Saxquest and Clarinetquest are thrilled to invite you all to a very special clarinet event THIS Thursday evening at our new West County location, September 22, from 6:30-8:30pm. Saxquest-West is located just behind the Steinway Piano Gallery right next to Midwest Sheet Music (see address below). We’re so delighted to offer an evening masterclass with St. Louis Principal Clarinetist, Scott Andrews.
Mr. Andrews will be presenting a masterclass in the relaxed environment of the Steinway Piano Gallery Recital Hall. This is an incredible opportunity to gleam some insights from one of our country’s top performing artists.
Whether you are playing for Scott as part of this masterclass or coming to just listen in, you’ll walk away with lots of new ideas and insights into the clarinet. Definitely try to check this out if you can!!!
Praised as “elegant” in the Boston Globe and “extraordinary” by the New York Times, Scott Andrews has been critically acclaimed in solo and chamber music performances across the country. A sought-after collaborative musician, Andrews has performed with many of today’s leading artists, and as an avid proponent of new music, he has performed with organizations such as Composers in Red Sneakers, the Auros Group for New Music, and Boston Musica Viva. He has toured and performed with such ensembles as the Ying String Quartet, the Calyx Piano Trio, and the Boston Symphony Chamber Players, among many others. Andrews has been Principal Clarinet of the St. Louis Symphony since 2005. Before joining the STL Symphony, Andrews had been a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for 11 years. He has also performed in the U.S. with the Philadelphia Orchestra, and with the Saito Kinen Orchestra and the Mito Chamber Orchestra in Japan.
Andrews has lectured and given classes throughout the United States as well as in Europe and Japan. He was for many years the Woodwind Department Chair at Boston Conservatory and a faculty member of the Tanglewood Music Center in Lenox, Massachusetts. June 2013 marked his third season as co-Director of the Missouri Chamber Music Festival, an annual collaborative festival in Webster Groves, Missouri, which he founded with his wife, pianist Nina Ferrigno. He joined the faculty of the Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo, Japan, in July 2013.
Originally from Virginia, Scott Andrews studied piano and violin before discovering the clarinet, studying with Edward Knakal of Virginia Beach. He attended the Virginia Governor’s School for the Arts and also studied at the Interlochen Music Center in Michigan. He graduated with distinction from the New England Conservatory of Music, where he was a clarinet student of Harold Wright.
Saxquest West address: 2614 Metro Blvd., Maryland Heights, MO 63043
Be sure to mark your calendar for these upcoming Saxquest events.
Upcoming Saxquest Shows & Clinics
November 19 – 2016 Saxquest Woodwind Instrument EXPO – Sheraton Westport Hotel
