By Audrey Forbes
College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office
CONWAY—Grammy Award-winning classical and jazz clarinetist Eddie Daniels will give a public concert April 20 as part of his visit to the University of Central Arkansas as an artist-in-residence.
The 7:30 p.m. concert at Reynolds Performance Hall will also feature UCA’s Dixieland Band and Jazz Ensembles. Tickets are $10 for the public and free to UCA students, faculty and staff with UCA I.D.
Daniels received his master’s degree in clarinet from Julliard but gained the jazz audience’s attention as a tenor saxophonist with the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra.
With Daniels’ extensive experience in both jazz and classical fields of clarinet and saxophone, Dr. Jackie Lamar, professor of saxophone at UCA, said she and Dr. Kelly Johnson, associate professor of clarinet, had talked about bringing him to UCA for several years.
“He’s a really fabulous artist,” Lamar said. “In bringing him, we thought that we would be hitting a lot of bases [with UCA students].”
Daniels has performed jazz with the Eddie Daniels Quartet, the Cincinnati Symphony, the Rochester Philharmonic, the Indianapolis Symphony and the Boston Pops for Public Television. He has performed classically with the London Symphony, the Rotterdam Philharmonic and the Tokyo Symphony.
“Our students are getting the chance to learn from a professional musician who has performed and recorded around the world,” Lamar said.
In addition to the public concert, residency activities include:
- Clarinet masterclass, Snow Fine Arts Center Recital Hall, April 19, 2-2:50 p.m.
- Jazz improvisation masterclass, Snow Fine Arts Center Recital Hall, April 20, 1:40-2:30 p.m.
- Saxophone masterclass, Snow Fine Arts Center Recital Hall, April 20, 2:30-3:50 p.m.
All masterclasses are free and open to the public.
For more information, contact Dr. Lamar at 501-450-5759 or jackiel@uca.edu.
For ticket information, call UCA Ticket Central at 501-450-3265 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, or toll-free from anywhere in Arkansas at 1-866-810-0012 or visit www.uca.edu/reynolds.
The Artist-in-Residence program is funded by UCA’s arts fee and is administered by the College of Fine Arts and Communication. For more information about the program, call the Office of the Dean, College of Fine Arts and Communication, at 501-450-3293 or e-mail jdmiller@uca.edu.
The UCA College of Fine Arts and Communication includes the Departments of Art, Music, and Film, Theatre and Creative Writing, as well as the School of Communication. The college’s primary mission is the preparation of the next generation of artists, educators, and communicators. For more information about CFAC, visit www.uca.edu/cfac or call 501-450-3293.
