Clarinet Studio
2024-2025 Roster | Clarinet Events
Audition Information | Handouts | Favorite Links
Welcome to the SHSU Clarinet Studio webpage! Below you will find information about our current studio members, clarinet events, prospective student auditions as well as other topics.
Sam Houston State University is a great place to earn your music degree. Students receive weekly lessons in a friendly and positive environment. Our weekly clarinet studio class provides opportunities for students to perform solo and chamber music and discuss a wide variety of topics such as repertoire, Performance issues, and pedagogy approaches. The studio also hosts a guest artist each year. In the past, we have enjoyed working with Christian Schubert (clarinetist with the Houston Symphony), Rocco Parisi (international bass clarinet soloist), Richard Nunemaker (bass clarinetist with the Houston Symphony, retired), Ana-Alicia Lopez (House of Music Therapy), Robert Spring (Arizona State University), John Scott, (University of North Texas) and many others.
Please let us know if you are interested in visiting campus to observe any rehearsals, music classes and have a complimentary lesson. We hope to see you on campus in the near future!
Clarinet Faculty:
Patricia P. Card, DMA
Professor of Clarinet
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, TX 77341-2208
pcard@shsu.edu
(936)294-1383
2024-2025 SHSU Clarinet Studio
Elizabeth Arreola
Freshman
Music Education
Dallas, TX
Elijah Banda
Sophomore
Music Education
Houston, TX
Mariah Brown
Junior
Music Education
Duncanville, TX
Sergio Cabrera
Senior
Music Education
Houston, TX
Emily Chapa
Senior
Music Education
Houston, TX
Ryan Coplen
Freshman
Music Education
Manvel, TX
Caylah Delgado
Sophmore
Music Education
Kendleton, TX
Sydney Flake
Senior
Music Education
The Woodlands, TX
Rafael Hernandez
Senior
Music Education
Livingston, TX
Ashley Kaufmann
Junior
Music Education
Huntsville, TX
Angela Kyser
Junior
Music Education
Huntsville, TX
Xzavier Lewis
Freshman
Music Education
Rosenburg, TX
Jessica Lofton
Freshman
Music Education
Montgomery, TX
Julio Lopez
Senior
Music Education
Madisonville, TX
Annabelle Mehollin
Freshman
Music Education
Georgetown, TX
Emily Parma
Freshman
Music Therapy
Tarkington, TX
Erick Pacheco Sandoval
Senior
Music Education
Houston, TX
Ashlyn Silva
Freshman
Music Education
Houston, TX
Abby Smith
Freshman
Music Education
Bryan, TX
Evan Yang
Sophomore
Music Education
Houston, TX
Victor Vizcarra
Freshman
Music Composition
Dawson, TX
Clarinet Events
| October 1, 2024 | Patricia Card, guest soloist | GPAC Recital Hall | 7:00pm |
| October 24th, 2024 | Dr. John Scott, guest masterclass | GPAC Concert Hall | 2:00pm |
| November 13, 2024 | Faculty Woodwind Quintet | GPAC Recital Hall | 7:30pm |
| November 15, 2024 | Julio Lopez, student recital | GPAC Recital Hall | 7:30pm |
| November 16, 2024 | Rafael Hernandez, student recital | GPAC Recital Hall | 1:30pm |
| November 23, 2024 | Sergio Cabrera, student recital | GPAC Recital Hall | 7:30pm |
| March 24, 2025 | Faculty Woodwind Quintet | GPAC Recital Hall | 7:30pm |
| April 13, 2025 | Clarinet Extravaganza! | Room 201 (Rehearsal) | 1:00pm |
| GPAC Concert Hall | 3:30pm | ||
Audition Information
Sam Houston State University offers a Bachelor of Music degree in Performance, Teacher Certification/Music Education, Music Therapy, Composition as well as a Bachelor of Arts and a Music Minor. Prospective music students must be accepted by both the University and the School of Music and perform an Entrance Audition. The required paperwork can be found on the prospective student section of the School of Music webpage:
https://www.shsu.edu/academics/music/admissions/
Entrance Audition dates are:
November 16, 2024
January 25, 2025
February 1, 2025
February 22, 2025
March 1, 2025
If the above dates do not work with your schedule, please contact me to arrange a private audition. Auditions last approximately 15 minutes. Clarinet players should prepare one or two solos or etudes, which demonstrate technical facility as well as lyrical, expressive playing. All-State etudes and UIL solos are acceptable selections. Sight-reading and/or major scales may be requested. An accompanist is not necessary. Music may be used.
The School of Music offers substantial music scholarships based on your entrance audition. In additional, there are other scholarship opportunities that can be earned while attending Sam Houston based on merit, GPA, and service to the University.
Clinic Handouts
Performance Guides for Association of Texas Small School Bands
The Performance guides are designed to give the ATSSB clarinetist a deeper understanding of how to approach learning and performing these etudes. Suggestions are included for the entire five year rotation.
Texas Bandmasters Association Convention
San Antonio, TX
The ABCs of the Clarinet Ts: Tone, Technique and Tongue
Clarinet can be a challenging instrument for students of all ability. By investigating the clarinet fundamentals of tone, technique and tongue, most problematic issues can be identified and improved regardless of age. Card will give suggestions on how to address and resolve some of the most common problems students and their band directors encounter every day.
Texas Music Educators Convention
San Antonio, TX
February 11, 2016
2012 Clarinet Studio Project Texas UIL Class III solo database
In the Fall of 2012, the SHSU Clarinet Studio reviewed, studied and performed a large portion of the repertoire that creates the Class III Bb clarinet solos for Texas UIL. Attached is a database of our findings including title, publisher, pedagogy issues, appealing elements and ensemble issues.
UIL Class III Bb clarinet solo database (PDF)
The Mechanics of Breathing
This clinic discusses the various elements involved in proper breathing required for Clarinet Performance. Basic anatomy, types of breathing, air capacity and awareness exercises are included.
Texas Clarinet Colloquium, Texas A&M University--Commerce
March 5, 2011
The Mechanics of Breathing outline
Little Steps to the Big Break
When clarinet students first join band, they enter a whole new world, one that is fresh, novel and fun. As the year progresses, certain aspects of the clarinet can become quite challenging. One of the more difficult areas is conquering the technique required to go over the break. Without proper guidance, many students become frustrated, dejected and may even quit. The following article will concentrate on this issue and suggest a systematic approach to introducing and mastering the break.
Texas Bandmasters Association Newsletter
Spring 2009
Fear Factor: Finding Woodwind Chamber Music
This clinic is designed to introduce new repertoire for various combinations of woodwind instruments; repertoire is appropriate for intermediate to advanced high school/college students. The combinations include:
Trios:
flute, oboe and clarinet;
flute, oboe and bassoon;
flute, clarinet and saxophone;
oboe, clarinet and bassoon
Quartets:
flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon;
oboe, clarinet, bassoon, saxophone;
Texas Bandmasters Association Convention
San Antonio, TX
July 22, 2006
Beginning Band is Over: Are the Clarinets Ready for your Performing Group?
At the end of the first year of band, clarinet students often lack the refinement needed to successfully contribute to a performing ensemble. Focusing on unique problems associated with the advancing clarinetist, this clinic will provide suggestions and exercises designed to develop the essentials skills required of a capable clarinet section.
Texas Music Educators Association Convention
San Antonio, TX
February 17, 2006
Favorite Links
www.clarinet.org International Clarinet Association
www.musictherapy.org American Music Therapy Association
www.tmea.org Texas Music Educators Association
www.atssb.org Association of Texas Small School Bands