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He is a clarinettist, composer and conductor born in Moorhead,
Minnesota who began his clarinet
education when he was eleven years old.
Becoming successful with the instrument he was a
soloist with the Minnesota Orchestra in a performance of Mozart’s
Clarinet Concerto when he was seventeen and although he also began writing
music when he was studying at high school but he put that side of things it
to one side when he entered the New England Conservatory of Music to study
for his Bachelor degree. He
went on to enter Philadelphia’s
Temple University
for his Masters and then entered into the world of professional music as a
freelance clarinettist.
In 1976 he decided to return some of his attention to
composing and after gaining some attention with this first published piece,
Chorale and Capriccio for Band, he began to work on commissions for a range
of groups such as the Berks Classical Children’s Chorus, the
Minnesota Orchestra and St. Olaf College
Band. Since he began writing
music again he has written several works that include orchestral pieces, trios,
quartets, quintets and works for solo instruments.
Over the course of his busy career as a musician he has
performed with numerous ensembles and orchestras in Pennsylvania
with a few of these including Network for New Music, Ocean City Pops, Orchestra
2001, Penn Contemporary Players, Philadelphia Orchestra and Riverside Symphonia.
He has held the position of Principal Clarinet with the Concerto
Soloists Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania Ballet and the
Philly Pops. He has also been a
conductor at the Old York Road Symphony.
He has appeared on several recordings such as At the Still Point and Dream Journal by Network for New
Music, Music of Gerald Levinson
and River Song by Orchestra 2001,
Robert Hall Lewis by the Penn
Contemporary Players and Eastman Percussion Ensemble, Gloria! Gloria! By Benita Valente,
The Philadelphia Singers &
The Concert Soloists Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia
and The Wishing Tree: Choral Music of
Robert Maggio.
The Philadelphia Singers recordings
Adeste Fidelis (Frederick Oakeley/John
Francis Wade)
RCA 6559-2-RC (Gloria! Gloria!)
Soprano – Benita Valente
Concerto Soloists Chamber
Orchestra of Philadelphia
Conductor – Michael Korn
Sources:
- http://www.arnerunning.com/
- http://www.arnerunning.com/biography.html
- http://networkfornewmusic.org/arne-running
- http://www.dramonline.org/performers/running-arne
- http://www.dramonline.org/albums/network-for-new-music-dream-journal/notes
- http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000QZRA3E/ref=dm_sp_alb
- http://www.danieldorff.com/clarinet.htm
- http://blog.davidhthomas.net/2009/11/clarinet-angle-is-critical/
- http://www.oldyorkroadsymphony.org/repertoire
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