Price Duo

Deon Nielsen Price, prize-winning composer and pianist, recording artist, author and educator, serves on the Executive Boards of the National Association of Composers, USA (NACUSA) and the International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM). A recipient of grants and commissions including the Barlow Foundation, Mu Phi Epsilon, Alaska Arts Council, Midwest Arts Council and Meet the Composer, her compositions are published by Culver Crest and Southern Music (catalog: CulverCrest.com), and are recorded on Cambria Master Recordings distributed by NAXOS: SunRays (critiqued as "first rate" by American Record Guide); SunRays II: City Views; Clariphonia; and the 2009 orchestral release, Dancing on the Brink of the World. Dr. Price earned degrees with honors at Brigham Young University, the University of Michigan, and the University of Southern California; and is author of the text, Accompanying Skills for Pianists, now in its 2nd edition, (Culver Crest Publications). • More on Deon Nielsen Price...

Berkeley Price, known for his virtuosity and artistry on all members of the clarinet family, is a chamber musician, conductor, and recording artist. He earned both the Master and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees and received the Clarinet Teaching Fellowship at the Eastman School of Music where he studied with Peter Hadcock, Eli Eban, and Kenneth Grant. Price's earlier studies were at Brigham Young University with Dr. David Randall, at the Colburn School with Yehuda Gilad, and at the Crossroads School of the Arts in Santa Monica. Active as a free-lance performer, his annual solo and ensemble tours have taken him to Europe, China, Ukraine, Japan, Greece, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and throughout the USA. Dr. Price is currently Professor of Music Theory/Band Director at Antelope Valley College (CA) and was previously Director of Instrumental Music at the Windward School and Assistant Professor of Woodwinds/Music Education at West Virginia Wesleyan College. He was also music director/conductor of the Palos Verdes Regional Orchestra from 2004-2008. E-mail: BerkPrice@aol.com

Since 1994, Berkeley and Deon have been performing regularly as the Price Duo, a mother/son chamber music ensemble whose mission is to bring high quality music on clarinet and piano to the public through performance, recording, and artist residencies. Their programs include Deon's original compositions, well-known classics, and exciting music from the 20th Century that often features music by women composers.

The Price Duo performed at International Congresses on Women in Music and Annual Chamber Music Concerts sponsored by the International Alliance for Women in Music at CalArts in Valencia; St Marks in London; National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington D.C.; California State University Fullerton; Florida International University in Miami; China Conservatory in Beijing; and in international festivals at the Nemean Cultural Games in Greece, National Theater in Panama City, World Music Forum in Los Angeles, in Vienna, in Heidelberg, and in Kiev with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine.

During the 1999-2001 seasons the Price Duo played forty concerts in seven states in the U. S. and England. In June 2001, the Price Duo performed concerts in China at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Beijing Normal University and China People's University and the Beijing Concert Hall. In 2003 they performed at the Mu Phi Epsilon International Centennial Celebration in Cincinnati, in 2006 on the Chinese New Year Celebration at Kodak Theater in Hollywood, and in 2008 for the 75th Anniversary Celebration of the National Association of Composers, U.S.A.

The Price Duo compact disc, Clariphonia: Music of the 20th Century on Clarinet, is available on the Cambria label, distributed by NAXOS.

Read the recent review of the Price Duo by Stephen M. Fry

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