Music
Clarinet Camp
Summer Clarinet Camp
General Information
July 29-30, 2025
CWU Clarinet Camp is a two-day event for young clarinetists wishing to develop their skills in classical performance. Held in CWU's McIntyre Hall, our camp will include a faculty recital featuring Seattle Symphony clarinetist Laura DeLuca and CWU clarinet professor Josephine Wells. Students will participate masterclasses, a reed care workshop, and a recital presenting our camp clarinet quartets, and a clarinet choir including all camp participants. This event will be an excellent opportunity to collaborate with the CWU clarinet studio, learn more about our music program, and increase musical proficiency through pedagogy and performance.
Clinicians
Josephine Wells, CWU Clarinet Professor
Josephine Wells is an active orchestral clarinetist and soloist, performing and teaching throughout Washington state. She is an alum of Central Washington University where she earned a Bachelor’s in clarinet performance and a Bachelor’s in music education. Josephine graduated with her Master’s in performance from the University of New Mexico. While studying in Albuquerque, Josephine played with a variety of orchestras including Santa Fe Pro Musica, the Santa Fe Symphony, and the New Mexico Philharmonic. In the 2024-25 season, Josephine has served as the principal clarinetist of the Mid-Columbia symphony, and the bass clarinetist for Yakima Symphony. Her teachers have included Joseph Brooks, Dr. Jeffrey Brooks, and Laura DeLuca.
Laura DeLuca, Seattle SymphonyClarinetist Laura DeLuca joined the Seattle Symphony in 1986 following her education at Northwestern University where she studied with the celebrated clarinetist, Robert Marcellus. She is also a co-founding member of Seattle Chamber Players, a contemporary music ensemble formed in 1989 boasting nearly one hundred commissioned works. While her roots are deeply planted in the Pacific Northwest, music has been a passport to the world, opening up opportunities to perform in historic concert halls in Europe, Russia, China and South America. Closer to home, Laura regularly performs with Music of Remembrance, Icicle Creek series and has soloed with Seattle Symphony, Seattle Youth Symphony, Cascade and Rainier Symphonies. On February 11, 2011 the day of historic political uprising in Egypt (and her birthday), she premiered a newly commissioned concerto, Freedom by Alissa Firsova with the Northwest Sinfonietta. DeLuca has performed on over one hundred recordings and has worked with distinguished composers and performers such as Jake Heggie, John Luther Adams, John Zorn, Betty Olivero, Paul Schoenfield and Artur Avanesov. As a teacher, she has held posts at University of Puget Sound and maintained a private studio of students over the past 40 years.
Festival Pianist
Darin Kaschmitter
Eligibility
Clarinet Fest is open to high school students, collegiate students, and other young artists. All participants are required to submit a pre-recorded audition.Auditions
- Auditions can be submitted via email to the Clarinet Camp Coordinator, Josephine Wells at Josephine.Wells@cwu.edu.
- Audition recordings must be under 5 minutes in length.
Suggested audition material includes but is not limited to; Rose 32 Etudes, orchestral excerpts, or a movement from a Sonata, Concerto, or other solo piece from the clarinet repertoire (Weber Concertino, Mozart Concerto, Stamitz Concerto, Poulenc Sonata, etc.)
Registration
Participants must complete the online registration by June 1st, 2025 and payment before July 1st, 2025.
Housing
Participants will be responsible for organizing their overnight accommodations off campus.
CWU Parking Information
- Free street parking on N. Alder Street.
- Daily parking passes for the lot next to McIntyre can be purchased online the day of arrival
- Parking is free at McIntyre Hall after 5pm and on weekends.
- Parking Map
Tuition
- $150
Cancellation Policy
Refunds are available with a $20.00 handling fee until July 15th, 2025. Refunds after that date will be made on a case by case basis
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