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FACP Concert Musicians
All Fine Arts Chamber Players concerts feature musicians from the Dallas & Fort Worth Symphony Orchestras, The Dallas Opera Orchestra, area university faculties and professional freelance musicians.
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 Mary Karen Clardy, Regents Professor at the University of North Texas, appears as flute soloist and chamber artist throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Britain, Europe, Asia, and South America, with numerous performances for the National Flute Association and the British Flute Society. Her recordings include Sonatas and Sonatinas, after syrinx…, with October Trio, and The Solo Flute Past to Present, for the EPR label; a solo recital of American music for the BBC’s Radio 3; and orchestral recordings for the Pro Arts, Dorian, and Klavier labels. Renowned as a teacher, she regularly presents master classes at home and abroad, and her students are consistent winners of international and national competitions, holding prestigious orchestral and faculty positions throughout the world. An established author, Professor Clardy’s award-winning publications from Alphonse Leduc, Schott, and Universal Edition are in multiple reprint. Ms. Clardy will perform on the 2011-2012 Bancroft Family Concerts
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 Oboist James Ryon, who joined the University of North Texas faculty in the fall of 2011, has appeared as recitalist and soloist in the United States, South and Central America, and the Middle East, and continues to serve as the principal oboe of the Baton Rouge Symphony. Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Professor Ryon also holds a degree in Engineering and Applied Science from Yale University, and bachelor and masters degrees in music from the Juilliard School. He has received performance fellowships at the Aspen, Berkshire, Blossom, Kneisel Hall, and New College Music Festivals. His principal teachers were Robert Bloom and John Mack. Prior to his appointment at UNT, Professor Ryon taught at the Louisiana State University and the University of Akron. He has been principal oboe of the Akron Symphony, Florida Orchestra, the Orquesta Filarmonica de Caracas, and the Orchestra Estadual de Minas Gerais in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, and has performed with the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Cleveland Opera, the Cleveland Ballet, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Ohio Ballet, the Canton Symphony, the Charleston Symphony, the Bach Aria Group and the rock group Emerson, Lake, and Palmer. For 19 years he was a member of the Solaris Quintet at the University of Akron, which produced two recordings on Capstone Records. He has also taught at the Baldwin Wallace Conservatory, the University of South Florida, where he was a member of the Ars Nova Quintet, and the Caracas Philharmonic Conservatory, where he was Director of "Musica en las Escuelas." Professor Ryon's CD of 20th Century Brazilian Chamber Music for Oboe, Cello, and Piano with the Burle Marx Trio was released by Jeanné Digital. Mr. Ryon will perform on the 2011-2012 Bancroft Family Concerts.
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 Kathleen Reynolds joined the College of Music at the University of North Texas as Professor of Bassoon and Woodwind Chamber Music Coordinator in the fall of 1995. She is principal bassoonist of the Dallas Opera Orchestra and performs regularly with the Dallas Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony, and Chamber Music International. EcoClassics recorded her solo bassoon CD, Gems for Bassoon, with pianist Michele Levin and clarinetist Mitchell Lurie. She has performed at the Peter Britt Music Festival in Jacksonville OR, the Fredericksburg Festival, of the Arts the New Hampshire Music Festival, and with members of the Muir String Quartet at the Montana Chamber Music Festival. Prior to her appointment at UNT, Professor Reynolds was a member of the Rochester Philharmonic for twenty-two years, and was on the faculty at SUNY Geneseo, Nazareth College, Roberts Wesleyan College, and the Hochstein School of Music. Her solo performances include appearances with the Rochester Philharmonic, the Friends of Music Orchestra in Geneseo NY, the New Hampshire Music Festival, the University of North Texas Wind Symphony, and the University of North Texas Symphony Orchestra. She is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of the Eastman School of Music, and studied with K. David Van Hoesen, Norman Herzberg, and Bernard Garfield. Ms. Reynolds will perform on the 2011-2012 Bancroft Family Concerts. |
 John Scott has been Professor of Clarinet at the University of North Texas since 1981. He has performed with the Dallas Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony, Victoria Bach Festival, the New York University Contemporary Music Festival, and at conferences and workshops in Denver, Tempe, Lubbock, Salt Lake City, San Juan, Ostend, Stockholm, London, Paris, Vancouver, and Los Angeles. He has appeared as a recitalist and clinician throughout the United States, Taiwan, and Japan, and performs regularly with Chamber Music International and the Texas Clarinet Consort. Recordings include Birdsongs, Romantic Chamber Music of Arthur Bird and Equipoise. Prior to joining the UNT faculty he taught at Susquehanna University (PA) and Augusta State University (GA). He earned both the Master of Music and Doctor of Music degree in applied woodwinds and music literature from Indiana University where he was a clarinet student of Henry Gulick. He has served as reviewer, Music Review Editor, and Advertising Manager for The Clarinet, journal of the International Clarinet Association. In addition to his duties as Professor of Clarinet, he serves as Associate Dean for Admissions and Scholarship Services in the College of Music at the University of North Texas. He is an artist-clinician for Buffet-Crampon and is a Rico Performing artist who plays exclusively on Reserve Classic reeds. Mr. Scott will perform on the 2011-2012 Bancroft Family Concerts.
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 Regents Professor William Scharnberg joined the faculty at the University of North Texas in 1983. He is principal horn of the Dallas Opera Orchestra, Orchestra of New Spain, and Wichita Falls Symphony, and regularly performs chamber music in a variety of venues, including the Red Lodge Music Festival, Montana Chamber Music Festival, and Fredericksburg Festival of the Arts. He earned the DMA degree at the University of Iowa, where he studied with Paul Anderson, and has been a member of the faculty at the Royal Music Academy of Stockholm, University of Oklahoma, Pacific Lutheran University, and Central Missouri State University. He has performed as principal horn of the Tri-City Symphony (Iowa-Illinois), Tacoma Symphony, Royal Opera of Stockholm, Dallas Symphony, Dallas Ballet, Dallas Bach Society, Dallas Chamber Orchestra, Fort Worth Early Music Society, Classical Music Seminar (Austria), Atlanta Baroque Orchestra, Breckenridge Festival Orchestra, and Flathead Festival Orchestra. He presented solo recitals at four International Horn Symposia and the first Hungarian Horn Workshop, and has performed concertos with several regional orchestras across the US. His recorded performances can be heard on Klavier, Eco-Classic, Crystal, Centaur, and Chandos labels. He serves the International Horn Society as Editor of The Horn Call (2003-)and past President (1990-1992). His publications include many journal articles and four editions of eighteenth and nineteenth-century works for horn. Mr. Scharnberg will perform on the 2011-2012 Bancroft Family Concerts. |
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 Canadian violinist Jing Wang began playing violin at the age of three and made his first public appearance three years later in Marseilles, France. First Prize winner of the 2007 Irving M. Klein International Competition, Canadian Music Competition, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra Competition and the Concertino Praga, Jing holds a Bachelor of Music degree from The Juilliard School and a Master's of Music degree from Rice University. Since his debut with the Quebec Symphony Orchestra at the age of nine years old, Jing's solo engagements have taken him across North America and Europe. He has performed as soloist with orchestras such as the Czech Radio Philharmonic in Dvorak Hall, Wallonia Royal Chamber Orchestra, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra in Tchaikovsky Hall, l'Orchestre National de Lorraine, l’Orchestre de Picardie, the I Musici Chamber Orchestra, the Metropolitan Orchestra of Montreal, Violons du Roy Chamber Orchestra and the Sherbrooke Symphony Orchestra. Jing has collaborated with conductors such as James DePreist, Claus Peter Flor and Yoav Talmi, Jacques Lacombe, Joseph Rescigno and Anne Manson. In 2003, Jing was awarded the "Young Soloist of the Year" by les Radios Francophones Publiques, a broadcast network of four countries including France, Canada, Switzerland, and Belgium. This award sponsored the release of his first CD album including works by Beethoven, Ravel and Gershwin. Jing gave solo recitals and chamber music performances at the National Arts Center in Ottawa, the International Festival of Domain Forget, Music Festival Italy & USA in Italy, the Meadowmount Music Festival, the Bowdoin Music Festival the Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival in Seattle, Alice Tully Hall in New York and Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara. Since 1995 Jing’s playing has been broadcasted by CBC Radio-Canada. Jing is currently the Concertmaster of the Dallas Opera under Graeme Jenkins and has been guest Concertmaster with the Kansas City Symphony under Micheal Stern. He plays a violin made in 1902 by Enrico Rocca, on loan from Canada Council of Arts Fine Instruments Collection. Mr. Wang will perform on the 2011-2012 Bancroft Family Concerts.
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