Spectral Immersions - Bass Clarinet Multiphonics February 1, 2013

Venue/Location: Peel Hall, University of Salford, Peel Building, Peel Park Campus, Salford, M5 4WT
Event type: Music
Description:

Admission: Free

Sarah Watts studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Angela Malsbury and Victoria Soames Samek. She then decided to specialise in the bass clarinet and studied at the Rotterdam Conservatorium with Henri Bok. At the end of her course in Rotterdam Sarah was awarded the Exxon prize for the best classical music student.

She has won numerous awards including: the UK Howarth Clarinet Competition 2000; Hawkes Clarinet Prize (RAM) 2001; Sir Arthur Bliss Chamber Music Prize (RAM) 2000; of wind section and Faber Prize, UK Performing Australian Music competition, 2001 (her clarinet and bass clarinet recital was broadcast on ABC radio); and finalist of Wind section, Royal Overseas League Competition 2000.

Performing on stage and in conservatoires and universities in England, Ireland, Scotland and the Netherlands, Sarah has also attracted pieces from composers such as Marc Yeats, Ian Wilson, Kevin O Connell, Alicia Grant and Sungji Hong.

In January 2003, Sarah performed a solo bass clarinet recital in London’s Purcell Room as part of the Park Lane Group Young Artist Series.

She was also a founder member of the World Bass Clarinet Foundation and an organiser for the First World Bass Clarinet Convention in Holland in October 2005.

Currently in her final PhD year at Keele University, Sarah is constructing new multiphonic charts for the bass clarinet. She is also a visiting tutor of solo bass clarinet at the Royal Northern College of Music and clarinet teacher at Nottingham University.

Official Website: http://www.salford.ac.uk/home-page/events/events/spectral-immersions-bass-clarinet-multiphonics