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Dr. Douglas Monroe Assistant Professor Degrees:
Douglas Monroe has enjoyed a varied and exciting career as both clarinetist and conductor. His performances have taken him to forty-seven states, Canada, and nine European countries, where he has performed at venues such as Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Royal Albert Hall in London, and the Schauspielhaus in Berlin. In 1987, he was appointed principal clarinetist of the Arizona Opera. Following his tenure there, Monroe spent three years with the United States Army Field Band in Washington, D.C., the Army’s premier touring ensemble. While there, he was a frequent featured soloist, including concerto performances at the Chatauqua Institute, the Interlochen Center for the Arts, Music Hall in Cincinnati, and Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Dallas. Over the past seventeen years, Monroe has been a conductor, and clarinetist in various United States Air Force Bands, winning awards for his example of musical excellence. He has also performed with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Aspen Festival Orchestra, the Coronado Trio, Los Vientos Wind Quintet, and the Kalamos Clarinet Quartet. His performances have garnered acclaim from reviewers around the country. The Green Valley (AZ) News wrote, “Monroe was flawless in his technique, impeccable in his intonation, and dramatic in his interpretation.” The Lancaster (OH) Eagle-Gazette said, “In one word, Monroe was inspiring.” The Lima (OH) News reported, “His playing was serious. Monroe’s fingers never missed a note.” As a conductor of Air Force bands, Monroe led over five-hundred performances and conducted on six compact disc recordings. His eight wind band commissions have included composers Adam Gorb and Michael Gandolfi. Monroe has produced chamber music recordings for Klavier, over thirty recordings for the United States Air Force, and has appeared as clarinetist on four commercial compact discs. Most recently, he commissioned Hollywood film composer George Roumanis to write The Seven Ages of Man; A Tone Poem for Clarinet and Piano. His recording of the thirty-minute work is published by Bill Holcombe Publishing. In 2010, Monroe will premier and record Michael Gandolfi’s Serenade for Clarinet and Wind Ensemble with the New England Conservatory’s Jordan Winds. He was one of eight clarinetists invited to present a research project in the 2008 International Clarinet Association’s ClarinetFest Research Competition in Kansas City, MO. He was awarded Second Prize for his lecture recital “Conflict and Meaning in Carl Nielsen’s Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, Op. 57 (1928).” Monroe’s teachers have included James Pyne, Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr, Charles West, Joaquin Valdepeñas, and Leon Russianoff. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Ohio State University, a Master of Music from the University of Arizona, and a Bachelor of Music from Michigan State University. Additionally, he has studied at the Manhattan School of Music and the Aspen Music Festival. Most recently, Dr. Monroe was appointed as professor of clarinet at North Dakota State University in Fargo, ND.
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For more information contact Kay
Beckermann , (701) 231-9564 |
