Clarinetist Kevin Streich performs in March 24 recital

Posted March 16, 2015 at 1:05 p.m.

BOONE—Kevin Streich, a member of the music faculty at UNC Pembroke, will present a guest recital on the clarinet March 24 at Appalachian State University.

The recital begins at 6 p.m. in Broyhill Music Center’s Recital Hall and will be followed by a masterclass with clarinetists from Appalachian’s Hayes School of Music. The public is invited to attend the free performance.

Streich will perform “Arlequin” by Louis Cahuzac, “Parable for Solo Clarinet, Op. 126” by Vincent Persichetti and “Three Etudes on Themes of Gershwin” by Paul Harvey.

Streich is an adjunct professor of clarinet at UNC-Pembroke, clarinet instructor at the Ravenscroft School and teaches students in his home studio in Raleigh. He served for 10 years as an instrumental music faculty member at the N.C. Governor’s School east campus.

He is principal clarinetist with the Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle and plays regularly with the North Carolina Symphony and N.C. Opera. His other performing engagements include the Cape Fear New Music Festival, Mallarme Chamber Players, Union Symphony Orchestra, Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra, Raleigh Civic Chamber Orchestra, and the Greater Lansing Symphony Orchestra.

Streich has a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Michigan State University, a Master of Music degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Connecticut.

About Appalachian State University

As the premier public undergraduate institution in the state of North Carolina, Appalachian State University prepares students to lead purposeful lives as global citizens who understand and engage their responsibilities in creating a sustainable future for all. The Appalachian Experience promotes a spirit of inclusion that brings people together in inspiring ways to acquire and create knowledge, to grow holistically, to act with passion and determination, and to embrace diversity and difference. Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Appalachian is one of 17 campuses in the University of North Carolina System. Appalachian enrolls more than 19,000 students, has a low student-to-faculty ratio and offers more than 150 undergraduate and graduate majors.