Mark Gallagher, Clarinetist
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Recitals...

Mark Gallagher maintains a very active recital and chamber music schedule throughout the year.    Performing extensively in both the United States, Europe, and Asia, Dr. Gallagher's repertoire spans the spectrum from the Baroque period to the 21st Century.  Recent concert tours include Germany, Spain, the Netherlands with a live broadcast on Dutch Public Radio from the Hall of Mirrors at the Concertgebouw, Iceland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, China, and most recently Ireland.  In the summer of 2011, he did a teaching and research tour of France including Lyon and the cane region of Cogolin. Future concert tours include Sweden and Finland. 

Dr. Gallagher's "Renaissance-Baroque Reconstruction Project" is a project of ongoing research and performance of many mainstream and obscure 16th, 17th, and 18th century instrumental and vocal works.  A firm believer that the clarinet would have been used extensively by composers if it had been a more developed instrument.  He has reconstructed several works by Byrd, Dowland, de Victoria, Bach, Handel, Telemann, and Hassa for performance on solo recitals, chamber music concerts, and concerto appearances.  Given the clarinet's extensive range, timbre, agility, and flexibility, several of these works include castrato arias that are rarely performed today.


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Featured Performances


​April 28, 2019 - Faculty Artists Series at Frostburg State University

Mark Gallagher, clarinet
Jay DeWire, piano
Pealer Recital Hall, 7:00 p.m.

Program:
Sonate for Clarinet and Piano - Paul Hindemith
After Syrinx I for Clarinet and Piano - Richard Rodney Bennett/
​      Gallagher
Chromatic Fantasy for Solo Clarinet - Johann Sebastian
     Bach/Stanley Hasty
Sonata in F minor for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 120. No. 1 - 
      Johannes Brahms



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Concert Poster by Ann Townsell

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Performances

-2021/22         
Performances and concerts have started up again but there's not enough time to keep up                                                                                      with have my website. Performance life is still not quite back to normal, but getting there. 

-2020              
Unfortunately 2020 performances have been a bust due to the Covid-19 situation but I continue to remain
                                                  hopeful the end will be coming sometime in 2021 that my recital and chamber music activities will begin
                                                  again. Stay tuned and more information on upcoming performances in the United States and Europe.
                                                  Lets all hope the performing arts will somehow return to "normal"!!


-2019

April 28, 2019                      Faculty Artist Series, Frostburg State University, Pealer Recital Hall, 7:00 p.m.
                                                   Works by Hindemith, Bennett, J.S. Bach, and Brahms
                                                     Mark Gallagher, clarinet
                                                     Jay DeWire, piano


-2018

November 4, 2018                Faculty/Guest Artist Series, Frostburg State University, Pealer Recital Hall, 3:00 p.m.
                                                   Works by Cahuzac, Currier, Harvey, Mozart, Spohr
                                                     Mark Gallagher, clarinet
                                                     
Jay DeWire, piano
                                                     
Francesca Aguado-Murry, mezzo soprano
                                                     Heather Haughn, violin


October 7, 2018                     Mark Gallagher and Hendrik Wüster, clarinets, and Michael Wüster, piano
                                                   Friedenskircke, Freiburg, Germany
                                                   Works by Mendelssohn, Poulenc, Schumann, Brahms, Harvey, Widmann, Ravel, and Kov
ács
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September 14 & 15, 2018     Arbor Ridge at Brookmeade and Bard Conservatory of Music, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
                                                 Works by 
Schumann, Kurtág, Bruch, and Mozart
                                                  Mark Gallagher, clarinet
                                                  Marka Gustavsson, viola
                                                  Frank Corliss, piano

July 10 - 14, 2018                 Duo Vif at the World Saxophone Congress
                                                 Zagreb Academy of Music, Zagreb, Croatia


March 8 - 11, 2018               Duo Vif at the 2018 North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference
                                                  Cincinnati College - Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati, Ohio
                                                     Work by Canadian composer Violet Archer

-2017

December 3, 2017           Faculty/Guest Artist Series, Frostburg State University, Pealer Recital Hall, 3:00 p.m.
                                                Works by Schumann, Kurtág
, Bruch, and Mozart
                                                    Mark Gallagher, clarinet
                                                    Marka Gustavsson, viola
                                                    Frank Corliss, piano

October 30, 2017            South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts, Greenville, South Carolina, 7:30 p.m.   
                                                Works by Barber, Suttermeister, Crusell, Poulenc, and Schumann
                                                  Mark Gallagher, clarinet
                                                 
Jay DeWire, piano
                                                  
assisted by Kyra Zhang, clarinet
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July 25, 2017                   Frostburg State University - Summer Music Academy Artist Performance, Pealer Recital, 7:00 p.m.
                                               Duo by Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963)
                                                  Mark Gallagher, clarinet

                                                  Brent Weber, saxophone
                                                 

March 12, 2017
              Faculty/Guest Artist Series at Frostburg State University, Frostburg, Maryland, 3:00 p.m.

                                               Mark Gallagher, clarinet
                                               Westshore Piano Trio
                                                
Heather Haughn, violin
                                                  Diana Flesner, cello
                                                  Jay DeWire, piano
                                                           with Rev. Martha N. Macgill, Department of Philosophy, lecturer
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                                               Olivier Messiaen's dramatic and powerful work - "Quartet for the End of Time"


February 19, 2017           Faculty Artist Series at Frostburg State University, Frostburg, Maryland, 3:00 p.m.
                             
                            Mark Gallagher, clarinet
                                               
Brent Weber, bassoon
                                               Jay DeWire, piano

                                               
A "Salute to Germany" featuring Brahms, Sonata in Eb Major, Op. 120, No. 2 and Beethoven
                                                  Trio in Eb Major for Clarinet, Bassoon, and Piano, Op. 38

-2016

Fall 2016                          Sabbatical in Freiburg, Germany - Performances, Masterclasses, and Alexander Technique work. 
                                              Performances/Masterclasses in Freiburg, Germany - Barcelona, Spain - Copehagen, Denmark
                                                


April 10, 2016                 Faculty/Guest Artist Series at Frostburg State University, Frostburg, Maryland, 3:00 p.m.

                                             Mark Gallagher, clarinet
                                             
Frank Corliss, piano
                                                 
with guest artist, Brent Weber, saxophone

                                                 
music by Arnold Bax, Arron Copland, Olivier Messiaen, Ferdinand Reis, Ralph Vaughn Williams
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-2015

November 14, 2015          Faculty Artist Series at Frostburg State University, Frostburg, Maryland, 7:30 p.m.
                                               "An Evening with Robert Schumann"
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                                              Mark Gallagher, clarinet
                                              
Jay DeWire, piano
                                              
with guest artist, Brent Weber, saxophone


May 13, 2015                   Faculty Artist Series at Frostburg State University, Frostburg, Maryland, 7:30 p.m.
                                    Duo Vif
                                             Mark Gallagher, clarinet 
                                             Brent Weber, saxophone 
                                             Jay DeWire, piano

February 22, 2015            Faculty/Guest Artist Series at Frostburg State University presents an evening of chamber music
                                     featuring works by Bruch, Clarke and Brahms
                                              Mark Gallagher, clarinet

                                              Dana Rokosny, viola
                                              Devree Lewis, cello
                                              Jay DeWire, piano

February 13, 2015            Bard College Conservatory of Music, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, presents a chamber
                            music recital of works by Berg, Bruch, Kurtag, Reger, and Schumann
                           
                             Mark Gallagher, clarinet
                                                Marka Gustavsson, viola
                                                Frank Corliss, piano

-2014


November 8, 2014          United States Navy Band, Washington, DC
                                                  Clarinet Day - Masterclass and Performance
                                                  Sonata in Ab Major, op. 39 by Max Reger
                                                  Canzonetta for Clarinet and Piano by Samuel Barber

October 24, 2014            Faculty/Guest Artist Series at Frostburg State University presents
                                                 Mark Gallagher, clarinet and Frank Corliss, piano
                                                 Pealer Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m
                                                 Frostburg State University

September 13, 2014       Faculty/Guest Artist Series at Frostburg State University presents duo clarinetists
                                                 Mark Gallagher and Michael McDonald
                                                 Pealer Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.
                                                 Frostburg, Maryland

July 8, 2014                     Roland Park Presbyterian Summer Chamber Music Series, Baltimore, Maryland
                                              "Contrasts" by Bela Bartok with members of the West Shore Piano Trio
                                               Roland Park Presbyterian Church, 7:30 p.m. 

May 16, 2014                   Faculty/Guest Artist Series at Frostburg State University presents an evening of fine
                                                chamber music - works by Bartok, Brahms, and Prokofiev
                                                Pealer Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.
                                                Frostburg, Maryland

                                                Heather Haughn, violin
                                                Mark Gallagher, clarinet
                                                Jay DeWire, piano

April 10, 2014                 Faculty Artist Series at Frostburg State University presents Duo Vif
                                                 Pealer Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.
                                                 Frostburg, Maryland


March 17 - 23, 2014       Duo Vif Midwest Tour - Performance at the North American Saxophone Alliance 
                                                Biennial Conference at the University of Illinois                              
                                    

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I Venti Semplice...

As artistic director and a founding member of I Venti Semplice, Dr. Gallagher has created a group dedicated to the promotion and performance of wind chamber music.  This flexible ensemble performs music ranging from solo to large ensemble works.  Performances consist of standard works from the literature, new music, as well as several transcriptions.  Based in Washington, DC, I Venti Semplice's concert venues encompass concert halls to historic churches throughout the Mid-Atlantic region and New England.  In 2002 the group completed a highly acclaimed tour of New England and in 2004 completed a tour of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana. 

Recent projects include a series of wind trios by the 18th century Bohemian composers Wenth, Triebensee, and Wranitzky. All of these wind trios have been arranged to accommodate any combination of instruments including the following; flute, oboe, English horn, clarinet, basset horn, and bassoon.  The ensemble is presently involved in a recording project to bring these delightful pieces to the public. For more information on these pieces, contact Dr. Gallagher at [email protected]. 


Josef Triebensee:  Trio in F Major for Wind Trio

Malcolm Arnold: Divertimento for Flute, Oboe, and Clarinet, op. 37

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Past Performance Posters by Ann Townsell  

Ann Townsell is dear friend and an amazing graphic designer.  In 2012 the USM Broad of Regents honored her for here excellence and service - an honor well deserved!  Below is an excerpt from the article honoring Ann.

Ann Townsell, Director of Publications for Frostburg State University, has received the 2012 University System of Maryland Board of Regents Staff Award, the highest honor bestowed on USM staff employees. She is being honored for extraordinary public service to the university or greater community.
An FSU employee since 1996, Ann designs the graduate publications, homecoming publicity, Foundation publications, Cultural Events Series brochures, theatre brochures, and commencement programs, as well as provides a steady supply of salon-quality photographs of University people and places that further enhance FSU’s publications and websites. In addition, she designed the University’s new logo based on concepts developed through the marketing and branding task force. An active member of FSU’s Learning Green, Living Green Executive Committee, Townsell has undertaken numerous projects and initiatives to promote sustainability on campus. She has also supervised and coached dozens of graphic design student interns, providing them with real-world experience. An official photographer for FSU’s Appalachian Festival, she has donated countless hours of her offtime to provide documentation of the event.

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