Sunday, the Summit Music and Arts winter concert series continues with a varied repertoire of classical, romantic and 20th-century music for clarinet and piano.

Linda Shea, director of instrumental music at Summit High School and music professor at Colorado Mountain College, joins Jeremy Reynolds, assistant professor at the University of Denver's Lamont School of Music. Though this is the first time the two Colorado clarinetists will perform together, they met in summer 2010, “and we haven't stopped laughing since,” Reynolds said.

They chose Sunday's pieces based on common interests.

“I love them all,” Reynolds said. “I think it has been a wonderful experience for both of us, learning new repertoire that we weren't familiar with before we started preparing this program.”

Reynolds feels most connected with Franz Krommer's “Concerto for Two Clarinets,” which he's wanted to perform since he heard it in high school. Krommer was one of Mozart's lesser-known contemporaries, and his concerto is considered one of his finest compositions.

Renae Gudvangen, a pianist and teacher in the south Denver area who primarily works with drama and choir programs at Front Range high schools, joins Shea and Reynolds in Sunday's repertoire of: “Concert Piece No. 2” by Felix Mendelssohn; “Sontata for Two Clarinets and Piano” by Gary Schocker; and the “Ten Klezmer Duos” by Mike Curtis.

Schocker's three-movement piece “features melodic exchanges between each clarinet over the constant motor of the piano,” said Suzanne Lanuza, concert coordinator, that “resolves into a rhythmic and melodic interplay.”

Curtis has written dozens of pieces influenced heavily by his travels through Eastern Europe, China, Spain and Mexico; he draws on Jewish and other international traditions, incorporating gypsy, French café and early jazz music into his compositions.

Experienced musicians

Each musician brings his or her own rich experience into Sunday's concert: Shea has performed as a soloist and orchestral clarinetists nationally and worldwide; she is a permanent member of the Colorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra and has appeared with orchestras and festivals, including the Colorado Symphony, Greeley Philharmonic, Colorado Ballet, Boulder Philharmonic, Fort Collins Symphony, the Santa Fe Opera Festival, the Aspen Music Festival and the Colorado Music Festival. She earned her doctorate of musical arts in clarinet from the University of Colorado in 2008.

Reynolds is a Buffet Crampon USA Performing Artist/Clinician and Lomax Classic Mouthpiece Performing Artist. He was the principal clarinetist of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra and has performed for the International Clarinet Association's ClarFest, Cultural Festival of Portugal's World Exposition, Australian Clarinet and Saxophone Festival and University of Oklahoma Clarinet Symposium. He has won awards at the Coleman and Carmel National Chamber Music competitions and has taught in some of the most esteemed conservatories in the world.

Gudvangen served as pianist in residence at Colorado Academy as the academy's accompanist and piano instructor. She has worked with Colorado Wind Ensemble as a pianist and featured soloist, as well as with the Denver Chamber Orchestra and Opera Colorado.

“This is a first-time collaboration with Linda and Renae for me, and I hope it's just the beginning of a long relationship,” Reynolds said. “They are both fabulous players. Renae is solid as a rock, and so is Linda — it's just been such a fun experience.”