New Yamaha Artist

BUENA PARK, CA (September 1, 2003) — Bil Jackson, principal clarinet with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra and the Aspen Chamber Symphony, has recently chosen Yamaha clarinets as his choice of instrument.

Bil Jackson enjoys a varied musical career that includes solo, orchestral, and chamber music performances. Mr. Jackson is currently professor of clarinet at the University of Northern Colorado and on the Artist-Faculty of the Aspen Music Festival. Previously he has served on the faculties of the University of Texas, University of Colorado and Duquesne University. Mr. Jackson studied at the Interlochen Arts Academy, where he won the Academy's Concerto Competition three times and was awarded the gold medal for overall musicianship upon graduation. He continued his formal study at Northwestern University with Robert Marcellus. Additionally, he became the only player ever to win the International Clarinet Competition twice, and in 1981, he was a finalist in the Prague International Clarinet Competition.

Currently, Mr. Jackson continues to perform recitals and present master classes throughout the United States and abroad with the most recent presented at the Royal Conservatory in Toronto. Mr. Jackson performs and records in Japan with the Tokyo Bach-Band which presents the music of Bach in a modern musical format. As a hobby, Mr. Jackson designs and manufactures reed-making equipment and is in the process of writing a book titled SpeedReeding.

For more information, write: Yamaha Corporation of America, Band & Orchestral Division, P.O. Box 6600, Buena Park, CA 90622; telephone (714) 522-9011 or e-mail infostation@yamaha.com.