2023 Oregon Clarinet Symposium
May 5-6, 2023
The University of Oregon School of Music and Dance
We invite all clarinetist, students, and enthusiasts from the state of Oregon to join us this year. Early registration is now closed. However, we will honor our $20 early registration fee throughout this week and at the door on Friday and Saturday. We hope you are able to join us!
Special Guests:
Lawrie Bloom (Former member of Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Buffet Crampon Guest Artist)
Donald L. Oehler (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill & Trotter Distinguished Visiting Professor)
Holly Hang (Western Oregon University)
Carol Robe (Oregon State University)
Dunja Marcum (Lewis and Clark College)
Additional Guest and Ensembles:
Platypus Clarinet Orchestra
Cascadia Clarinet Quartet
Chia-Wei Lee (Voice, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX)
Theresa Chen (Jazz/Piano)
University of Oregon Clarinet Ensemble
Events Include:
- Recitals featuring guest artists, clarinet chamber groups, and clarinet choirs
- Clarinet Master Classes by J. Lawrie Bloom, Donald L. Oehler, and Wonkak Kim
- Clinic for high school and middle school students
- Mass clarinet choir for everyone to participate and perform at the final concert
- Vendor exhibits and more
- Instrument adjustment and consultation for overhaul by Katie Cooper of Windsmith (from Corvallis, OR)
- Beacock Music on-site store with clarinets, mouthpieces, reeds, sheet music, accessories, etc.
- Raffle to support the UO Clarinet Studio, featuring some great prizes!
2023 OCS Schedule
Friday, May 5
5pm – Registration (Collier House Lounge)
5:30pm – Conversation with J. Lawrie Bloom, former clarinet and bass clarinet with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Collier House)
7pm – Recital featuring new works by Oregon Composers Forum and more performed by UO Clarinet Studio members and friends (Collier House)
Saturday, May 6
8am – Registration & Vendor/exhibitor Set Up (Frohnmayer Lounge)
9am – Warm Up & Clarinet Clinic (Beall Concert Hall)
10am – Clarinet Choir Reading and Rehearsal (Beall Concert Hall)
11am – Artist Recital featuring Holly Hang Trio, Cascadia Clarinet Quartet, and UO Clarinet Quartet (Tykeson Hall)
1:30pm – Artist Recital featuring J. Lawrie Bloom, Donald L. Oehler, Wonkak Kim, Carol Robe, and Dunja Marcum (Tykeson Hall)
3pm – J. Lawrie Bloom Master Class (Tykeson Hall)
4pm – Donald L. Oehler Master Class (Tykeson Hall) and Wonkak Kim Master Class (Beall Concert Hall)
5:30pm – Final Concert featuring UO Clarinet Ensemble, Platypus Clarinet Orchestra, and the Symposium Mass Clarinet Choir (Beall Concert Hall)
Sponsored by:
ATTN: OCS 2020 Cancellation
Dear Friends,
We’ve been watching closely at the spread of the Corona Virus in the US during past few weeks and its implication to our 2020 Oregon Clarinet Symposium. Yesterday, the University of Oregon administration sent out a notice that we are putting a moratorium on all events involving more than 50 people and moving all in-person instruction online until mid-April. This will effectively preclude weeks of necessary preparation for the symposium, and there is still a good deal of uncertainty whether the event could be held at all only few days after the restriction is lifted.
Therefore, with sadness, we decided to cancel this year’s event. Thank you so much for your willingness to participate, sponsor, and support the symposium. It is a great honor to know you all, and I hope we could collaborate again soon.
Best,
Wonkak KIm
Artistic Director / Oregon Clarinet Symposium
Welcome to the 2020 Oregon Clarinet Symposium Blog. Please explore the tap above for more information about guest artists, registration, Young Artist Competition, clinics and master classes for HS students, and more! 
Highlights from the past Oregon Clarinet symposiums: 
Click here to view more pictures from our Facebook Album.