|  Acclaimed as a clarinet soloist and chamber musician throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Japan, CAROLINE HARTIG has appeared with orchestras and contemporary-music ensembles in major concert halls including Carnegie Hall, where she also made her solo debut; Merkin Concert Hall, Symphony Hall (Boston), and the Fritz Reiner Center for Contemporary Music.
Hartig has performed as a guest artist for the International Clarinet Association and has been heard on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition and Center Stage from Wolf Trap. Widely recognized and sought after for numerous new-music collaborations, Hartig recently performed the world premiere of Chalumeau for Solo Clarinet by Pulitzer- Prize-winning composer William Bolcom in Tokyo, Japan.
She also can be heard on the compact disc Dancing Solo (Innova Records 512, innovarecordings.com) featuring the solo and chamber clarinet works of composer Libby Larsen.
“It is in Dancing Solo that Ms. Hartig really demonstrates her musicality and prodigious technique…simply virtuosic”(The Clarinet). Other collaborations with Larsen include the world premiere of “Bally Deux”; a jazz/classical hybrid double concerto composed for Hartig and jazz clarinetist Eddie Daniels.
Additionally Hartig is heard on the compact disc Clarinet Brilliante (Centaur Records 2572, centaurrecords.com). It was honored as a “Critics’ Choice” by the American Record Guide, which stated: “Hartig dazzles with numbing, blazing fluidity and rich, luxuriant fervor…coiled virtuosity.” In a recent Overview of Woodwind Recordings, American Record Guide cited Clarinet Brilliante as one of the “best of the best” for the performance of clarinet recital literature: “For some sweet-sounding barnburners, Caroline Hartig weaves a spellbinding recital.” Also selected as “Editor’s Choice” by Clarinet & Saxophone Magazine of Great Britain, Hartig’s artistry is described as “positively breathtaking in its scope and performance.”
Hartig’s most recent CD, Clarinet Brilliante II (Centaur Records 2808) is available now.
In demand as a master teacher and clinician, Hartig has presented sessions at the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic, Band of America and was on the faculty of the 2006 All State Band and Orchestra at the Interlochen Center for the Arts. She served as an adjudicator for the 2006 International Clarinet Association Young Artist Competition and is the Michigan state-chair for the International Clarinet Association.
Caroline Hartig is currently assistant professor of clarinet at Michigan
State University. She is a Buffet artist/clinician and performs on the Buffet Festival clarinet.
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