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"Robert Spring's technical prowess is undeniable.."
BBC Journal
Robert Spring, equally at home on the concert stage, the teaching studio or the recital stage, performs over 100 recital/concert
performances a year, and has presented classes in over 150 universities, conservatories and colleges throughout the United
States, and over 20 countries.
Spring attended the University of Michigan where he was awarded three degrees, including the Doctor of Musical Arts degree,
and has received the Citation of Merit award from the Alumni Association of that institution. His teachers included John
Mohler, David Shifrin and Paul Shaller.
Spring has performed as a recitalist or soloist with symphony orchestras and wind bands in the United States, Canada, Europe,
Asia and South America, and has been heard in the United States on National Public Radio's, Performance Today and in Canada
on CBC. He frequently serves as clinician and adjudicator and teaches on the faculties of several summer music festivals.
He has published numerous articles on multiple articulation and other contemporary clarinet techniques.
Spring was President of the International Clarinet Association from 1998-2000 and has performed for the 1988, 1991, 1995,
1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2003 International Clarinet Association conventions. He hosted the 1995 International
Clarinet Association ClarinetFest at Arizona State University where he is presently Professor of Clarinet. Dr. Spring is also
principal clarinet of the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra of Columbus, OH. He is a Buffet Artist, and plays the Buffet Greenline
Clarinet exclusively.
Arizona State University School of Music
Performances and classes - under construction
Hearing Robert Spring perform my Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra has been a highlight of my life as a composer. To hear
such good musicianship combined with jaw-dropping virtuosity is a rare and exhilarating experience. The piece incorporates
a great variety of moods and playing styles, and this lively and personable clarinetist handles them all with aplomb.
Peter Schickele
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"Dragon's Tongue", a CD of virtuoso music for clarinet and wind band, "His musicality and technique make this
recording a must for every CD collection."
The Instrumentalist Magazine
Tarantelle, music that the famous violinist Jascha Heifetz recorded on violin, being performed on clarinet.....This recording
was meant to amaze and, man, it succeeds.
Fanfare Magazine
Spring is fabulous in the Copland. His phrasing is elegant swing tailored with great flow and a spread of tone colors
and expressive subtleties. His low- and mid-range are especially warm, rich, and embracing and highly effective in the introduction
and in the bridge to the jazzy finale. And boy what a finale! The pace is neatly judged to pick up at critical junctures so
that, by the end, it feels like an improvised jam session. American Jazz Concertos
The America Record Guide
Robert Spring records exclusively for Summit Records
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