The Finest City Wind Orchestra presents Pop a Cork!

…featuring works by Sousa, Day, Weinberger and others

Our final May concert has some more bubbly fun, just like the band does after most rehearsals, with “Pop a Cork!” We’ll sprinkle movements of John Philip Sousas’s refreshing People Who Live in Glass Houses between works by Thea Musgrave, Kevin Day, and Jaromir Weinberger. This concert also features our concerto competition winner, Justine Hamlin on clarinet, and our conducting fellow Andrew Fresques

Justine Hamlin, Clarinetist

Justine Hamlin earned her Bachelors of Music in Clarinet Performance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) and her Masters of Music in Clarinet Performance from the New England Conservatory (NEC) and later, a Doctorate of Physical Therapy from the University of St. Augustine.  While at NEC, Justine became more active in chamber music and studied solo repertoire under the direction of world-famous soloist Richard Stoltzman. In addition, Justine’s teachers include Ixi Chen, Ronald Aufmann, Yehuda Gilad, and Luis Baez.

As a performer, Justine freelances and performs in chamber ensemble and solo recitals including the ensemble Windscape and is a founding member of the Finest City Wind Orchestra. Other ensembles she has performed with include the Fresno Philharmonic, Santa Cruz Symphony, West Bay Opera, New Music Works, Berkeley Symphony, Oakland Symphony, and others.