Harry Gee

A native of Minneapolis, his study with Earl Handlon of the Minnesota Orchestra led to a position with the Duluth Symphony Orchestra, where at age seventeen, he was the youngest member of the orchestra. During World War II Harry was solo clarinetist with the 89th Infantry Division Band. After the war in Europe, he was able to study with Gaston Hamelin, Principal Clarinetist of the Orchestre National de France. Following his discharge from the Army, Harry was awarded a full scholarship to study with Bernard Portnoy at the Curtis Institute of Music. From 1951-1959 his performance background included membership in the orchestras of Houston, Denver, and Minneapolis. Appointed in 1960 to the Department of Music at Indiana State University, Gee participated in solo and chamber music performances and appeared as clarinet soloist with the university bands and orchestras at Butler, Purdue and Indiana State. During this time he studied the saxophone at Indiana University and the National Conservatoire in Paris. He served as principal and co-principal clarinetist of the Terre Haute Symphony for 37 years, retiring at the end of the 1998-99 season. Harry has been an adjudicator in solo contests in France, Belgium, Canada, and in numerous states in the U.S. He has also served on the staff of summer institutes at the National Music Camp in Interlochen and St. Mary’s College in Twickenham, England. Through the years Gee has had over 250 publications of his compositions and arrangements released by leading publishing houses.

Titles:

• – Style Etudes and Technical Exercises
• – Intermediate Style Etudes and Technical Exercises
• – 12 Progressive Pieces
• 1981 – Progressive and Varied Etudes
• 2011 – Clarinet Festival Solo
• 2012 – Prelude and Passacaglia
• 2013 – The Saxophonist’s Digest

Arrangements:

• – Adagio and Finale from Trio Op. 87 (AAT)
• – FINALE FROM SYMPHONY N
• – Canzonetta
• – Canzonetta (Clarinet or Saxophone with orchestra)
• – Entr’ Acte From Carmen (out-of-print)
• – Choral Varie Op. 55
• – Canzonetta
• – Sonata No. 4 in C
• – DUETS FOR ALTO AND TEN
• 1913 – Chicken Walk
• 1960 – Solo de Concours for Clarinet or Alto Saxophone and Band
• 1960, pub. – Solo de Concours (band)
• 1963 – Excerpts Clarinet Concerto
• 1963 – Rondo alla Turca
• 1964 – Concertpiece No. 2 for Clarinet Duo and Band
• 1964 – Romance No. 3
• 1964 – Concertpiece No. 2 for Two Clarinets and Piano
• 1965 – Danse Pour Katia
• 1965 – Allegro Spiritoso
• 1965 – Allegro Spiritoso
• 1965 – Rondo
• 1966 – Hornpipe and Allegro
• 1967 – Adagio and Allegro
• 1969 – Sonata No. 4 in C
• 1970 – Finale
• 1970 – Piece in g Minor
• 1970 – Adagio and Allegretto
• 1971 – Andante and Allegro
• 1971 – Andante and Allegro
• 1971 – Andante and Allegro
• 1972 – Allegro Spiritoso
• 1973 – Serenade
• 1973 – Canzonetta, Op. 19
• 1973 – Canzonetta
• 1974 – Adagio
• 1982 – Solo de Concours for Clarinet or Alto Saxophone and Orchestra
• 1982 – Adagio
• 1985 – Adagio and Allegro
• 1991 – Duo Concertante No. 1, Op. 13 (AT)
• 1991 – Sonatina
• 1991 – Sonatina, Op. 13
• 1991 – Sonatina, Op. 13
• 1992 – Sonata No. 6 for Alto Saxophone
• 1992 – Etude No. 18
• 1995 – Air: If Thou Art Near
• 1998 – Solo de Concours for Alto Saxophone and Piano
• 1999 – Difference of Opinion
• 2013 – Waltz
• 2013 – Adagio Cantando (from Fünf Klavierstücke)
• 2013 – Trio No. 6
• 2013 – Menuetto (from Piano Sonata No. 1)
• 2013 – Allegretto (from Sonata No. 9)