"The Perfect Mix of Chamber and Orchestral Performance Training "

K/BM 41st summer!

June 29 - Aug. 10, 2008

We are pleased to announce the 41st season of Kent/Blossom Music, in association with The Cleveland Orchestra and Blossom Music Center. This special summer at Kent State University is sure to be one filled with excitement, fun and most of all the joyous sounds of talented musicians performing some of the world's best loved chamber music favorites.

In celebration of our next 40 years, and in appreciation of our loyal patrons, the K/BM Faculty Series and the Chamber Players Series will once again FREE and open to the public.

The celebration begins with the traditional opening dinner gala in the Kent State University Schwebal Garden Room. Our special guest speaker for the evening will be K/BM alumni Barbara Leibundguth, former co-principal flute of the Minnesota Symphony.

In addition we are looking forward to working for the first time with guest faculty artists Marisela Sager and Saeran St. Christopher (flute) of The Cleveland Orchestra, clarinetist Richard Hawkins of the Oberlin Conservatory and international pianist Spencer Myer.

We do hope you will bring a friend and join us for many of our wonderful concerts here on the beautiful Kent campus in the Hugh A. Glauser School of Music. Parking is free as are the lifetime of memories!

See you soon.

Jerome LaCorte
Director

Patron Information

Details of the 2008 K/BM Faculty Series and Chamber Players Series.

Applicant Information 2008

About K/BM

Kent/Blossom Music is an advanced training institute for professional music training operated by Kent State University in cooperation with The Cleveland Orchestra and Blossom Music Center presenting public performances by distinguished artist faculty and talented young musicians.

Advisory Council for 2006-2009

George Crumb - Composer

Erich Eichhorn - Cleveland Orchestra, Violin

David Geber - Manhattan School of Music, Associate Dean of Performance

Josef Knott - Hugh A. Glauser School of Music at Kent State University, Director

Barbara Leibundguth - Minnesota Symphony, Co-principal flute

Phil Setzer - Emerson String Quartet, violin

David Shifrin - Chamber Music Northwest, Artistic Director

Robert Woods - Telarc International, President

Richard Worthing - Community Representative

Vacant

Vacant

"As music director of the splendid Cleveland Orchestra.... Franz Welser-Möst is remaking the orchestra in his own image, savouring more warmth, perhaps, than Szell, and a bit less than Dohnanyi." Bernheimer adds that Welser-Möst "has managed to combine rare virtuosity with compelling finesse. Avoiding exaggeration and refusing to acknowledge the possibility of vulgarity, he has persuaded his musicians to perform as if chamber music were a universal goal. Even in grandiose romantic challenges, he seems to value clarity, balance and elegance above all."
Financial Times (London), Feb. 03

"... the artists worked together to nurture a unified, keenly expressive concept."     --- Cleveland Plain Dealer

Visit K/BM Collaborative Partners:
Kent State University | The Cleveland Orchestra | Blossom Music Center

Contact Us:
kbm@kent.edu | phone: 330-672-2613| fax 330-672-7837
Kent/Blossom Music, Kent State University, P.O. Box 5190,
E101 Music & Speech Center, Kent, OH 44242

Jerome LaCorte | Program Director | Phone: 330.672.2613 | E-mail: kbm@kent.edu