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The University of Florida Clarinet Studio
2003-2004

Back Row: Margot Stern, Sara Carlino, Jennifer Schundler, Erin Willette
Lacey Kantor, Geoffrey Gilliand, Professor Mitchell Estrin, Kyle Rowan, Jaclyn Surber, Lola Bovell, Kathryn Shelton, Jennifer Burton, Shera Erskine

Front Row: Kira Bokalders, Megan Machnik, Russell Brown, 
Eric Lubarsky, John Antmann, Joshua Gonzalez

Meet our past studios:
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: Sophomore, 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: Sophomore, 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: Freshman, Clarinet Performance in combination with Political Science
Email: LSB143@ufl.edu
 

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: Freshman, Clarinet Performance
Email: jennerb@ufl.edu
 

Sara Carlino

       

       
Hometown Parma, Ohio
High School: Valley Forge High School
Undergraduate School Kent State University
College Year and Major: Graduate Student, Clarinet Performance
Email: sarainsun@aol.com
"Hard work beats talent if talent doesn't work hard."

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

Geoffrey Gilliand

       

       
Hometown: West Palm Beach, Florida
High School: Dreyfoos School of the Arts
College Year and Major: Senior, Clarinet Performance
Email: Windman@ufl.edu
"Consider the postage stamp.  It secures success through its ability to stick to one thing til it gets there."
"Human beings are the only creatures on Earth that allow their children to come back home."

Josh Gonzalez
Hometown: Garland, Texas
High School: South Garland High School
College Year and Major: Junior, 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


Lacey Kantor

       

       
Hometown: Bradenton, Florida
High School: Manatee High School
College Year and Major: Junior, Clarinet Performance
Email: spacey3@ufl.edu
 

Eric Lubarsky
Hometown: Orange Park, Florida
High School: Orange Park High School
College Year and Major: Junior, 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: Sophomore, Clarinet Performance
Email: maggie_angel02@hotmail.com
 

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

Jennifer Schundler

       

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

JBLondie@ufl.edu

 

Kathryn Shelton
Hometown: Gulf Breeze, Florida
High School: Gulf Breeze High School
College Year and Major: Junior, Clarinet Performance
Email:

mailto:AngKat42@aol.com

 

Margot Stern

       

       
Hometown: Coral Springs, Florida
High School: J.P. Taravella High School
College Year and Major: Junior, 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: Freshman, Clarinet Performance
Email: jackieblue03@hotmail.com
"A wrong note played weakly is a wrong note, but a wrong note played confidently is interpretation."

Erin Willette

         

        
Hometown: Tampa, Florida
High School: King High School
College Year and Major: Senior, Clarinet Performance in Combination with Public Relations
Email: Mowgies527@hotmail.com
"Music . . . can name the unnamable and communicate the unknowable." 
--Leonard Bernstein
"Black holes are where God divided by zero." 
--Steven Wright



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