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News Release

Contact: Renee Page, NIU College of Visual and Performing Arts
(815) 753-1450

February 22, 2005

World renowned clarinetist Karl Leister
to perform during NIU's Clarinet Cornucopia

DeKalb, Ill. — Music lovers in the northern Illinois area have a chance to hear one of Europe’s finest musicians at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 20, in the Music Building at Northern Illinois University.

Karl Leister, world renowned clarinetist, will perform the works of Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms and Allgulin. Leister was principal clarinetist with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for 35 years, and has performed as a soloist and chamber musician with many of the leading musicians and conductors of our time.

Leister will be at NIU the weekend of March 19 and 20 as the featured artist at the annual Clarinet Cornucopia. He will conduct a master class at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 19.

Other features of the 2005 Clarinet Cornucopia include a talk on German romantic music by NIU music historian Brian Hart, a participants’ clarinet choir that rehearses and performs March 19, and a clarinet vendor display.

Now in its fourth year, Clarinet Cornucopia is organized by NIU clarinet professor Gregory Barrett. Barrett performs with the Ars Viva Symphony Orchestra and the Chicago Sinfonietta, and has performed chamber works in Vienna’s Musikverein.

All events take place in the NIU Music Building.

The cost to attend Clarinet Cornucopia is $40 before Friday, March 4; this fee includes the cost of a ticket to the March 20 Leister performance. Individual tickets for the concert are $10 if ordered before March 4. All prices increase after March 4. There are group discounts for five or more people who register at the same time.

For more information about the Clarinet Cornucopia, contact Renee Page, Office of External Programs, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115, or call (815) 753-1450.

More information is available at www.niu.edu/extprograms.

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