Clarinetist Gresham to Present Free Recital Oct. 4

Assistant Professor David Gresham, Music, will present a clarinet recital at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, in Kemp Recital Hall.  Admission is free and open to the public.        

Gresham, who will be accompanied on piano by his wife, Momoko Gresham, will perform “Sonatine Attique” by Henri Tomasi, Sonata for Solo Clarinet by Edison Denisov, Paul Hindemith’s Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, “Wings” for solo clarinet by Joan Tower and Grosse Sonate, op. 121, by Schumann and arranged by David Gresham.  Graduate student in music and clarinetist Jessica Boese will assist in the Schumann piece.

Gresham is in his fifth year on the School of Music faculty.  The recipient of the 2002 Lincoln Center Martin E. Segal Award for up and coming artists, he is in constant demand as a soloist and chamber musician.   He has presented many recitals in New York at several venues including Lincoln Center, and recent recitals have taken him to California, Canada, England and Japan.

Gresham was one of the youngest musicians ever chosen to serve as an Artistic Ambassador, in which capacity the United States Information Agency sponsored him in an extended recital and master class tour of South America.  Two summers ago he toured Japan, giving solo recitals in Tokyo at the National Museum of Art, as well as in the cities of Osaka, Fujisawa and Kiyosato.

Gresham is a doctoral graduate of The Juilliard School.