Principal Clarinet of
The Florida Orchestra
since 2017, Natalie
Hoe has already
established herself
as an accomplished
orchestral musician
and versatile solo
artist.
Hoe has recently performed
with the San
Antonio Symphony
under the direction
of Music Director
Sebastian Lang-Lessing. She has also held the position
of principal clarinet of the American Youth
Symphony in Los Angeles under the baton of Alexander
Treger for three seasons.
Hoe toured Japan with the Pacific Music Festival
Orchestra in the summer of 2017 under the batons
of Valery Gergiev, Jun Märkl, Heiichiro Ohyama and
Daniel Matsukawa. She has participated in numerous
summer festivals including the Spoleto Festival
THE FLORIDA OR 42 CHESTRA | 2019-2020
USA Orchestra with Resident Conductor and Director
John Kennedy, Music Academy of the West in
Santa Barbara and the Aurora Chamber Music and
Masterclass Festival in Trollhättan, Sweden.
As a soloist, she has performed Weber’s Clarinet
Concerto No. 2 with the American Youth Symphony
and conductor Alexander Treger in Royce Hall, Los
Angeles. She has performed twice with the Hong
Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, including as a grand
finalist and winner of the Young Musician of the Year
(Hong Kong, China, Macau) Competition in 2008.
Hoe was born in the United Kingdom and raised in
Hong Kong. She graduated with a master’s of music
degree from Rice University as a Haylett O’Neill Jr.
and Kate Patton O’Neill Endowed Scholarship recipient
in Houston, Texas, where she studied with
Richie Hawley. Prior to that, she completed her
bachelor’s of music studies at the prestigious Colburn
Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles, California,
with Yehuda Gilad.
A Buffet-Crampon artist, Hoe performs on the Festival
Bb and Tradition A models of clarinet.
NATALIE HOE
Clarinet
In honor of the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s
birth, The Florida Orchestra is partnering with
Florida universities to co-commission five short
fanfares inspired by Beethoven. The works also
promote music as a living art form and will
premiere at the start of select Masterworks concerts
conducted by Music Director Michael Francis.
The first one debuts on the Beethoven’s Eroica
Symphony concert:
Imagined Adventures: AutoBonn
By Kevin Wilt, Associate Professor and
Composer-in-Residence
Florida Atlantic University
Co-commissioned by The Florida Orchestra and
The Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letter,
Florida Atlantic University
From Wilt’s artist statement:
AutoBonn is the second in a series of pieces called
Imagined Adventures -- short, programmatic works
based on childhood fantasies. It is about the dream
of taking off in a fast sports car, ramping up the
energy with each gearshift.
This work was commissioned as part of the
celebration of Beethoven’s 250th birthday in 2020.
All of the motives were taken from the Presto
movement of his String Quartet No. 14, Op. 131, in
C-sharp minor. The quartet movement itself is a
galloping race, which provided ample opportunity
for orchestral adrenaline. The original opening cello
arpeggio is treated as the roaring engine ignition in
all of the low strings, bassoons, and timpani.
Each successive section takes us through a different
gear, with first gear being light in color and register,
as our sports car is revving through high RPMs off
the starting line. The second gear drops a bit lower
as the engine resets for another build up, with the
third gear dropping further, and then building up
further still. Finally, we reach the last gear and a
direct quote of the original string quartet, with the
car beginning its last push toward top speed,
all before winding down as the joyride comes
to an end.
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