Texas Bandmasters Association
Bandmasters Review • April 2013
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Gary Whitman is Professor of Clarinet and Division Chair of
Woodwinds at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. Active as
a recitalist, he has presented performances at ClarinetFest conferences in
Arizona, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Maryland, Missouri and Nebraska, as
well as international conferences in France, Belgium, Sweden, Canada,
and Portugal. He has also presented masterclasses in Mexico, Peru,
Belgium, Puerto Rico and China. He has performed new works in Weill
Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, the “Cliburn at the Modern” series in Fort
Worth, and the Shanghai Concert Hall. He is a member of the Texas
Clarinet Consort, Trio Con Brio, a TCU faculty trio commissioning and
performing new works for clarinet, viola and piano, and the Fort Worth
Symphony, where he performs as the bass clarinetist. In 2009 TCU
conferred upon him the College of Fine Arts Award for the Chancellor’s
Distinguished Achievement as a Creative Teacher and Scholar. Past-
President of the International Clarinet Association, Mr. Whitman is an
artist-clinician for the Buffet Group USA, Inc. and Rico Reeds.
Bibl iography
Crisanti, Andrew, personal communication,
June 25, 2009.
Guy, Larry, 2012. “The Pedagogy Corner,”
The Clarinet
(September): 28-31.
Luevano, Kimberly Cole, 2012. “The Pedagogy
Corner,”
The Clarinet
(December): 28-31.
Photos courtesy of Paul Cortese, Assistant
Director, TCU School of Music.
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