Get to Know the New Members of Northshore Concert Band!

We are thrilled to have begun our 66th season and would like to welcome our newest members to the Northshore Concert Band family! Get to know them through this series of mini interviews and don’t miss seeing and hearing them perform when we return to the Pick-Staiger Concert Hall on the Northwestern University campus in Evanston, Illinois on February 20, 2022 for the second of three concerts in our 2021-2022 Season!

JACK KARTSOTIS

Jack Kartsotis plays the clarinet and is a Clarinet Teacher.

What do you enjoy most about playing?
Collaborating with other musicians and getting to share my love of music with an audience.

Do you have a favorite musical memory?
My favorite musical memory was in 2018 when I went to Vienna, Austria for a summer music festival. While there, I attended lots of operas, orchestra concerts, and chamber music performances. My favorite by far was a performance of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto in the Musikverein by the Vienna Philharmonic.

Who was your most influential music teacher?
My most influential teachers were a high school band director that encouraged me to pursue music, and the incredible clarinet faculty at the University of North Texas.

Does anyone in your family play music?
I am the only one in my family that does music!

What’s on your iPod?
Brahms, Beethoven, Shostakovich, Strauss, Vivaldi, Bach, Couperin, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Iiro Rantala, Chet Baker, Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Renato Carosone, Philip Glass, Mac Miller, Anderson Paak, Metronomy, and everything from the 1970's.

List three words to describe the Northshore Concert Band.
Professional, Dedicated, Exciting

Northshore Concert Band

2022 Concerts

February 20, 2022, at 3:00 pm
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

June 5, 2022, at 3:00 pm
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Ticket info to come.