BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Denver X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Denver BEGIN:VEVENT UID:17-18211@music.colostate.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20240420T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20240420T213000 DTSTAMP:20240506T201621Z URL:https://music.colostate.edu/events/mangani/ SUMMARY:2024 Clarinet Composers Festival: Mangani Mania! DESCRIPTION:Mangani Mania!\n\nA celebration of the clarinet compositions of living composers\, this year’s event features the many works of Italian guest artist\, Michele Mangani who will be a major part of the celebratio n. Highlights of the festival include Mangani’s talk on his compositiona l process and the pieces being performed on the festival concerts.\n\nMidd le/high school students begin the morning with a mini-clarinet camp\, whic h includes lessons and topic classes provided by current CSU clarinet stud ents. Following the lunch hour\, all regional clarinetists are invited to join in and participate in the festival clarinet choir\, conducted by Mich ele Mangani himself. Popular music and clarinet vendors will be present an d open all afternoon for clarinetists to try out and purchase various equi pment and supplies.\n\nThe first concert featuring Mangani's clarinet work s begins at 4 p.m.\, with performances from the talented clarinet students and faculty of Colorado State University\, as well as a performance by th e aforementioned festival clarinet choir. Following the dinner break\, the festival concludes with an evening recital at 7:30 p.m. in the beautiful Organ Recital Hall. In total\, over 20 of Mangani's works comprising of so lo\, chamber\, concerto\, and clarinet choir will be performed at the Mang aniMania festival. Come and enjoy a memorable and meaningful event celebra ting this important living composer of popular clarinet music.\n\nRegister for the middle/high school clarinet mini-camp here.\nRegister to particip ate (and receive music) in the festival clarinet choir here.\n\nSCHEDULE O F EVENTS \n\n8:30am - 9:00am:  Arrival of middle and high school student s\n9:00am - 12:00pm: Middle/High School mini-clarinet camp (free lesson in cluded\, clarinet classes)\n12:00pm - 1:00pm: LUNCH BREAK (not provided)\n 12:00pm - 4:00pm Vendors Area open\n1:00pm - 2:00pm: Participant Festival Clarinet Choir rehearsal with Mangani conducting\n2:00pm - 3:00pm: Compose r Talk and Q&\;A\n3:00pm - 4:00pm: Vendor Area open\n4:00pm - 5:30pm: M angani Concert #1 (Festival Clarinet Choir performs)\n5:30pm - 7:30pm: DIN NER BREAK (not provided)\n7:30pm: Mangani Concert #2\n\nMichele Mangani w as born in Urbino (Italy)\, graduated from the Conservatory “Gioachino R ossini" of Pesaro in Clarinetto\, Band Instrumentation\, Composition and O rchestral Conducting\, and from the Conservatory "GB Martini" of Bologna i n Choral Music and Choir conducting. In 1996 won the National Contest for Master Director of the Italian Army National Band. He received a lot of Na tional and International prizes and he is one of the most appreciated Ital ian composers.\n\nHis compositions had been played and recorded around the world by different interpreters\, orchestras and bands as: Corrado Giuffr edi solo clarinet of the Italian Symphonic Orchestra from Switzerland\, Fa brizio Meloni solo clarinet of the Orchestra of the Theater and the Scala Philharmonic\, Calogero Palermo solo clarinet of the Royal Concertgebouw O rchestra from Amsterdam\, Wenzel Fuchs Philharmoniker Berliner Orchestra m ain clarinet\, Patrick De Ritis\, 1° soloist bassoon of the Symphonic Orc hestra from Wien\, Ricardo Morales\, main clarinet of the Philadelphia Orc hestra\, the Italian National Army Band\, the Italian Navy Band\, the Fina ncial Guard Military Band\, the Symphonic of the Bulgarian Radio\, the Phi lharmonic Orchestra from Bruxelles\, The National Juvenile Orchestra from Spain\, the Sinfonietta Orchestra from Losanna\, the wind Octet of the Sca la Theatre.\n\nIn recent years he has been commissioned to create new comp ositions\, premiered in various countries around the world\, including: 20 12 Verdiana\, fantasy for clarinet and orchestra in Ghent - Belgium\; 2015 Concertpiece for two clarinets and band in Rome Parco della Musica Italia \; 2015 Rossiniana fantasia for clarinet and orchestra in Madrid - Spain\; 2017 Concert for bass clarinet and orchestra in Tampere - Finland\; 2018 Concert for clarinet and band in Ostend - Belgium\; 2019 Three Latin dance s for clarinet orchestra in Lima - Peru\; 2019 Dance Variations for clarin et orchestra in Portland - USA\; 2019 Dance Variations version for clarine t and piano in Lanzhou - China. 2020 Raphael Symphony n.1 for orchestra in Urbino - Italy. 2021 Sunrise and Homage to Astor Piazzola\, for wind ense mble in Milan Teatro alla Scala - Italy 2022 Concerto n.2 for clarinet and band Cilea Theater Reggio Calabria - Italy. 2023 Clariquintet for clarine t and string quartet in Denver Oregon USA.\n\nHis musical production still amounts to over 1000 pieces including transcriptions and original composi tions\, for chamber ensembles\, band\, orchestra and choir\, of which appr oximately 600 are published by Edizioni Musicali Eufonia. His works are of ten included as compulsory pieces in performance competitions\, where he i s often invited as commissioner or president of the jury.\n\nSince 2012 he has collaborated as a member of the artistic commission and as director a nd arranger\, with the Gioachino Orchestra\, youth orchestral formation to the province of Pesaro and Urbino. He is the artistic director of the Win d Orchestra of Marche and Professor of music for wind instruments at G. Ro ssini Conservatory in Pesaro. Since 2017\, he has been the artistic direct or of the Academy of the “Cappella Musicale del SS. Sacramento” of Urb ino. 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