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Friday,
September 29 at 1 p.m. – Backstage Pass with Kenneth
Grant
(Rochester, NY) – On the next Backstage
Pass, airing Friday, September 29 at 1 p.m.
on Classical 91.5/90.3, host Julia Figueras talks
with Kenneth Grant, Principal Clarinetist with the Rochester
Philharmonic Orchestra and an associate professor of
clarinet at the Eastman School of Music. The live broadcast
becomes a family affair when Mr. Grant is joined by
his daughter Lindsey Grant, a soprano who graduated
from Eastman School of Music and is currently working
on her certification for teaching at Nazareth College,
to perform Shepherd on the Rock and other musical
selections. Accompanying the two artists is pianist
Joseph Werner, who is a member for the Rochester Philharmonic
Orchestra and serves as the orchestra's Personnel Manager.
A Buffalo native, Kenneth Grant received his education
at the Eastman School of Music. He joined the RPO in
1987 as Principal Clarinetist after almost 15 years
in the same position with the Columbus Symphony. In
1990, Mr. Grant toured Europe with the Cleveland Orchestra
as Assistant Principal Clarinetist. In 1994, he won
critical acclaim in Japan as a soloist with the Eastman
Wind Ensemble on the Mozart Clarinet Concerto. In addition
to performing, Mr. Grant is Associate Professor of Clarinet
at the Eastman School of Music.
Backtage Pass, a live, radio program broadcast
from WXXI's Studio E, is dedicated to spotlighting the
arts in Rochester and is made possible in part by a
grant from the Gouvernet Arts Fund at Rochester Area Community
Foundation.
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