Dr. Jun Qian
Dr. Jun Qian is the director of the Crescendo Elite Clarinet and Saxophone Academy in Highland Village, Texas, the conductor of the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra Clarinet Choir, the principal clarinetist of the Waco Symphony and the guest principal clarinet of the Dallas Chamber Orchestra. He has enjoyed great success as an educator and musician.
Qian won first prize in the International Clarinet Association’s Orchestral Excerpts Competition and third prize in its Young Artist Solo Competition in 1997--the first artist in the history of the ICA to receive prizes in both competitions in the same year. He made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2001, performing Weber’s Clarinet Concerto No. 1 with the Asian American Elite Orchestra.
At the Academy, he is currently training elite pre-college students and young professionals at universities worldwide via live and online clarinet and saxophone lessons, classes, and coaching sessions. He is also interested in doing research and teaching middle school and younger students who might have ADD and ADHD symptoms.
His high school students have won many honors, positions, and prizes. These include the Minnesota Orchestra’s concerto competition; and International Clarinet Association competitions; first chairs in the Texas Music Educators Association’s 6A All-State Symphony orchestra, 6A All-State Philharmonic Orchestra, and 6A Symphonic Band; the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra, 6A high school bands in Lewisville, Plano, Allen, Coppell, and Frisco Independent School Districts; and featured soloist on NPR’s “From the Top” radio show.
Dr. Qian was a full-time clarinet professor at St. Olaf College and Baylor University for over 13 years. His college students won both Grand Prizes in the 2015 and 2016 International Clarinet Association Orchestral Excerpts Competitions and have been selected for study at major festivals and graduate schools. As a result, he has received excellent external peer reviews from International Clarinet Association leaders.
History of the Crescendo Elite Clarinet & Saxophone Academy
Crescendo Elite Clarinet and Saxophone Academy was established in 2012 as part of Dr. Qian's community service as a university faculty member. It was called the Cyber Single Reed Academy. It started with only two students who were remotely taught via the Internet. As a result, one became the first chair in the 2017 Texas Music Educators Association’s 6A All-State Symphonic Band. The other was the Grand Prize winner of the Minnesota Orchestra’s Young Artist Concerto Competition, performing with the Minnesota Orchestra and on NPR’s “From the Top” radio show.
In 2020, after 13 years as a successful full-time college professor, Dr. Qian moved to Highland Village, Texas, where he has been giving clarinet lessons, saxophone lessons, and masterclasses at all levels, both live and online. The Academy has since expanded to a full-time private teaching studio. It has produced many successful first chair students from Allen, Plano, Frisco, Denton, and Lewisville school districts in the Dallas area and other parts of the United States, and many other countries. In the past five years, his top students were appointed as the principal clarinet of the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra Wind Ensemble; principal bass clarinet of the GDYO Symphony Orchestra, the principal Eb player for the Texas All-State 6A Symphonic Band, and the Co-Principal Clarinet of the Texas All-State 5A Symphonic Band. Many of them also performed in San Antonio for the TMEA annual conference. Two saxophone students were accepted into the University of Texas, Austin, and University of North Texas as music majors. Another student won the third prize in the 2021 Clareidoscope Clarinet Competition ( High School Division) hosted by the International Clarinet Association.
The Academy will continue to provide premier music education to support students' needs and music programs in the area and around the world.
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