Masterclass: Shannon Kiewitt, clarinet
October 18
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Hamilton Hall
Audience: Alumni, Current Student, Faculty, Families, Neighbor or Friend, Prospective Student, Staff
Free admission to observe
No ticket required
Clarinetist Gunnery Sergeant Shannon Kiewitt of Sevierville, Tenn., joined “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band in January 2011. She was appointed to the bass clarinet section in March 2017.
Gunnery Sgt. Kiewitt began her musical training on clarinet at age 10. After graduating from Gatlinburg- Pittman High School in Gatlinburg, Tenn., in 1995, she attended Indiana University in Bloomington, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in music performance in 1999 and a master’s degree in music performance in 2001. Her instructors include Howard Klug and Alfred Prinz of Indiana University.
Prior to joining “The President’s Own,” Gunnery Sgt. Kiewitt was a member of the United States Army Field Band in Fort Meade, Md., and the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Band in Fort Monroe, Va. She also performed at the 1999 Belgian Clarinet Academy in Ostend, Belgium, attended the International Orchestra Institute Attergau in Upper Austria in 2000 and was a semi-finalist in the International Clarinet Association Young Artist Competition in 2003.
Gunnery Sgt. Kiewitt performs with the Marine Band and Marine Chamber Orchestra at the White House, in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, and across the country during the band’s annual concert tour.