Featuring the chamber music of visiting composer Derek Bermel. Grammy-nominated composer and clarinetist Bermel has been widely hailed for his creativity, theatricality, and virtuosity. An "eclectic with wide open ears,"(Toronto Star), Bermel is acclaimed for music that is “intricate, witty, clear-spoken, tender, and extraordinarily beautiful,"(San Francisco Chronicle). This evening's program features his music as well as the composer himself performing his own work on clarinet.