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Dr. Gillespie at his retirment Tribute Recital, February 2011,with former students (L-R: Robert Walzel, Raphael Sanders, Dr. Gillespie, Kim Cole-Luevano, Cheryl Matthews, Cindy Wolverton, Jim Logan, Marguerite Levin).
Current students Andrea Harrell, Jennifer Daffinee, and Sarah Carlisle with former student Sam Ross (M.M. 2010) perform for the 2011 Texas Clarinet Colloquium.
Doctoral student Sheng-hsin Lin performs in Master class for Julian Bliss on February 14, 2011.
Dr. Gillespie's Taiwan trip (2010 summer) where he peformed Krommer's Concerto for Two Clarinets in Eb Maj, Op.35 with
Hsing-Fang Liu and the Aikuang Sun Taipei Philharmonic, Ai-kuang Sun, Conductor.
The 2010-2011 Wind Symphony Section (L-R): Yi Wen Wang, Scott Wilson, Chris Raddatz, Nathan Beaty, Hsing-Fang (Cindy) Liu, Sydney Harrell, James Westbrook, Ashley Kimmel, Sarah Carlisle, James Parkinson, Jennifer Daffinee, Rob True, Sheng-hsin Lin, and Dahee Kwon. Not pictured: Holly Hang.
Doctoral student Rachel Yoder performing a piece for clarinet and electronics at ClarinetFest 2010.
Symphony Orchestra clarinet section (Lin Sheng-hsin, Rachel Yoder, Jesse Langston, and Scott Wilson) posing with the auxiliary clarinets used in Mahler's Symphony No.1 (Spring 2010).
Snapshots of the clarinet studio relaxing with good food and having fun at a local park for an end-of-year celebration. (May, 2010)
Basil Bouras and Ashley Kimmel perform Mendelssohn's Concertpiece No.2, Op.114 in studio class on April 23rd, 2010.
UNT's Green Brigade on the ice at a Dallas Stars game. (Fall 2009)
Wind Symphony clarinet section. (Fall 2009)
Greg Raden (principle clarinetist of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra) and Francois Kloc visiting with students and faculty during Buffet-Crampon Clarinet Day on October 8, 2009.
Francois Kloc, Director of Marketing for Buffet-Crampon and master woodwind technician, repairing students' instruments.
Ken Ellington, Southwest Division Manger for Buffet-Crampon, USA, sitting in front of the display of Buffet instruments available for playing.
Yuanyuan Li and Dr. James Gillespie performing at the China Clarinet and Saxophone Festival in Taiyuan, China, August 21, 2009. Miss Li is on the clarinet faculty at Xinghai Conservatory of Music in Guangzhou, China.
The West Point Band Clarinet Quartet performing in clarinet studio class, April 2009
UNT Symphony Orchestra clarinetists Sam Ross, Andrea Harrell, Jesse Langston, and Diane Pasch before a performance of Strauss's Till Eulenspiegel in February, 2009.
UNT students Sara Marsh, Rachel Yoder, Diane Pasch, and Andrea Harrell with Jon Manasse after his November 2 master class.
At the Dos Hermanas (Seville, Spain) International Clarinet Competition, September 27, 2008. (l to r) Dominique Vidal (jury member), Romy Bischoff (2nd-prize winner), James Gillespie (jury member), Jerry Chae (1st-prize winner) and Guy Deplus (jury member)
Dr. John Scott performs Strauss's Duet Concertino with the UNT Chamber Orchestra (Sept. 24, 2008)
John Scott and Kathleen Reynolds performing Strauss's Duet Concertino
Dr. Gillespie and the 2008 UNT clarinet studio class
Masters student Sam Ross performs in studio class
UNT clarinet students Monica Steinbrech, Andrea Harrell, and Jessica Smith, before a UNT Wind Symphony concert
Recent guest artist Oskar Espina-Ruiz with UNT faculty John Scott, James Gillespie, and Deborah Fabian
Oskar Espina-Ruiz and his accompanist for the evening concert, UNT faculty pianist Steven Harlos
Current and former UNT students and faculty at the ICA ClarinetFest 2008 in Kansas City
UNT students Jenny Iles, Sara Marsh, and Chastine Hofmeister with Larry Combs at the ClarinetFest 2008 in Kansas City
Béla Kovács (right) signing James Gillespie's copy of the Hommages collection (Budapest, Hungary 2004)
James Gillespie during a master class with a clarinetist in the People's Liberation Army Band in Beijing China, June 2008
James Gillespie with clarinet students in front the China Conservatory of Music, Beijing, China, June 2008. Professor Yi He is at the far right. One of the students won Third Prize in the I.C.A. High School Competition.
