Eric Paul Mandat (born 1957) is an American clarinetist and composer. Mandat began his clarinet studies under the tutelage of

Richard Joiner Richard Joiner (March 17, 1918 – January 6, 1999) was an American clarinetist and teacher of clarinet. Life and career Born in Wichita, Kansas, he attended the National Music Camp in 1936 and the Eastman School of Music from 1936 until 1940 wh ...

of the Denver Symphony. He later studied with Lee Gibson, Keith Wilson, D. Stanley Hasty, and

Charles Neidich Charles Neidich (born 1953 in New York City) is an American classical clarinetist, composer, and conductor. Early career A native New Yorker of Russian and Greek descent, Charles Neidich began his clarinet studies with his father, Irving Neidich ...

. He received his undergraduate education at the

University of North Texas The University of North Texas (UNT) is a public university, public research university located in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Its main campus is in Denton, Texas, Denton, with a satellite campus in Frisco, Texas, Frisco. It serves as the ...

and graduate degrees from

Yale School of Music The Yale School of Music (often abbreviated to YSM) is one of the 12 professional schools at Yale University. It offers three graduate degrees: Master of Music (MM), Master of Musical Arts (MMA), and Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA), as well as a joi ...

and

Eastman School of Music The Eastman School of Music is the music school of the University of Rochester, a private research university in Rochester, New York, United States. Established in 1921 by celebrated industrialist and philanthropist George Eastman, it was the ...

. He has performed in the

Chicago Symphony Orchestra The Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) is an American symphony orchestra based in Chicago, Illinois. Founded by Theodore Thomas in 1891, the ensemble has been based in the Symphony Center since 1904 and plays a summer season at the Ravinia F ...

's MusicNOW Series (including as principal clarinet for

Pierre Boulez Pierre Louis Joseph Boulez (; 26 March 19255 January 2016) was a French composer, conductor and writer, and the founder of several musical institutions. He was one of the dominant figures of post-war contemporary classical music. Born in Montb ...

's 80th Birthday Concert under Boulez's baton and a performance of

Osvaldo Golijov Osvaldo Noé Golijov (; born December 5, 1960) is an Argentine composer of classical music and music professor, known for his vocal and orchestral work. Biography Osvaldo Golijov was born in and raised in La Plata, Argentina, to a Jewish family ...

's ''Ayre'' with

Dawn Upshaw Dawn Upshaw (born July 17, 1960) is an American soprano. She is the recipient of several Grammy Awards and has released a number of Edison Award-winning discs; she performs both opera and art song, and her repertoire spans Baroque to contempo ...

). He also performs with the Tone Road Ramblers, a band specializing in experimental and improvised music. His reviews of clarinet recordings have appeared in ''The Clarinet''. Mandat's recordings include ''The Extended Clarinet'' as well as recordings with the Tone Road Ramblers and the Transatlantic Trio. Mandat has taught at

Southern Illinois University Carbondale Southern Illinois University (SIU) is a public research university in Carbondale, Illinois, United States. Chartered in 1869, SIU is the oldest and flagship campus of the Southern Illinois University system. SIU enrolls students from all 50 sta ...

and

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. His students from Carbondale include Sean Osborn of the

Metropolitan Opera The Metropolitan Opera is an American opera company based in New York City, currently resident at the Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center), Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, situated on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Referred ...

Michael Norsworthy, and Boja Kragulj. Mandat uses extended techniques such as

multiphonics A multiphonic is an extended technique on a monophonic musical instrument (one that generally produces only one note at a time) in which several notes are produced at once. This includes wind, reed, and brass instruments, as well as the human vo ...

and microtones. In a November 2005 review of Sean Osborn's album ''American Spirit'', ''Fanfare'' magazine remarked that Mandat's music creates "amazing technical effects for the instrument" that are "startling and eerie." In a review in ''The Clarinet'' of Mandat's ''Folk Songs'', the author found that "A composition of this caliber will most likely enter the performance repertoire as the representative piece of the decade!" Reviewing Mandat's ''The Extended Clarinet'' in ''The Clarinet'', Michele Gingras wrote, "In one word, 'The Extended Clarinet' is astonishing. Eric Mandat's process at writing and playing is bound to leave any listener in awe." Although most of his corpus consists of works for solo clarinet, he has also written for clarinet ensembles.Chamber Music of Eric Mandat by Suzanne Crookshank, VDM Verlag Dr. Müller (July 4, 2008)

Discography

* Eric P. Mandat & Ron Coulter ''Open Lands'

References

External links

Southern Illinois faculty page
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