Welcome to the home page of Rochester clarinetist and teacher Marcy Bacon. Click for her full biography.
Marcy teaches at Nazareth College, Hochstein School of Music and Dance, and in her home studio. Please direct inquiries to marcy.bacon@mac.com. Links to organizations with which Marcy is affiliated can be found above.
Upcoming Performances:
- Thu Jan 17, 2013, 7:30pm: CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS. Spotlight on Faculty Series Concert with Fem Vindar [a woodwind quintet] at the Hochstein Performance Hall.
- Fri Jan 18, 2013, 7:30pm: Wilmot Wind Quintet. Performing works highlighting the music of North and South America by William Grant Still, Astor Piazzola, J.S. Bach, Gabriel Pierne, and traditional American song, Shenandoah.
- Mon Feb 11, 2013, 7:30pm: Appearing with ensemble.twenty.21 at the Hilda D. Taylor Recital Hall at the Hochstein School. Performing Frederic Rzewski’s Pocket Symphony.
- Mon Apr 29, 2013, 7:30pm: Appearing with ensemble.twenty.21 at the Hilda D. Taylor Recital Hall at the Hochstein School. Performing Scarbrough’s Cylindrical Sea for Flute and Clarinet & more.
Recent Professional Engagements:
- Fri Aug 10, 2012: Performed with Kathryn Scarbrough, flute, in the Milano Room, Caesar’s Palace, Las Vegas, NV for the National Flute Association Convention. Premiered Russell Scarbrough’s flute and clarinet duo, Cylindrical Sea.
- Mon Sep 24, 2012: Appeared with ensemble.twenty.21 performing Jennifer Higdon’s “Zaka” and Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time. Hilda D. Taylor Recital Hall at the Hochstein School of Music and Dance.
- Fri Oct 26, 2012: Performed with ensemble.twenty.21 on WXXI’s Backstage Pass live on the radio works by Michael Torke, David Lang and John Luther Adams. 91.5FM in Rochester, NY.
- Mon Nov 5, 2012: Appeared with ensemble.twenty.21 at the Hilda D. Taylor Recital Hall at the Hochstein School of Music and Dance. Performed John Luther Adams, “The Light Within”, David Lang, “Cheating Lying Stealing”.
- Fri Nov 9, 2012: Performed Walter Mourant’s “Blue Haze” for clarinet and strings with the Nazareth College Symphony Orchestra.
- Sat Nov 10, 2012 : Appeared with ensemble.twenty.21 at the Rochester Flute Fair performing Higdon’s Zaka, Scarbrough’s Cylindrical Sea, and Torke’s Telephone Book.
- Sun Nov 18, 2012: Appeared with Dr. Keith Koster, bassoon and Annette Farrington, flute, in a program of trios and duets at Wilmot Recital Hall at Nazareth College.
- Sat Dec 1, 2012: Presented a session at the NYSSMA Winter Conference with The Wilmot Wind Quintet pertaining to quintet literature for the school chamber ensemble.