Ran Kampel, Clarinet
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Curriculum Vitae

Education
USC Thornton School of Music
        Master of Music Degree in Clarinet Performance.

Eastman School of Music
             Bachelor of Music Degree in Clarinet Performance with High Distinction.
          Performer's Certificate.
          Arts Leadership Program Certificate
                    (in Leadership & Administration; and in Contemporary Orchestral Issues).
          Cumulative GPA score is 3.95, Dean's list.


Thelma-Yellin High-School for the Arts
               Graduated from the classical music department with distinction.

The Givatayim Music Conservatory

              Diploma received with distinction.

Employment History

Jacksonville Symphony,

            Principal Clarinet 

New World Symphony,
            Clarinet Fellow

New West Symphony,
            2nd clarinet/ Eb clarinet
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Santa Barbara Symphony                                                                                                       Guest Principal Clarinet                                                                                       

Grand Rapids Symphony,
            Interim Principal Clarinet

Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra,

            4th clarinet

Teaching Experience
Teaching Artist
Napa Valley Language Academy
              Helped founding the wind division of the school’s El Sistema vision.
              Taught 5th & 6th grades weekly clarinet group lessons focusing on          
                 developing their musicianship, sense of rhythm and ensemble playing.

            
Salvador Elementary School
               Designed together with classroom teachers lesson plans that incorporate
                      music into the everyday class curriculum following the principals of
                      Leonard Bernstein Center's Artful Learning Model.


Clarinet Instructor

Academia Filarmónica de Medellín (AFMED)                                                                              ​Lead daily clarinet masterclass and workshops for students from                                                          different music programs in Medellín.

​Interlochen Arts Academy
            Lead a Clarinet Masterclass for students from the Interlochen arts Academy.

Givatayim Conservatory
              Lead a Clarinet Masterclass for students from the Givatayim Conservatory.


Private studio
               Instructs high school clarinet students on a weekly-basis.
               Worked together on developing a good tone production, a solid technique and      
                      musicianship through natural singing voice. 
                                                 

Cy-Fair High School
            Taught weekly clarinet lessons  for the high school band program.
             Accustoming students to developing a good tone  production, a solid technique
                     and musicianship.


Recorder class teacher
John W. Mack Elementary School
            Taught 3rd through 5th grades weekly music classes focusing on developing
                    their musicianship through singing and basic skills of playing the recorder.
            Familiarizing students with many general music terms; such as reading music
                    notation, the families of instruments,  and diverse styles and genres.

Sectional clarinet instructor
James A. Foshay Learning Center
            Coached a weekly clarinet sectional for the high school band program.
            Reinforcing fundamentals of good ensemble playing; such as intonation,
                     blending, rhythmic integrity and musicianship.


Fellowships

Tanglewood Music Center, fellowship-
         
  Lola and Edwin Jaffe Fellowship
Orchestra Institute Napa Valley, clarinet fellow
Rice University Shepherd School of Music,
            Mary Ellen Hale Lovett Traveling Fellowship in Music 2013
Colorado College Music Festival, fellowship-
            Sponsorship by Alan Siegel & Edie Greene and Cindy Carter & Rex Kramer.
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, fellowship-
            Funded by The Clement Clarke Moore Scholarship
Colorado College Music Festival, fellowship-
            Funded by The David & Nancy Roeder Scholarship
American Academy of Conducing at Aspen,
           
clarinet fellowship

Internships (Through the Catherine Filene Shouse Arts Leadership Program)
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Artistic Operations Intern (paid intern)
            Issued fee contracts and guest artist contracts for the 2009-2010 season.
            Updated the RPO musicians’ website with rehearsal schedules, assignments,
                    and other announcements to facilitate communication with musicians.
            Assisted in the orchestra’s season planning process; researched repertoire and
                    instrumentations for the artistic director.


 Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra Intern (paid intern)
            Served as assistant orchestra manager during rehearsals and concerts;
                    helped setting rehearsal space, distributed parts and led wind s
ectionals.
            Created the RPYO's contribution database to expedite collaborations with
                    donors.
            Redesigned the RPYO’s alumni database to facilitate connection with alumni.
            Took an active part in the board of directors' meetings and in the parents'
                     board meetings.


On-line projects

Inside the Music- Are you feeling it?               
          During this one hour long interactive concert, we invited the audience to see how 
                    we produce sound on different instruments, with high rate frame cameras
                    capturing these vibrations. We also explored how the actual vibrations create
                    sound and interact with the human senses, particularly “feel”. Through              
                    performances of chamber works by Beethoven, Mozart and Carter, we discussed
                    how the different instrument timbres blend and create new sounds together.
           Available for streaming online for free via MUSAIC - New World Symphony
                
Inside the Music- May I have the best seat in the house please?                  
          During this on hour long interactive concert, we invited the audience to explore
                    what is that "best seat" in the house which we all are hoping to get. We examined
                    and explained how the performers determine which seating arrangements to use
                    on stage and how it effects the sonority and visual experience for the audience.
                    Moreover, the audience had a chance to move around, switch seats and compare
                    ​heir concert experiences from the different seating areas at the concert hall.
           Available for streaming online for free via MUSAIC - New World Symphony


Inside the Music- Are you listening?                                   
         During this one hour long interactive concert, we gave the audience an opportunity
                    to have a closer look into the rehearsing process of a chamber group and how we
                    reach our artistic decisions. In my effort to include the audience in this process I
                    created an online application on which the audience got to vote in real time on                           which way the want us to interpret and perform the piece by the end of the    
                    concert. Over 100audience members participated in the live voting process and                         created a one in a lifetime performance of Beethoven Trio op. 11.
          Available for streaming online fore free via VIMEO - New World Symphony    
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​TEDxHouston 2012-  RESONATE                                                                            
        Performed and demonstrated on Viswa Subbaraman talk on conductor's role in the       
                ensemble; blend leadership skills with the talent of others to produce true
                masterpieces.


Eastman School of Music - Speed Lessons
            Featured in Eastman’s latest innovation of on-line available for purchase
                    lessons.
             These on-line lessons, taught by an Eastman professor with an Eastman
                     student as the performer, are designed to help students gain valuable
                      insights into orchestral playing.


Volunteer work

Sunset ChamberFest-  co-director                                                       
                Sunset ChamberFest is an organization led by cellist Michael Kaufman             
                   and clarinetist Ran Kampel that presents high-level chamber music concerts
                   in the Greater Los Angeles Area each June. The festival puts an emphasis on
                   the creation of new music, by commissioning composers to write pieces to be
                   premiered in the festival concerts and by working with student composers to
                   improve and professionally record their works.  Our mission is to bring together
                   excellent classical musicians from all over the world to share chamber music with
                   the different communities of the Greater Los Angeles Area, with an emphasis on
                   promoting both young professional and student composers.


Thornton Outreach Program -
            Served as a teaching-artist in the Meet the Instruments programs at high-risk
                    low-income downtown public schools.
            Introduced the clarinet to the student and demonstrated the instrument’s
                    different characteristics and repertoire.


Education program of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra-
            Helped run children's musical activities in pre-concert workshop.
            Was in charge of operating the “compose your own melody” stand in the
                    orchestra’s children’s concert music fair.


Outreach Programs at the Eastman School of Music (Music for all) -
            Performed and interacted with a vast variety of audiences from different
                    backgrounds  in public schools, hospitals, public libraries, retirement
                    communities, churches and in the University of Rochester.
            Coordinated performances and was directed of public speaking; introducing 
                     the pieces in a communicative and understandable way, while broadening 
                     the musical knowledge of the audience.


Performed in public ceremonies including in the Israeli President's House,
                    for the Ministry of Education, in community centers, and nursing
                       homes.


Worked with children with hearing disabilities.
                      Tutored a couple of children with hearing disabilities in their community  
                             center; played with them and helped them with their homework.
                      C0-produced a special concert celebrating Hanukkah.


Awards

New World Symphony Concerto Competition,                                                                                                 Winner​
Torrance Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition,
            Honorable Mention
USC Thornton School of Music,
            Winds & Percussion Department Award to outstanding graduates
Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society,
            Honors society membership
The 6th LISMA International Music Competition,
            Second prize
The 2009 Colorado College Music Festival Concerto Competition,
            Winner
The 2007 Heida Hermanns International Woodwind Competition,
            an Honorable Mention (was the youngest competitor in the finals)
Eastman School of Music,
            Dean's List (requires a GPA above 3.9).
Interlochen Festival for the Arts,
            Fine Arts Award
Thelma-Yellin High-School for the Arts,
            Distinguish Student Award
The Givatayim Music Conservatory,
            Distinguish Student Award
Turgeman Young Artist Competition (Israel),
           
First prize

Scholarships & Grants
Rice University Shepherd School of Music,
            full-tuition scholarship (Mr. and Mrs. Melbern G. Glasscock Prize)
USC Thornton School of Music,
            Dean's Scholarship
Eastman School of Music,
            a grant from the Professional Development Committee to participate
                    in the 2008 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition.
America-Israel Culture Foundation,
            a grant to attend Aspen Music Festival and School.
Eastman School of Music,
            Howard Hanson Scholarship & Peter Hadcock Scholarship in clarinet
Interlochen Festival for the Arts,
            Earl and Ellen McDonald Memorial
Nadia Sternberg Foundation,
            a scholarship for chamber music
America-Israel Culture Foundation,
            full-tuition scholarships for musical studies



2012
Los Angeles, CA

2009
Rochester, NY





2006
Givatayim, Israel

2006
Givatayim, Israel



September 2017- present
Jacksonville, FL
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September 2014- May 2017
Miami Beach, FL


May 2013- May 2017
Los Angeles, CA


February 2017
Santa Barbara, CA


September 2013- May 2013
Grand Rapids, MI​
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October 2012- December 2013
Rochester, NY



August-September 2013
Napa Valley, CA



August-September 2013
Napa Valley, CA


 


May 10th-14th , 2016

          Medellín,Colombia


​May 6th, 2015
Interlochen  MI

June 30th, 2013
Givatayim, Israel


2011-present




2012-2013
Houston, TX



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2011-2012
Los Angeles, CA





2011-2012
Los Angeles, CA


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Los Angeles, CA




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Rochester, NY



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Rochester, NY






2002-2006
Israel


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Tel- Aviv, Israel





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Master classes
Yehuda Gilad, Sabine Meyer, Phillipe Cupper, Charles Neidich, Andrew Marriner, Joseph Silverstein, 
Kim Kashkashian, James Dunham, Norman Fischer, Guy Deplus, Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr, Ted Oien, Frank Cohen, Carey Bell, Dan Gilbert, Nathan Williams, Eli Eban, Sharon Kam and Eddie Daniels.

Teachers worked with
Yehuda Gilad, Jon Manasse, Andrew Brown, Eva Wasserman- Margolis, Kennet Grant, Ricardo Morales, David Shifrin, Richie Hawley, Bil Jackson, Richard S
toltzman, Mark Nuccio, Tom Martin, Michael Wayne, Bert Hara, Dan Gilbert, Stephen Williamson, Kalmen Opperman, Robert Spring, Ayako Oshima, John Bruce Yeh, Francois Benda, Karl-Heinz Steffens, Daniel Silver, Richard Lesser, Luigi  Magistrelli and David Gould.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           (Last update:
December  2017)




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