March 2017: Kornel’s latest article “On Clarinet Flutter-tonguing (Frullato)” was published in this month’s issue of Twoja Muza magazine!
The article explores various types of frullato available on the clarinet (from alveolar and uvular through vox-clarinet to any combination of the three) with detailed drawings and simple explanations. It is also a part of a much larger presentation on “Types of Articulation on the Clarinet“. Read More→
Kornel Wolak will inaugurate the 7th West Pomeranian Clarinet Festival in Szczecin, Poland as well as serve as one of the competition judges.
Visit www.festiwalklarnetowy.szczecin.pl for application form and details.
The Inaugural Concert of the 2016 Festival – Clarinet recital
12 April 2016 (Tuesday)
Assembly Hall Music Schools in Szczecin
Solost: Kornel Wolak, clarinet
Joanna Zathey- Wójci?ska, piano
EXCERPT:
In its objective to provide diversity and excellence during the 2015-16 concert series, the North Okanagan Community Concert Association (NOCCA) believes it has succeeded with its next performance.
The upcoming concert duo of Kornel Wolak and Chris Donnelly will take to the Vernon Performing Arts Centre stage Sunday, March 20 at 7:30 p.m.
Armed with a clarinet, a piano and their personable stage presence, Wolak and Donnelly present a remarkable blend of traditional classical and jazz music rarely heard in live performance.
Their musical expertise coupled with their humour and personal interaction engage the audience in a very entertaining manner. In short, they make a great team.
Fresh from their successful concert tour of eight border states earlier this year, Wolak and Donnelly look forward to their time with the Vernon audience.
As Wolak humourously suggests, “come and see the weirdos!”
Throughout the program, Wolak and Donnelly also showcase their talent as solo artists.
Highly praised on two continents for his glorious tone, precise technical control, and musical imagination, Polish-born Wolak began piano lessons at age six and took up the clarinet when he was 12.
“I was not forced into music by my parents, both classical musicians. I was encouraged on a regular basis,” he said.
Wolak’s successful university studies in Europe won him a scholarship at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, where he earned a master’s in music. He then pursued advanced orchestral studies at the Glenn Gould School of Music in Toronto in the fall of 2005, earning an artist’s diploma.
“I was inspired not by individual clarinet players, but by former clarinet teachers,” said Wolak.
Tickets for the March 20 performance are available at the Ticket Seller box office, 250-549-7469, www.ticketseller.ca. More info. is at www.nocca.ca.
Jarocin Music School hosts the first Inter-regional Festival for Young Woodwind Players in Jarocin, Poland, April 22, 2016 with guest recitalist and lecturer Kornel Wolak.
Saturday, May 14th – 8:00 PM
Calvin Presbyterian Church
Jazzy
Jean-Michel Malouf – conductor,
Kornel Wolak – clarinet
Programme:
G. Gershwin – West Side Story
L. Bernstein – Porgy and Bess
B. Goodman – Memories of You, medleys for clarinet & orchestra
A. Copland – Hoedown
Maxime Goulet – Fishing story
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Armed with a clarinet, a piano, and their personable stage presence, Kornel Wolak and Chris Donnelly present a remarkable blend of classical and jazz music rarely heard in live performance. From revered classical pieces to Gershwin, Chris and Kornel captivate audiences with virtuosity, familiar melodies, and a profound passion for music and performing.
Sample Program
Premiere Rhapsodie – Debussy
Flight of the Bumblebee – Rimsky-Korsakov
Sonata for Clarinet & Piano – Brahms
Rhapsody in Blue – Gershwin
Adagio from Clarinet Concerto in A Major – Mozart
Moto Perpetuo, Op. 11 – Paganini
Intro, Theme and Variations – Rossini
Tico-Tico no Fuba – Abreau
Allegro from Violin Sonata No. 3 – Bach
A Paganini – Yadzinski
Henry’s Song and Dance – Donnelly
Hymn to Freedom – Peterson
