Chastine Hofmeister
Clarinet
Principal Clarinet, The Allen Philharmonic, Clarinet Professor, Collin College, Bass Clarinet, The Irving Symphony Orchestra, Bass Clarinet, The San Angelo Symphony, Second Clarinet, The Monroe Symphony Orchestra, Second Clarinet, The Longview Symphony.
Chastine Hofmeister is the Principal Clarinetist of the Allen Philharmonic and Clarinet Professor at Collin College. She is also Second Clarinetist with both the Longview Symphony Orchestra and the Monroe Symphony Orchestra as well as Bass Clarinetist with the Irving Symphony and San Angelo Symphony. Chastine is an avid performer and has also played with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Louisiana Philharmonic, Plano Symphony, Dallas Chamber Symphony, Dallas Winds, Abilene Philharmonic, Las Colinas Symphony Orchestra, Midland-Odessa Symphony, East Texas Symphony, Wichita Falls Symphony Orchestra, South Arkansas Symphony, and was previously Acting Principal of the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas. She enjoys writing and has recently published articles in both The Clarinet Journal and Pan Pipes Journal. Chastine is a Buffet Crampon performing artist and plays exclusively on Buffet Clarinets.
Her primary teachers have included Greg Raden, Chris Runk, and Rena Feller. Chastine has participated in master classes with distinguished performers including Yehuda Gilad, Ixi Chen, Richie Hawley, Chris Pell, Donald Montanaro, Robert Spring, and Anthony Gigliotti. She has performed in several music festivals including the Bravo! Vail Music Festival, Sewanee Summer Music Festival, and Domain Forget.
She earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in clarinet performance at the University of North Texas. While at the University of North Texas, she was a performance scholarship recipient and played with the North Texas Wind Symphony and Chamber Orchestra. During her time with the Wind Symphony, she recorded with the Klavier label and GIA educational projects.
Chastine is a member of the American Federation of Musicians, the International Clarinet Association, National Federation of State High School Associations, Sigma Alpha Iota Music Fraternity for Women, and Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society. In her spare time, she enjoys running marathons, baking, and gardening. She resides in Dallas, Texas with her husband Jason, their cockatiel named Gustav, and their dogs Grover and Boo.
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Favorite Instruments
Clarinet
R13 Prestige clarinet
Clarinet
R13 clarinet
Bass Clarinet
Prestige bass clarinet
Videos
Discography
Teaching Music Through Performance in Band Vol. 6 Grades 2-3
GIA WindWorks represents a new relationship between the North Texas Wind Symphony and GIA Publications. Thanks to GIA’s generous support and commitment to wind music, it has been possible for the ensemble to continue to produce recordings of the highest quality. While the first 34 releases of the Cincinnati Wind Symphony and the North Texas Wind Symphony remain with the Klavier label, this expanded alliance consolidates all of the current projects under one publishing roof. These diverse offerings now include WindWorks, the Composer’s Collection, the Teaching Music through Performance in Band recordings, and Master Conductors, the DVD series. This growth in the catalog creates exciting possibilities and allows our artistic output to stay focused on the continued mission: to provide first-class recordings that accentuate the comprehensiveness, depth, and value of the medium and its repertoire.
GIA WindWorks 2008
Teaching Music Through Performance in Band Vol. 6 Grades 2-3
Homage
GIA WindWorks represents a new relationship between the North Texas Wind Symphony and GIA Publications. Thanks to GIA’s generous support and commitment to wind music, it has been possible for the ensemble to continue to produce recordings of the highest quality. While the first 34 releases of the Cincinnati Wind Symphony and the North Texas Wind Symphony remain with the Klavier label, this expanded alliance consolidates all of the current projects under one publishing roof. These diverse offerings now include WindWorks, the Composer’s Collection, the Teaching Music through Performance in Band recordings, and Master Conductors, the DVD series. This growth in the catalog creates exciting possibilities and allows our artistic output to stay focused on the continued mission: to provide first-class recordings that accentuate the comprehensiveness, depth, and value of the medium and its repertoire.
GIA WindWorks 2007
Homage
Urban Dreams
GIA WindWorks represents a new relationship between the North Texas Wind Symphony and GIA Publications. Thanks to GIA’s generous support and commitment to wind music, it has been possible for the ensemble to continue to produce recordings of the highest quality. While the first 34 releases of the Cincinnati Wind Symphony and the North Texas Wind Symphony remain with the Klavier label, this expanded alliance consolidates all of the current projects under one publishing roof. These diverse offerings now include WindWorks, the Composer’s Collection, the Teaching Music through Performance in Band recordings, and Master Conductors, the DVD series. This growth in the catalog creates exciting possibilities and allows our artistic output to stay focused on the continued mission: to provide first-class recordings that accentuate the comprehensiveness, depth, and value of the medium and its repertoire.
GIA WindWorks 2007
Urban Dreams
Transformations
GIA WindWorks represents a new relationship between the North Texas Wind Symphony and GIA Publications. Thanks to GIA’s generous support and commitment to wind music, it has been possible for the ensemble to continue to produce recordings of the highest quality. While the first 34 releases of the Cincinnati Wind Symphony and the North Texas Wind Symphony remain with the Klavier label, this expanded alliance consolidates all of the current projects under one publishing roof. These diverse offerings now include WindWorks, the Composer’s Collection, the Teaching Music through Performance in Band recordings, and Master Conductors, the DVD series. This growth in the catalog creates exciting possibilities and allows our artistic output to stay focused on the continued mission: to provide first-class recordings that accentuate the comprehensiveness, depth, and value of the medium and its repertoire.
GIA WindWorks 2007
Transformations
Teaching Music through Performance in Band - Vol. 6, Grades 4-5
This CD set contains premier recordings of all Grade 4 selections analyzed in Teaching Music through Performance in Band, Volume 6 and selected Grade 5 works.
GIA WindWorks 2006
Teaching Music through Performance in Band - Vol. 6, Grades 4-5
Altered States
GIA WindWorks represents a new relationship between the North Texas Wind Symphony and GIA Publications. Thanks to GIA’s generous support and commitment to wind music, it has been possible for the ensemble to continue to produce recordings of the highest quality. While the first 34 releases of the Cincinnati Wind Symphony and the North Texas Wind Symphony remain with the Klavier label, this expanded alliance consolidates all of the current projects under one publishing roof. These diverse offerings now include WindWorks, the Composer’s Collection, the Teaching Music through Performance in Band recordings, and Master Conductors, the DVD series. This growth in the catalog creates exciting possibilities and allows our artistic output to stay focused on the continued mission: to provide first-class recordings that accentuate the comprehensiveness, depth, and value of the medium and its repertoire.
GIA WindWorks 2006
Altered States
Poetics
Klavier Records 2006
Poetics
Teaching Music Through Performance in Band Vol. 5, Grades 4-5
GIA WindWorks represents a new relationship between the North Texas Wind Symphony and GIA Publications. Thanks to GIA’s generous support and commitment to wind music, it has been possible for the ensemble to continue to produce recordings of the highest quality. While the first 34 releases of the Cincinnati Wind Symphony and the North Texas Wind Symphony remain with the Klavier label, this expanded alliance consolidates all of the current projects under one publishing roof. These diverse offerings now include WindWorks, the Composer’s Collection, the Teaching Music through Performance in Band recordings, and Master Conductors, the DVD series. This growth in the catalog creates exciting possibilities and allows our artistic output to stay focused on the continued mission: to provide first-class recordings that accentuate the comprehensiveness, depth, and value of the medium and its repertoire.
GIA WindWorks 2006
Teaching Music Through Performance in Band Vol. 5, Grades 4-5
Passions
Klavier Records 2005
Passions