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Dr. Tod Kerstetter Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Music Theory, |
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Tod Kerstetter teaches clarinet, bass clarinet, music theory, and woodwind chamber music. As a symphonic musician he has performed on clarinet, E-flat clarinet, bass clarinet, and soprano, alto, and tenor saxophones with a variety professional ensembles, including the American Wind Symphony, the Charleston Symphony, the Filarmónica del Bajío of Guanajuato, Mexico, the Nashville Symphony, the Savannah Symphony, and the Topeka Symphony. He has performed as clarinet soloist with the K-State Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, and Concert Jazz Ensemble; the Bowling Green Western Symphony; and the Nashville Chamber Orchestra. As either a soloist or a member of an ensemble, Kerstetter has performed internationally in Australia, Austria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Slovenia, and Sweden. His CDs include Schoenbergs Pierrot lunaire and Ellen Zwilichs Passages with the University of Georgia Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, and Break Out! by Oberlin College composer Lewis Nielson. Kerstetter performed at the International Clarinet Association ClarinetFests in 1998 (Columbus), 2004 (Washington, D.C.), 2006 (Atlanta), 2008 (Kansas City), and 2011 (Los Angeles). In 2009, Kerstetter was a featured artist at the renowned University of Oklahoma Clarinet Symposium. With Robert Chesebro of Furman University, he recently co-authored a clarinet pedagogy textbook titled The Everyday Virtuoso. |
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