CLAUTER, Nancy E.

The Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona, Saturday, January 25, 2014 Nancy E. Clauter passed away on Dec. 24, 2013, in Prescott, Ariz. She is survived by her brother and sister-in-law, Steven and Annie Clauter of Goodyear, and nieces Lisa Weston and Lorin Clinkenbeard and their families in Phoenix. Nancy began playing oboe at age 9 while living in a suburb of Chicago. After moving to Phoenix during her high school years, she became interested in music theory and composition, which she studied at Arizona State University for her Bachelor of Music degree. Following this, she earned a Master of Music degree in oboe performance from the University of Arizona. Nancy taught oboe and music theory at Grand Canyon University for 16 years and was the professor of oboe at the University of Kentucky from 1997 to 2012. Nancy's performances included solo recitals in the United States and Italy, as well as performances with the Louisville Bach Society, the Louisville Orchestra, the Owensboro Symphony, the Richmond (Indiana) Symphony, the Knoxville (Tennessee) Symphony, the Phoenix Symphony, the Flagstaff Symphony, the Trade Winds Ensemble, and at the Classical Music Festival in Eisenstadt, Austria. She was also the principal oboist with the Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra. While at the University of Arizona, Nancy was a founding member of the Cornerstone Wind Quintet, which became "Quintessence" in 1980 and "Quintessence Chamber Ensemble, Inc." in 1990. Phoenix-based by the mid 1980s, Quintessence performed throughout the United States, Germany, Mexico, and Puerto Rico as well as the resident wind quintet at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix for 13 years. During the past two years, Nancy performed with the Prescott POPS Symphony, the Prescott Chamber Orchestra, as member of the Prescott Trinity Presbyterian Church and the Prescott Chamber Society. A memorial service has been scheduled at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Prescott 4 p.m. Feb. 15, 2014. In addition, the Prescott POPS Symphony will remember Nancy during their 3 p.m. Feb. 16. concert In 2011, the University of Kentucky made a documentary, and accompanying DVD, entitled "The Ascending Journey" about Nancy's struggle with multiple myeloma and the making of her CD "Meridian: The Ascending Journey." To date, the film has aired on Kentucky Public Television over 30 times. The DVD and CD are available for purchase through the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (theMMRF.org) gift shop, where 100 percent of the proceeds go for multiple myeloma research. Donations in Nancy's name can also be made to the MMRF. Information provided by survivors.