Conducting

Joe developed an interest in conducting in high school, leading rehearsal when his band director was out, serving as drum major, and directing the pit orchestra his senior year. Joe continued to conduct both at college and back in Massachusetts during the summers. He completed his Master's in Wind Band Conducting at the University of Illinois under Dr. Steve Peterson in spring 2019 and is currently a high school band director at La Porte High School in La Porte, IN.

Complete Repertoire List

Please contact Joe for inquiries.

Public Conducting Engagements:

LPHS Spring Band Concert, May 14, 2025, La Porte, IN

• Bach, P.D.Q./Schickele, Peter - March of the Cute Little Wood Sprites
• Barker, Warren - A Galop to End All Galops
• Bonney, James - TranZendental Danse of Joi
• Brubeck, Dave/Clark, Joe - Blue Rondo à la Turk (clarinet choir)
• Clark, Joe - Dance (clarinet choir)
• Markowski, Michael - The Cave You Fear
• Van der Roost, Jan/Jense, Maarten - Rikudim: II. (clarinet choir)

LPHS Jazz Fest, May 2, 2025, La Porte, IN

• Lady Gaga, et al./Murtha, Paul - Die with a Smile
• Gillespie, Dizzy/Sweeney, Michael - Manteca
• Menza, Don/Blair, Peter - Groove Blues

ISSMA Organization, Apr. 11-12, 2025, Wheatfield, IN

• Camphouse, Mark - A Movement for Rosa
• Cesarini, Franco - Greek Folk Song Suite
• King, Karl L./Swearingen, James - Lexington

LPHS Pre-ISSMA Band Concert, Apr. 7, 2025, La Porte, IN

• Agapkin, Vasily/Clark, Joe - A Slavic Farewell (clarinet choir)
• Camphouse, Mark - A Movement for Rosa
• Cesarini, Franco - Greek Folk Song Suite
• King, Karl L./Swearingen, James - Lexington
• Whitacre, Eric/Clark, Joe - Lux Aurumque (clarinet choir)

LPHS Jazz Hang, Feb. 15, 2025, La Porte, IN

• Burke, Johnny & Van Heusen, James/Edmondson, John - Here's That Rainy Day
• Goodwin, Gordon - Crunchy Frog
• Richardson, Jerome/Barduhn, Dave - Groove Merchant

LPCSC Clarinet Day, Jan. 19, 2025, La Porte, IN

• Clark, Joe - We Three Kings
• Grieg, Edvard/Clark, Joe - In the Hall of the Mountain King
• Powell, John/Clark, Joe - How to Train Your Dragon: This Is Berk/Test Drive
• Reed, Alfred/Clark, Joe - Greensleeves

LPHS Winter Band Concert, Dec. 16, 2024, La Porte, IN

• Barnett, Carol - Cyprian Suite (I, III, IV)
• Clark, Joe - We Three Kings (clarinet choir)
• Reed, Alfred/Clark, Joe - Greensleeves (clarinet choir)
• Sims, Adrian B. - Journey of a Comet

La Porte Veterans Day Ceremony, Nov. 11, 2024, La Porte, IN

• Gotkovsky, Ida - Or et Lumière (excerpt)
• Tailleferre, Germaine/Dondeyne, Désiré - Marche pour Harmonie ou Fanfare

LPHS Fall Jazz Concert, Oct. 29, 2024, La Porte, IN

• Schneider, Maria - Baytrail Shuffle
• Young, Victor/Blair, Peter - Stella by Starlight

LPHS Fall Band Concert, Oct. 9, 2024, La Porte, IN

• Chambers, Carol Brittin - Danza de EspaÑa
• Gotkovsky, Ida - Or et Lumière
• King, Karl L./Swearingen, James - Liberty Fleet
• Tailleferre, Germaine/Dondeyne, Désiré - Marche pour Harmonie ou Fanfare

LPHS Spring Band Concert, May 21, 2024, La Porte, IN

• Berg, Stephanie - So-Called Unison
• The Blasting Company/Clark, Joe - "Over the Garden Wall" Medley (clarinet choir)
• Hisaishi, Joe & Kimura, Youmi/Ishige, Rika - Spirited Away Suite
• León, Tania - Alegre

LPHS Jazz Fest, May 3, 2024, La Porte, IN

• Morales, Erik - Feelin' the Funk
• Nestico, Sammy - Fancy Pants
• Rollins, Sonny/Taylor, Mark - St. Thomas

ISSMA Organization, Apr. 19-20, 2024, Mishawaka/Elkhart, IN

• Archer, Kimberly - Beacon
• Chambers, Carol Brittin - Kalos Eidos
• Cuong, Viet - Diamond Tide
• La Plante, Pierre - Nordic Sketches

LPHS Pre-ISSMA Band Concert, Apr. 16, 2024, La Porte, IN

• Archer, Kimberly - Beacon
• Bernstein, Leonard/Clark, Joe - Suite from "MASS", IV., II. (clarinet choir)
• Chambers, Carol Brittin - Kalos Eidos
• Cuong, Viet - Diamond Tide
• La Plante, Pierre - Nordic Sketches

LPHS Jazz Hang, Mar. 2, 2024, La Porte, IN

• Green, Freddie/Stitzel, Rick - Down for Double
• Mandel, Johnny/DeSpain, Lisa - Emily
• Rodgers, Richard/Nestico, Sammy - My Funny Valentine
• Williams, Frank T. - Cuaba

LPCSC Clarinet Day, Jan. 27, 2024, La Porte, IN

• Badelt, Klaus/Clark, Joe - The Medallion Calls
• Bernstein, Leonard/Clark, Joe - Suite from "MASS", IV.
• Clark, Joe - Pata-Pat-a-Pan
• Holst, Gustav/Clark, Joe - Jupiter Chorale

LPHS Winter Band Concert, Dec. 12, 2023, La Porte, IN

• Clark, Joe – Pata-Pat-a-Pan (clarinet choir)
• Codina, Genaro/Glover, Andrew - Zacatecas
• Ellerby, Martin - A Little Symphony of English Carols, 4., 5. (with LPHS Chorale)
• Nishimura, Cait - The Sweet Sounds of Snowfall
• Sanders, Greg - Coventry Variant

La Porte Veterans Day Ceremony, Nov. 11, 2023, La Porte, IN

• Butler, Helen May/Lamb, James - Cosmopolitan America

LPHS Fall Band Concert, Oct. 12, 2023, La Porte, IN

• Butler, Helen May/Lamb, James - Cosmopolitan America
• del Borgo, Elliot - Modal Song and Dance
• Holsinger, David R. - Havendance
• Woodrow, Haley - March of the Shadows

UMass Lowell Symphonic Band Camp Small Ensemble Concert, Jul. 21, 2023, Lowell, MA

• Ciesla, Alexis - Concerto for Clarinets, I. (clarinet choir)

LPHS Spring Band Concert, May 22, 2023, La Porte, IN

• Chambers, Carol Brittin - Byzantine Dances
• Ciesla, Alexis - Concerto for Clarinets, I. (clarinet choir)
• Elfman, Danny/Brown, Michael - Music for a Darkened Theatre
• Specht, Elena - Zigzag
• Van der Roost, Jan/Jense, Maarten - Rikudim, IV. (clarinet choir)

LPHS Jazz Fest, May 5, 2023, La Porte, IN

• Kern, Jerome/Sweeney, Michael - All The Things You Are
• Mercer, Prevert, Kosma/Dedrick, Art - Autumn Leaves
• Timmons, Bobby/Sweeney, Michael - Moanin'

ISSMA Organization, Apr. 21-22, 2023, Mishawaka/Elkhart, IN

• Ito, Yasuhide - On the March
• La Plante, Pierre - American Riversongs
• Maslanka, David - Illumination
• Owens, William - Tudor Sketches, I.

LPHS Pre-ISSMA Band Concert, Apr. 17, 2023, La Porte, IN

• Ito, Yasuhide - On the March (with Purdue Wind Ensemble)
• La Plante, Pierre - American Riversongs
• Maslanka, David - Illumination
• Owens, William - Tudor Sketches, I.

ISSMA Jazz Festival, Mar. 4, 2023, La Porte, IN

• Hefti, Neal/Sweeney, Michael - Splanky
• Mercer, Prevert, Kosma/Dedrick, Art - Autumn Leaves
• Yasinitsky, Greg - Match Point

LPHS Winter Band Concerts, Dec. 5-6, 2022, La Porte, IN

• arr. LPHS Concert Band - Jingle Bells
• Anderson, Leroy/Freeman, Dan - We Three Kings of Orient Are (clarinet choir)
• Boysen, Jr., Andrew - Symphony No. 4
• King, Karl L./Swearingen, James - Bonds of Unity
• Smith, Claude T. - Symphonic Prelude on Adeste Fidelis

La Porte Veterans Day Ceremony, Nov. 11, 2022, La Porte, IN

• arr. Lowden, Bob - Armed Forces Salute (with Space Force insert)
• Sousa, John Philip - The Invincible Eagle

LPHS Fall Band Concert, Oct. 13, 2022, La Porte, IN

• Blackshaw, Jodie - 13 Moons: North, East, South
• Sousa, John Philip - The Invincible Eagle
• Susato, Tielman/Margolis, Bob - The Battle Pavane
• Svanoe, Erika - The Haunted Carousel

La Porte City Band, Aug. 10, 2022, La Porte, IN

• Barnett, Carol - Cyprian Suite, I.

UMass Lowell Symphonic Band Camp Small Ensemble Concert, Jul. 22, 2022, Lowell, MA

• Bernstein, Leonard/Clark, Joe - Suite from "MASS", II., III., IV. (clarinet choir)

LPHS Spring Band Concert, May 16, 2022, La Porte, IN

• Chambers, Carol Brittin - Sunchaser
• Daugherty, Michael - Alligator Alley
• Latham, William P. - Brighton Beach

LPHS Jazz Fest, May 6, 2022, La Porte, IN

• Dixon and Henderson/Berg - Bye Bye Blackbird
• Howard, Bart/Taylor, Mark - Fly Me To The Moon
• Jarvis, Jeff - Critical Mass

ISSMA Organization, Apr. 22-23, 2022, Mishawaka/Elkhart, IN

• Hanson, Shelley - Elegy for Albinoni
• King, Karl L./Swearingen, James - Coast Guards
• Magin, Carrie - Letchworth Fanfare

LPHS Pre-ISSMA Band Concert, Apr. 20, 2022, La Porte, IN

• Grundman, Clare/Clark, Joe - Caprice for Clarinets (clarinet choir)
• Hanson, Shelley - Elegy for Albinoni
• King, Karl L./Swearingen, James - Coast Guards
• Magin, Carrie - Letchworth Fanfare

ISSMA Jazz Festival, Mar. 5, 2022, La Porte, IN

• Dixon and Henderson/Berg - Bye Bye Blackbird

LPHS Variety Show, February 25, 2022, La Porte, IN

• Dixon and Henderson/Berg - Bye Bye Blackbird

LPHS Winter Band Concerts, Dec. 13-14, 2021, La Porte, IN

• arr. LPHS Concert Band - Up on the Housetop
• Anderson, Leroy/Freeman, Dan - Angels In Our Fields (clarinet choir)
• Del Borgo, Elliot - Chester Variations
• Nelson, Ron - Courtly Airs and Dances, I., III., IV., VI.
• Stuart, Hugh M. - Chorale and March

La Porte Veterans Day Ceremony, Nov. 11, 2021, La Porte, IN

• Reed, Alfred - A Festival Prelude
• Sousa, John Philip - The Thunderer

LPHS Fall Band Concert, Oct. 14, 2019, La Porte, IN

• Corelli, Arcangelo/Hovey, Nilo - Sarabande (woodwind choir)
• Del Borgo, Elliot - Ancient Ritual
• Handel, Georg Frideric/Pelz, William - Courtly Dance (woodwind choir)
• Praetorius, Michael/Harnsberger, L.C. - A Renaissance Pageant, III.
• Reed, Alfred - A Festival Prelude

UMass Lowell Symphonic Band Camp Mixed Chamber Concert, Jul. 22, 2021, Lowell, MA

• Grundman, Clare/Clark, Joe - Caprice for Clarinets (clarinet choir)

LPHS Outdoor Spring Music Department Concert, Jun. 3, 2021, La Porte, IN

• Broege, Timothy - Rhythm Machine
• Holst, Gustav - Second Suite for Military Band, I.

LPHS Outdoor Spring Jazz Concert, May 26, 2021, La Porte, IN

• Jones, Thad - A Child Is Born
• Nestico, Sammy - Orange Sherbet

ISSMA Jazz Festival, Mar. 7, 2020, La Porte, IN

• Morales, Eric - Feelin' the Funk
• Rodgers, Richard/Nestico, Sammy - My Funny Valentine
• Snidero, Jim/Rivello, Dave. - Shufflin' in F

LPHS Winter Band Concerts, Dec. 9-10, 2019, La Porte, IN

• Holsinger, David R. - The Cluster, Fluster, Bluster March
• Lovrien, David - Minor Alterations: Christmas Through the Looking Glass
• Sousa, John Philip - Semper Fidelis

La Porte Veterans Day Ceremony, Nov. 11, 2019, La Porte, IN

• Grainger, Percy - Irish Tune from County Derry
• Sousa, John Philip - Semper Fidelis

LPHS Fall Band Concert, Oct. 22, 2019, La Porte, IN

• Grainger, Percy - Irish Tune from County Derry
• Grundman, Clare - Little English Suite, II., III., IV.
• Holsinger, David R. - A Childhood Hymn
• Margolis, Bob - Soldiers' Procession and Sword Dance
• Sousa, John Philip - Semper Fidelis

UI Commencement Band, May 11, 2019, Urbana, IL

• Sousa, John Philip - University of Illinois March

UI Campus Band, Apr. 25, 2019, Urbana, IL

• Cuong, Viet - Diamond Tide
• Wilson, Dana - SANG!

Chamber Conducting Recital, Apr. 14, 2019, Urbana, IL

• Bird, Arthur - Suite in D
• Clark, Joe - Indus
• Schachter, Michael - Karnatakamalika

UI Wind Symphony, Apr. 10, 2019, Urbana, IL

• Grainger, Percy/Clark, Joe - Hill-Song Nr. 1

UI Clarinet Choir, Apr. 4, 2019, Urbana, IL

• Holst, Gustav/Clark, Joe - The Planets

UI Clarinet Day, Mar. 30, 2018, Urbana, IL

• Agapkin, Vasilij Ivanovich/Bourgeois, John R./Clark, Joe - A Slavic Farewell
• Holst, Gustav/Johnston, Matt - First Suite in Eb, I.
• Holst, Gustav/Clark, Joe - The Planets, I., IV.
• Moussorgsky, Modest/Clark, Joe - Pictures at an Exhibition, X.

UI Clarinet Choir, Oct. 5, 2018, Urbana, IL

• Anderson, Leroy/Freeman, Daniel - Suite of Carols (selections)
• Clark, Joe - A Hanukkah Medley
• Lovrien, David/Clark, Joe - Minor Alterations: Christmas Through the Looking Glass
• Reed, Alfred/Clark, Joe - The Hounds of Spring

UI Wind Orchestra, Dec. 11, 2018, Urbana, IL

• Skalkottas, Nikos - Nine Greek Dances, VIII., VI., IV., I.

UI Clarinet Choir, Oct. 5, 2018, Urbana, IL

• Jacob, Gordon - Wind in the Reeds
• Press, Jacques/Clark, Joe - Wedding Dance
• Reed, Alfred/Clark, Joe - The Hounds of Spring
• Yagisawa, Satoshi/Clark, Joe - March-Bou-Shu

UI University Band, Nov. 14, 2018, Urbana, IL

• Giroux, Julie - A Symphony of Fables, I.
• Greene, Joni - Moonscape Awakening
• Shapiro, Alex - LIGHTS OUT

UI Wind Orchestra, Nov. 6, 2018, Skokie, IL

• Skalkottas, Nikos - Nine Greek Dances, IV., I.
• Stamp, Jack - Fanfare: Sinfonia

UI Wind Orchestra, Oct. 12, 2018, Urbana, IL

• Stamp, Jack - Fanfare: Sinfonia

UI Clarinet Choir, Oct. 30, 2018, Urbana, IL

• Reed, Alfred/Clark, Joe - The Hounds of Spring
• Yagisawa, Satoshi/Clark, Joe - March-Bou-Shu

UI Clarinet Choir, Oct. 5, 2018, Urbana, IL

• Agapkin, Vasilij Ivanovich/Bourgeois, John R./Clark, Joe - A Slavic Farewell
• Jacob, Gordon - Wind in the Reeds

UI Summer Band, Jun. 21, 2018, Urbana, IL

• Green, Howard R.; Hill, Howard V. - Cheer Illini
• Losey, Frank Hoyt - Windy Willie

UI Clarinet Choir, May 2, 2018, Urbana, IL

• Bennett, Robert Russell/Clark, Joe - Suite of Old American Dances
• Reich, Steve - New York Counterpoint

UI Campus Band, Apr. 29, 2018, Urbana, IL

• de Meij, Johan - Aquarium
• Holsinger, David R. - Havendance

Chamber Conducting Recital, Apr. 22, 2018, Champaign, IL

• Grainger, Percy - Hill-Song Nr. 1
• Grainger, Percy/Clark, Joe - Percy Grainger Suite No. 1, I., III., IV.

UI Campus Band, Mar. 7, 2018, Urbana, IL

• Mikulka, Michael - The Inaudible Do
• Grainger, Percy - The Immovable Do

UI Clarinet Choir, Mar. 14, 2018, Champaign, IL

• Dvorak, Antonin/Hermann, Harvey - Symphony No. 9 in E minor "From the New World", II.
• Heim, Norman - Elegy

UI Clarinet Choir, Mar. 3, 2018, Urbana, IL

• Mandat, Eric - Music for Clarinets
• Mendelssohn, Felix/de Doncker, Johan - Konzertstuck No. 2

UI Clarinet Choir, Dec. 16, 2017, Urbana, IL

• Debussy, Claude/Howland, Russell S. - Petite Suite
• Lovrien, David/Clark, Joe - Minor Alterations: Christmas Through the Looking Glass
• Whitacre, Eric - October

UI Hindsley Symphonic Band, Dec. 3, 2017, Urbana, IL

• Arnold, Malcolm/Paynter, John - Prelude, Siciliano and Rondo

UI Hindsley Symphonic Band, Oct. 15, 2017, Urbana, IL

• Gillingham, David R. - Be Thou My Vision
• Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai/Leidzen, Erik W.G. - Procession of Nobles from "Mlada"

Summer Recital, Aug. 5, 2017, Townsend, MA

With students from the North Middlesex Regional School District

• Clark, Joe - Fantasia on "Danny Boy"
• Hindemith, Paul, arr. Joe Clark for chamber winds - Symphonic Metamorphosis, I., II., III.
• Victoria, Toḿas Luis de - Officium defuntorum, II. Introitus: Requiem aeternam
• Whitacre, Eric, arr. Joe Clark for clarinet choir - October

Webster Thomas Wind Ensemble, Dec. 21, 2016, Webster, NY

• Bach, PDQ - Grand Serenade for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion
• Holst, Gustav - First Suite in Eb

Non-Degree Recital, Dec. 8, 2016, Rochester, NY

Kennedy Wallace, flute, with an ensemble comprised of Eastman students

• Nielsen, Carl - Concerto for Flute and Orchestra

Eastman Clarinet Choir, Nov. 21, 2016, Rochester, NY

• Wood, Haydn, arr. Joe Clark for clarinet choir - Mannin Veen

Non-Degree Recital, Nov. 20, 2016, Rochester, NY

With an ensemble comprised of Eastman students

• Dvořák, Antońin - Serenade No. 2 in d minor

Summer Recital, Aug. 13, 2016, Townsend, MA

With students from the North Middlesex Regional School District

• Arnold, Malcolm, arr. Joe Clark for chamber winds, harp, and percussion - Four Scottish Dances
• Gjeilo, Ola - Sacred Harp (Ubi Caritas III)
• Van der Roost, Jan, arr. Maarten Jense for clarinet choir - Rikudim
• Whitacre, Eric, arr. Joe Clark for mixed large ensemble - Lux Aurumque

Empire Film Music Ensemble, Jan. 27, 2016, Rochester, NY

• Duarte-Lopez, Jairo - Lichtspiel, orchestral film score performed live-to-picture

Eastman Clarinet Choir, Nov. 8, 2015, Rochester, NY

• Clark, Joe - Diverted Dances

Summer Recital, Aug. 15, 2015, Townsend, MA

With students from the North Middlesex Regional School District

• Clark, Joe - Canzona per Sonare Primi Toni a 37
• Grainger, Percy, arr. Joe Clark for double wind quintet - Lincolnshire Posy
• lo Presti, Ronald, arr. Joe Clark for clarinet choir - Elegy for a Young American
• Whitacre, Eric - Sleep
• Zimmer, Hans & Klaus Badelt, arr. Joe Clark for clarinet choir - Suite from "Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl"

Non-Degree Recital, Mar. 4, 2015, Rochester, NY

Sam Fraser, Clayton Kullander, bassoons, with a wind ensemble comprised of Eastman students

• Clark, Joe - Land of the Midnight Sun

Summer Recital, Aug. 9, 2014, Pepperell, MA

With students from the North Middlesex Regional School District

• Grainger, Percy, arr. Joe Clark for double wind quintet - Percy Grainger Suite No. 2
• Wood, Haydn, arr. Joe Clark for clarinet choir - Mannin Veen
• Yagisawa, Satoshi, arr. Joe Clark for clarinet choir - March-Bou-Shu

Eastman Clarinet Choir, Nov. 24, 2013, Rochester, NY

• Agapkin, Vasilij Ivanovich, arr. Joe Clark for clarinet choir - A Slavic Farewell
• Ellerby, Martin - Looping the Loop (Chicago-Hop)
• Whitacre, Eric, arr. Joe Clark for clarinet choir - Lux Aurumque