Performer Bios
JOHN SCOTT is Professor of Clarinet at the University of North Texas. He has performed and taught at the Summer Music Institute founded by the University of North Texas and the Ministry of Education in Taiwan. Mr. Scott is a member of the Richardson Symphony Orchestra, and has performed with such orchestras as the Dallas Symphony and the Ft. Worth Symphony, and as a recitalist and clinician throughout the United States. His performances have included the Victoria Bach Festival in Texas, the New York University Contemporary Music Festival, and at conferences and workshops in Denver, Tempe, Lubbock, Salt Lake City, San Juan, Ostend, Stockholm, London, Paris and Vancouver as well as in recitals throughout Taiwan and Japan. He performs regularly with Chamber Music International. Recordings include "Birdsongs, Romantic Chamber Music of Arthur Bird," and “Equipoise.” He is a member of the Texas Clarinet Consort.
He has been a member of the University of North Texas College of Music faculty since 1981. Prior to joining the UNT faculty he taught at Susquehanna University (PA) and Augusta State University (GA). He earned both the Master of Music and Doctor of Music degree in applied woodwinds and music literature from Indiana University (Bloomington), where he was a clarinet student of Henry Gulick.
His former students have held positions in numerous orchestras, schools, colleges and universities throughout the United States and in premier military bands in Washington, D.C. Several have been semi-finalists and prizewinners in the I.C.A. Young Artist Competition and Orchestral Competition.
He has served as reviewer, Music Review Editor and Advertising Manager for The Clarinet, journal of the International Clarinet Association. In addition to his duties as Professor of Clarinet, he serves as Associate Dean for Admissions and Scholarship Services in the College of Music at the University of North Texas. He is an artist-clinician for Buffet-Crampon.
JAN FILLMORE SCOTT, clarinetist with Pastiche, has performed as a recitalist, clinician, and soloist throughout the United States. She has performed with the Louisville Orchestra, the Louisville Ballet, the Indiana Chamber Orchestra, the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, the Midland-Odessa Symphony, Lake Charles Symphony and the Rapides Symphony Orchestra Jan holds degrees from the University of North Texas and the University of Louisville. Her teachers include Lee Gibson, James Gillespie, John Scott and Steve Cohen. She has been on the teaching faculties of McMurry University, Abilene Christian University, University of Louisville, and the Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne. Jan teaches clarinet/double reeds at McNeese State University and has been a performing artist/teacher at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival and a past adjudicator for the ICA's Young Artist Competition. She is a Voting Member of NARAS (Grammy Awards), a Yamaha Performing Artist, Louisiana Touring Artist, and Louisiana Roster Artist.
PATRICIA PIERCE CARD, Associate Professor of Clarinet, joined the Sam Houston State University faculty in 2001. Prior to this appointment, she was the Assistant Professor of Clarinet at Oklahoma City University. In addition to her teaching position, Dr. Card was also the principal clarinet of the Oklahoma City Philharmonic Orchestra from 1997 to 2001. Dr. Card was an active musician and private teacher in Richardson, Texas preceding the move to Oklahoma City.
Dr. Card has been a featured guest artist at the Midwest convention in Chicago and Texas Music Educators Association in San Antonio. She has performed at the International Clarinet Association's ClarinetFest2004 (Washington D.C.) and 2008 (Kansas City) and at the 2005 National Flute Association Convention in San Diego. She has also presented clinics at the Texas Music Educators Association convention, the Texas Bandmasters Association convention and the Oklahoma Music Educators Association convention. Dr. Card was a finalist in the 1989 International Clarinet Association Competition (Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN) and a finalist in the 1991 Young Artist Competition (Midland-Odessa, TX). She received the Doctor of Musical Arts in clarinet performance at the University of North Texas, the Master of Music from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Music from North Texas State University. Her major teachers include John Scott, John Mohler and James Gillespie.