Jesse Krebs

Jesse Krebs, professor of music, clarinet, performed the world premiere of “respire” for clarinet and fixed audio at the International Clarinet Association’s ClarinetFest Conference in Reno, Nevada, June 29-July 3. The piece was composed for him by Andrew Hannon, professor of music composition at Appalachian State University, as a reaction to George Floyd’s murder in 2020. Krebs has been accepted to perform it again at the National College Music Society Conference in Long Beach, California, September 2022. While at the ClarinetFest conference, Krebs also had the honor of conducting the ICA Professors’ Clarinet Choir in a concert, which included an ensemble of more than 50 clarinet professors from around the world and the performance of two world premieres.