Clark Minor
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play lo-fi play hi-fi  Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee
play lo-fi play hi-fi  Rachmaninoff: 2nd Piano Concerto
play lo-fi play hi-fi  Hampton: Sonata - Allegro appassionato
play lo-fi play hi-fi  Debussy: L'isle Joyeuse
play lo-fi play hi-fi  Albeniz: Fete-Dieu a Seville
play lo-fi play hi-fi  Ravel: Ondine
play lo-fi play hi-fi  Ravel: Jeux d'Eau
play lo-fi play hi-fi  Ravel: Valses Nobles & Sentimentales
play lo-fi play hi-fi  Schumann/Liszt: Widmung
play lo-fi play hi-fi  Bach: Fantasia in C minor
These are recordings of live events during my piano concertizing years in Northern California. Along with my love of Rachmaninoff and Ravel, I often chose more obscure pieces to perform. Their lack of predictability and uncommon virtuosity were distinct challenges.

As winner of the Artist's Showcase Competition in Redding, California, I appeared three times with the Shasta Symphony Orchestra and performed the Macdowell Second, Rachmaninoff Second, and Saint Saens Fifth piano concertos. I also performed solo concerts at California State University, Chico; Shasta College, Redding; College of the Siskiyous, Weed; and the Crocker Art Museum Gallery in Sacramento. My performances were featured three times on the local PBS affiliate.
Do you play live?
I performed the virtuostic second piano part accompaniment of the Choral Mass by Emma Lou Diemer at Shasta College in Redding, California, and was also heard in a performance of the Opus 103 Zigeunerlieder by Brahms at California State University, Chico. Most recently, I was heard in a collaborative performance of works by Muczynski, Lantier and Maurice at CSU, Chico.
Your influences?
My playing has always been influenced by the great Russian pianists, with their blend of technical brilliance and deep emotionalism.

I hope you enjoy these performances!