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The University of Florida Clarinet Studio
2004-2005

Back Row: Jennifer Schundler, Megan Machnik, Margot Stern,          Andrew Penn-Giannettino, Kira Bokalders, Jaclyn Surber,    Professor Mitchell Estrin, Peter Geldrich, Lola Bovell, Marjorie Shearer, Kathryn Shelton, Joshua Gonzalez, Shera Erskine

Front Row: Eric Lubarsky, Kyle Rowan, Heidi Schultheis, John Antmann, 
Carolyn De Simone, Jennifer Burton

Meet our past studios:
2003-2004
2002-2003
2001-2002
2000-2001
1999-2000

 

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John Antmann

Hometown: Cooper City, Florida
High School: Cooper City High School
College Year and Major: Junior, Music Education
Email: jantmann@ufl.edu
"Would a slinky on an escalator fall forever?"

Kira Bokalders

       

       

Hometown: Coral Springs, Florida
High School: J.P. Taravella High School
College Year and Major: Junior, Clarinet Performance
Email: magrkira@ufl.edu
"Life moves pretty fast; If you don't look around once in a while you might miss it."
--Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Lola Bovell

Hometown: Miami, Florida
High School: North Carolina School of the Arts
College Year and Major: Sophomore, Clarinet Performance in combination with Political Science
Email: LSB143@ufl.edu
"Perseverance is the key to your dreams"

Russell Brown

       

       

Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia
Undergraduate School: Valdosta State University
Graduate School: The Ohio State University
College Year and Major: Graduate Student, Clarinet Performance and Composition
Email: rdbrown@ufl.edu
 

Jennifer Burton

Hometown: Gainesville, Florida
High School: Buchholz High School
College Year and Major: Sophomore, Clarinet Performance
Email: jennerb@ufl.edu
 

Carolyn De Simone

       

       
Hometown Cooper City, Florida
High School: Cooper City High School
College Year and Major: Freshman, Music Education
Email: carolmd@ufl.edu
"Music is the only language you can't say a mean or sarcastic thing in"
-John Erskine, 1878

Shera Erskine

Hometown: Weston, Florida
High School: Flanagan High School
College Year and Major: Junior, Clarinet Performance
Email: shera521@ufl.edu
"I can't listen to that much Wagner - I start getting the urge to conquer Poland."
--Woody Allen

Peter Geldrich

       

       
Hometown: New City, New York
High School: Clarkstown High School North
Undergraduate School: University of Maryland
College Year and Major: Graduate Student, Clarinet Performance
Email: geldrich@ufl.edu
 

Josh Gonzalez

Hometown: Garland, Texas
High School: South Garland High School
College Year and Major: Senior, Music Education
Email: joshgonz@ufl.edu
"It is not stirring to understand how the world works - that white light is made of colors, that color
measures light waves, that transparent air reflects light...?  It does no harm to the romance of the
sunset to know a little about it." 
--Carl Sagan, Skies of Other Worlds 
"It's a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself; makes you wonder
what else you can do. 
--Kevin Spacey, American Beauty


Eric Lubarsky
       

 

        

 
Hometown: Orange Park, Florida
High School: Orange Park High School
College Year and Major: Senior, Clarinet Performance in Combination with Journalism and Magazine Writing
Email: EML83@ufl.edu
"MiLord, I should be sorry if I only entertained them. I wished to make
them better."
--George Frederic Handel
Read my articles about:  
-My experience with the alto clarinet!
-Our Clarinet Ensemble Trip to the Florida Panhandle


Megan Machnik

Hometown: Port Charlotte, Florida
High School Port Charlotte High School
College Year and Major: Junior, Clarinet Performance
Email: clarion8@ufl.edu
 

Andrew Penn-Giannettino

       

       
Hometown: Plantation, Florida
High School: J. P. Taravella High School
College Year and Major: Freshman, Clarinet Performance
Email: Penn501@ufl.edu
"Within an infinite universe, anything is possible"

Kyle Rowan

Hometown: Wellington, Florida
High School: Wellington High School
College Year and Major: Sophomore, Clarinet Performance in Combination with Mathematics
Email: PenguinMan831@aol.com
 


Heidi Schultheis

         

        
Hometown: Martin, Georgia
High School: Stephens County High School
Undergraduate School: Mercer University, Music Education
College Year and Major: Graduate Student, Clarinet Performance
Email: clarion@mailcity.com
 

Jennifer Schundler

Hometown: Weston, Florida
High School: Nova High School
College Year and Major: Junior, Clarinet Performance
Email:

jenjuneschun@yahoo.com

 

Marjorie Shearer

       

       
Hometown: Longwood, Florida
High School: Lake Mary High School
College Year and Major: Freshman, Clarinet Performance
Email:

margie20@ufl.edu

"You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses"

Kathryn Shelton

Hometown: Gulf Breeze, Florida
High School: Gulf Breeze High School
College Year and Major: Senior, Clarinet Performance
Email:

sheltonk@ufl.edu
 

Margot Stern

       

       
Hometown: Coral Springs, Florida
High School: J.P. Taravella High School
College Year and Major: Senior, Clarinet Performance
Email: mhstern@ufl.edu
"If I am not for myself, who will be for me?  If I am only for myself, what am I?  If not now, when?"

Jaclyn Surber

Hometown: Charlotte, North Carolina
High School: Home Schooled
College Year and Major: Sophomore, Clarinet Performance
Email: jackie97@ufl.edu
"A wrong note played weakly is a wrong note, but a wrong note played confidently is interpretation."



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