Kathryn Ladano is a

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player from

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Canada. She has recorded four albums and has performed across Canada and internationally. Her first

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, ''Open'', was released in August 2010. She subsequently released the album ''"...listen"'' with her bass clarinet/percussion duo, Stealth, in 2015.

History

She began playing the instrument while in high school at the age of 14, due to the lack of saxophones available. Unlike many bass clarinetists, she did not start by playing

soprano clarinet A soprano clarinet is a clarinet that is higher in register than the basset horn or alto clarinet. The unmodified word ''clarinet'' usually refers to the B clarinet, which is by far the most common type. The term ''soprano'' also applies to th ...

. In fact she began playing that instrument several years later. Kathryn studied under Mike Bergauer in high school, and then with Tilly Kooyman at the University of Waterloo. In 1999, she achieved an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in Music at the

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before moving to

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. She acquired a Master of Music degree in bass clarinet performance from the

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in 2003 where she studied with Stan Climie. She then received a Canada Council for the Arts grant which allowed her to study with bass clarinetist Lori Freedman in

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. In 2005 she performed at the World Bass Clarinet Convention in

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, the Netherlands. She has performed at concerts in

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, Waterloo and Calgary. She is known for her

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performances. Kathryn won the "Cook Homes Music Award" at the Waterloo Region Arts Award in 2016. She was also nominated in 2008 in the music category. She performed at the ceremony with pianist Jason White. At the end of 2009, Kathryn was awarded a grant from th
Region of Waterloo Arts Fund
which allowed her to record her first solo album, ''Open'', which was released in the summer of 2010. The album features numerous improvised works as well as the

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tribute song "Evil Kirk". According to Ladano, "Evil Kirk" was inspired by the presence of bass clarinet on the original Star Trek series, particularly when a

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is about to die. Ladano is planning a Canadian tour in support of ''Open''. Currently Kathryn is the Artistic Director for New Music presenter/producer
NUMUS
and works as a professor at Wilfrid Laurier University, teaching several courses in improvisation, including directing the Faculty of Music's "Improvisation Concerts Ensemble". Kathryn Ladano is a

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Canada Artist.

Discography

Collaborations

Wellington Winds Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by metr ...

– ''Tis the Season'' (1999) *Wellington Winds – ''An Artists Neighbourhood'' (2002) *

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– ''Back to Basics'' (2008) *Stealth - "...listen" (2015)

Solo

*''Open'' (2010) #"Further Reflection" (Improvisation) #"Something I Can't Know" (Improvisation) #"The Down Low" (Improvisation) #"Open Strain" #"Artoxinovix" #"Art Show" (Improvisation) #"Ladano" #"The Taste of Time Still Lingers" (Infanzia E Scoperta, Ansia Sociale, Abbandonata, Rapporti, Sognare) #"Evil

Kirk Kirk is a Scottish and former Northern English word meaning "church". It is often used specifically of the Church of Scotland. Many place names and personal names are also derived from it. Basic meaning and etymology As a common noun, ''kirk'' ...

" (Featuring spoken word by Michael Ladano) *''Masked'' (2019) #"Flow" #"Outcry" #"Wings" #"Contentious" #"Exhale" #"Awaken" #"Groove" #"Blind" #"Expanse"

References

External links

Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ladano, Kathryn Living people 1976 births Musicians from Kitchener, Ontario Bass clarinetists Free improvisation 21st-century clarinetists Women clarinetists