Clarinetist Jesse Krebs performs guest recital and master class
October 06, 2008 - Elisa Modesto
The division of music in Ouachita Baptist University’s School of Fine Arts at will
host clarinetist Jesse Krebs on Friday, Oct. 10, at 7:30 p.m. in a guest recital in
the Mabee Fine Arts Center’s McBeth Recital Hall. Krebs will also present a master
class that same day at 1 p.m. in McBeth Recital Hall.
Krebs has served on the faculty of Truman State University in Kirksville, Miss., as
an assistant professor of clarinet since 2005. He also teaches perspective jazz and
18th century counterpoint and directs the Truman Clarinet Choir.
Before Krebs started at Truman, he was the adjunct clarinet instructor and director
of chamber winds at Bainbridge College in Georgia. He received a Doctor of Music in
clarinet performance from Florida State University. He also earned a Master of Music
from University of North Texas and a Bachelor of Music from the University of North
Carolina at Greensboro.
In 2002, Krebs was one of three Americans selected as a semi-finalist for the International
Clarinet Association Young Artist competition and competed in Stockholm, Sweden.
He has performed with the North Carolina, Greensboro, Fayetteville, Central Florida
and Tallahassee Symphonies.
In 2006, Krebs presented a lecture on the clarinet soloists of the John Phillip Sousa
Band at the International Clarinet Association Conference in Atlanta, Ga. He was recently
invited to perform at the 2008 International Clarinet Association Conference in Kansas
City and was nominated for the 2007 Truman State University Educator of the Year Award.
by Elisa Modesto
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