Are you a clarinetist interested in auditioning for Minnesota All State? Join us for a masterclass on the audition materials with Dr. Jeremy Wohletz on January 20th!
The Clarinet Gallery is thrilled to welcome Dr. Wohletz for a recital and masterclass at Schmitt Music Bloomington on January 20th, 2024 at 1PM. The recital and masterclass are open to all, but will focus on All State Audition Materials for clarinet. Dr. Wohletz will also perform a recital featuring works for soprano and bass clarinet.
Dr. Jeremy Wohletz is a clarinet professor at Dickinson College teaching clarinet, chamber music and jazz ensembles. If you would like to participate in this class as a performer, please let us know via email at clarinetgallery@schmittmusic.com
Recently awarded second place in the 2023 American Prize for Woodwind Performance (professional division), Jeremy Wohletz’s performances have been described as “tasty and elegant” with “a lovely tone to his sound and great control throughout.” Jeremy Wohletz currently serves as Associate Professor of Woodwinds within the Department of Arts and Letters at Dickinson State University. He teaches woodwind lessons, coaches woodwind chamber groups, and directs the DSU Jazz Ensemble. He enjoys a diverse musical life as both a performer and educator.
As a performer, he maintains a highly active performance schedule and is a large advocate for new music, both performing and commissioning new compositions. One of these commissions was recently chosen to premiere at the 2021 International Clarinet Association convention, involving solo bass clarinet with electronics. Another piece was commissioned and premiered at the 2012 ICA convention by his guitar and clarinet duo, Pararo. This performance was described by The Clarinet Journal as “a soothing blend of guitar and clarinet that washed through the ears to the soul.” As a solo recitalist, he presented performances and masterclasses throughout the United States, Canada, and Portugal. He is also a regular in the Bismarck Mandan Symphony Orchestra on both clarinet and saxophone and founding member and tenor saxophonist in a jazz combo, Dakota Jazz, which performs regularly throughout North and South Dakota.
As an educator, Dr. Wohletz has taught a variety of courses such as woodwind pedagogy, music theory, and music history, along with private lessons and chamber coaching. He has also been asked to guest lecture numerous times on topics ranging from extended techniques for clarinet, history of jazz, Balinese gamelan, and been asked to coach several high school woodwind sections. In addition to regular classroom teaching, he has also served as clarinet faculty at the International Music Camp since 2018, where he teaches clarinet sectionals, masterclasses, and chamber coaching. Dr. Wohletz has been published in the National Association of Collegiate Wind and Percussions Instructors journal and was selected to present at the 2018 American Single Reed Summit. He also won second prize at the 2014 International Clarinet Association’s research competition for his presentation entitled “East meets West: Transcribing Balinese Gamelan for Clarinet Choir.”
Jeremy Wohletz received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Baker University, where he was named music performer of the year multiple years. He was also appointed principal clarinet in the Kansas Intercollegiate Band, performed with the National Wind Ensemble at Carnegie Hall in New York, and performed in the Small Intercollegiate Band at the Lincoln Center in New York. Dr. Wohletz received his Master of Music from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, where he won the Wind Ensemble Concerto competition and served as principal clarinetist in both the orchestra and wind ensemble. While pursuing his doctoral degree from the University of Kansas, he was the recipient of several grants that allowed him to travel to Bali, Indonesia where he studied Balinese gamelan firsthand from a gamelan master.
His teachers include Dr. JD Parr, Dr. Eric Mandat, and Dr. Stephanie Zelnick.
Interested in attending? RSVP today!
