About Jana
Canadian clarinetist Jana Starling joined the music faculty at Arizona State University in 2007 and bases her active teaching and performing career from Tempe, Arizona. Previously in Canada, she taught clarinet and saxophone at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick and clarinet at Brandon University. Ms. Starling's diverse teaching career also led her to the wilds of Paraguay, South America were she spent two years teaching woodwinds and instrumental ensembles.
Her 2006 debut CD Inflexion earned a 2007 East Coast Music Award nomination in Canada for Classical Recording of the Year and hailed a "true listening pleasure" in The Clarinet magazine (March 2008). Ms. Starling is an active commissioner and performer of contemporary works, has performed at the International Clarinetfest (2006, 2007, 2008) and performs regularly with the Arizona Opera company. She has played with the Phoenix Symphony, the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, and has an eclectic background of performing with world music ensembles such as international folk, Mariachi, and East Indian classical music ensembles.
Ms. Starling has degrees in Music Education and Performance from Brandon University, Canada and Arizona State University. Her primary teachers have been Ron Goddard and Robert Spring. As an educator, she is an active clinician throughout Canada and the US and has been a guest artist/clinician at the Belgian Clarinet Academy in Oostende.
Currently Ms. Starling is working on a CD of new clarinet duos with her colleague Robert Spring and her new solo CD to be released in 2010!
News
Jana Invited Performer at 2008 ICA Conference: Jana will be heading to Kansas City in July to attend Clarinetfest 2008, where she will perform the world premiere of a work by Eric Mandat for two clarinets. The duo will feature ASU professor and clarinetist Robert Spring.
INFLEXION Nominated for EMCA: Jana's debut CD was nominated for a 2007 East Coast Music Award in the Classical Recording of the Year category.
Jana at Clarinetfest 2007: Jana was selected as one of the performers at Clarinetfest 2007, the International Clarinet Association annual conference. This event draws artists from around the world and was held in Vancouver July 4 to 8, 2007.
New CD: Jana's debut recording "INFLEXION" is now available for purchase through PayPal. Recorded in Phoenix, AZ in 2005, this new CD demonstrates Jana's beautiful sound and mastery of the clarinet with a varied selection of works from different eras and composers. Please visit the Recording page for more information.