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Resumé: Clarinet Performance                                       

ORCHESTRAL EXPERIENCE

  • San Francisco Repertory Orchestra – principal clarinet
  • Fresno Philharmonic – substitute clarinet (2005-present)
  • Amadeus Operensemble, Salzburg – principal clarinet
  • Soloist, Salzburg Festspiel Young Artist Mozart Concerto Competition Winner (2005)
  • Monterey County Symphony Orchestra – substitute second/E-flat clarinet (2001-present)
  • Marin Symphony Orchestra – substitute second/E-flat clarinet (2002-present)
  • Stockton Symphony Orchestra – substitute second/E-flat clarinet (2003-present)
  • Vallejo Symphony – substitute second clarinet (2003-present)
  • San Francisco Conservatory Orchestra – principal clarinet (2001-2003)
  • Denton County Symphony Orchestra – principal clarinet (1999-2000)
  • Richardson Symphony Orchestra – substitute second clarinet (1999-2000)
  • Garland Symphony Orchestra – substitute principal and second clarinet (1999-2000)
  • El Paso Symphony Orchestra – substitute second clarinet
  • San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra – clarinets

 

 

 

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL ENSEMBLE EXPERIENCE

·         Orchestra contractor/clarinetist on soundtracks to the films Ballets Russes and Orozco: Man of Fire (2005-06)

·         Parallèle New Music Ensemble – principal and E-flat clarinet, BluePrint and Other Minds Festivals (2003-06)

Avenue Winds – clarinetist

·         San Francisco Lyric Opera – second clarinet

·         Nothingset New Music Ensemble – clarinets

Ensemble Mik Nawooj- clarinets

·         SF Conservatory New Music Ensemble, principal/E-flat clarinet and saxophone (2001-2003)

·         Amistad Chamber Players – principal clarinet (1999-2000)

·         Denton Theatre and Opera Orchestra – principal clarinet (1999-2000)

·         Various Musical Theatre venues throughout the Bay Area – clarinet and saxophone (2002-04)

 

PRINCIPAL INSTRUCTORS

·         David Breeden, principal clarinet of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra (Jan. 2001-2003)

·         John Scott, principal clarinet of the Richardson Symphony Orchestra (1997- Dec. 2000)

·         Vin Richards, principal clarinet of the El Paso Symphony Orchestra, retired (1992-1997)

 

EDUCATION

·         San Francisco Conservatory of Music - Graduated with M.M., summa cum laude (2003)

·         University of North Texas – Denton - Graduated with B.M., Valedictorian (Dec. 2000)

 

RECENT RECITAL PERFORMANCES

·         Solo clarinet recital 2007 & 2005 (San Francisco Conservatory of Music)

·         Chamber music recital 2004 (St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Burlingame, CA)

·         Chamber music recital 2007 & 2003 (San Francisco Conservatory of Music)

·         Solo recitals 2001, 2002 (San Francisco Conservatory of Music)

 

AWARDS

·         Salzburg Summer Festspiel Young Artist Mozart Concerto Competition Winner (2005)

·         Tuition Scholarship winner – San Francisco Conservatory of Music (2001-03)

·         Solo recipient of the Clarinet Award – San Francisco Conservatory of Music (2000)

·         Solo recipient of the Lee Gibson Clarinet Scholarship – University of North Texas (1997-2000)

·         Phi Kappa Lambda Music Honor Society member



















 

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