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Moravian College Department of Music and Allentown Symphony Association to present Clarinet Celebration

Wenzel Fuchs

Bethlehem, Pa., October 1, 2014—The Moravian College Department of Music and Allentown Symphony Association will welcome Wenzel Fuchs, principal clarinet of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, for a master class and recital in Foy Concert Hall on Saturday, October 4. General admission is $15 and $10 for students. There will be a number of related events, Register for the day at .

Registration begins while an accessory and instrumental display will be performed by Nazareth Music At 1:00 p.m.

Wenzel Fuchs will conduct a master class 2:00 p.m.. Fuchs is an Australian clarinetist who has worked in Orchestra for years, as well as is a soloist player, and a teacher. He teaches in the Berliner Philharmoniker’s Orchestra Academy, has held a professorship at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" Berlin (from autumn 2008 to summer 2012), and held a visiting professorship at Sakuyou Music University in Okayama, Japan and an honorary professorship at the Shanghai Conservatory.

A Clarinet Choir Reading Session with Sean O'Boyle will take place at 4:30 p.m.

The day of events will culminate will at 7:30 p.m. with a Recital by Wenzel Fuchs, clarinet and Allison Franzetti, piano joined by clarinetists Sean O'Boyle, Moravian College; Deborah Andrus, Moravian College, and Allentown Symphony Orchestra; and John Schwartz, Allentown Symphony Orchestra.

Moravian College encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the physical access provided, please contact the Department of Music at music@moravian.edu or, call 610-861-1650 prior to the event.

Moravian College is a private coeducational liberal arts college, offering undergraduate and graduate degrees, located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Tracing its founding to 1742, Moravian is recognized as America's sixth-oldest college and the first to educate women. The College emphasizes the deliberate integration of a broad-based liberal arts curriculum with hands-on learning experiences to prepare its 1,600 students, not just for jobs, but for successful careers. Moravian College excels at transforming good students into highly competent graduates who are ready to enter the workplace with confidence or shine in graduate school. Visit the Web site at .