I'd love to see you in Spain for an amazing clarinet experience
Are ready to improve your clarinet playing, meet great people, and experience brilliant, inspiring concerts?
Come join me at the Xacobeo Clarinet Festival in Spain July 28th - August 2nd. This short video gives you a quick description, and the highlights video below gives you some samples of last year's festival as well as words from our Clarinet Mentors group last year. This is truly a special event and is limited to 22 people. (If the registration button is available down below you can still register.) I would love to meet you in person at this amazing event. (PS-Average high temperature in Lalin is 23 C or 74 F in July.)
Register below to join me in beautiful Lalin Spain, July 12 - 20 for masterclasses, concerts, lessons, clarinet choir, Spanish culture and more!
This could be a highlight of your clarinet life! Watch this video to hear some clips from last year's festival, and to hear the excitement from participants of previous Clarinet Mentors live events. If you can attend the entire festival, that would be great! Please register ASAP below to reserve your spot.
Join me for an inspiring clarinet event that will be rewarding musically and socially. Here are some of the highlights of the Xacobeo Clarinet Festival:
- Masterclasses with Michelle, and some of the other world-class faculty, including Debbie Andrus, Jose Franch-Ballester and more
- Daily concerts - one on the big stage in the town square, and often a more intimate cabaret program. The world-class faculty includes some of Europe's finest performers.
- Clarinet Choir participation for all-levels of players (both in our smaller adult group and will all of the festival participants and staff)
- Interactive workshops with Michelle and Debbie on a variety of clarinet topics
- Private lessons with faculty can be registered for separately with the festival
- A clarinet gear display/tryout room with Yamaha, Selmer, Backun, Patricola and other clarinet makers
- Immersion in the rich culture of Galicia in Lalin. Incorporated into the festival will be story tellers, puppets, local musicians.Â
- The food! Lalin is known for the amazing food, and local brewers and restaurants are bringing the food right to the festival site
- Clarinet Socializing! Geek out with clarinetists from all over the world. Let's have fun together!
- There is very low-cost transportation within Europe. The closest airport is Santiago. From North America, you can fly to Madrid or Barcelona and then take a plane to Santiago. There are also train options. Last year our participants all stayed in the same hotel together which was very inexpensive (average 50 - 80 Euros for night, and there are options to share as well)
I would love to see you in person at this amazing clarinet event!
Please take the time to watch the last 2 minutes of the video above, and read the words below to hear from clarinetists like yourself who have participated in our previous, similar live events. We had such a great time, learned so. much, and made great music. I'd love for you to have this same opportunity.
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Hear from Debbie Andrus, the amazing clarinetist who will join us as a coach and mentor
Debbie is an amazing performer, author, clarinetist, teacher and all-around great person to spend time with. I am thrilled that she will be helping to coach our group in Lalin this year so that we can do even more great clarinet things together. Here is an invitation from her.
Narguess
Hello. This is Narguess, an amateur intermediate clarinet player. I enjoyed being part of the Xacobeo Clarinet Festival for several reasons:
Getting to hear the beautiful sound of different great musicians and seeing them perform was very inspiring. My ears require my clarinet to produce nicer sound!Having the opportunity to discuss with good musicians and to exchange on what they performed was very helpful.Playing in the orchestra with great professional players and other skilled ones was very rich, exciting, challenging and rewarding.
I saw my comrades transform their playing during the workshop. Michelle gave rich individual advice to each participant. She had practical exercises for different points to make better. I found it amazing to see the immediate progress of practitioners from different generations. The extra hours with José Franch Ballester and David Griffiths were very rich and complementary.The possibility to have private lessons with teachers allowed to focus more on a topic. I had a very helpful lesson with David Griffiths.
My energy is really boosted and I am very motivated to ...
Cheers to all clarinet lovers
Margaret
The Xacobeo Festival was wonderful. I learned so much in the master classes and by playing with the group. The wonderful sense of community combined with being immersed in the culture of Lalin was an incredible experience.Â
Join us July 12 - 15 (3 day version)
Includes the opening concert Friday evening, and activites Saturday, Sunday and Monday. $225 USD (about 210 Euros)
Join us July 18 - 20 (3 day version)
Includes the final full participant clarinet choir performance, as well as daily concerts and workshops. $225 USD (about 210 Euros)
Best Value! Join us for the whole festival July 12 - 20
Experience all of the concerts, workshops, masterclasses, and still have time to enjoy and appreciate the local culture. $395 USD (about 370 Euros)
