was used during the last academic year as an online, collaborative educational tool between two university clarinet studios. By sharing weekly video clips of each student's lesson, students and teachers were given a unique opportunity for further growth and learning throughout the year. The presentation will describe the conception of the teaching tool and note the benefits the students and teachers gained from the experience. Finally, during ClarinetFest®, Barger will also serve as the E-flat clarinetist in the American Clarinet Professors Choir which will close the conference with a final concert on Sunday, August 2 in the Shaver Theater at 3pm.