The New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) in Boston, Massachusetts, is the oldest independent school of music in the United States, and it is widely recognized as one of the country's most distinguished music schools. NEC is especially known for its strings, piano, woodwinds, and brass departments, and its prestigious chamber music program.
John Harris Harbison is an American composer, known for his symphonies, operas, and large choral works.
Frederick Shepherd Converse, was an American composer of classical music, whose works include four operas and five symphonies.
Lucien Cailliet was a French-American composer, conductor, arranger and clarinetist.
John Sant’Ambrogio is an American cellist. He studied music at Lebanon Valley College and at Ohio University. He studied cello with Diran Alexanian, with Paul Olefsky, and with Leonard Rose.
David Deveau is an American classical pianist. Born in Concord, Massachusetts, he has appeared as soloist with the Boston Symphony and Boston Pops Orchestras, the San Francisco, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Minnesota, Houston, Miami, Pacific and Portland Symphony Orchestras, and many regional orchestras in the United States and abroad. He made his New York debut in 1982 at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, and has performed solo and chamber music recitals at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, Merkin Hall and The Town Hall; the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and Benaroya Hall in Seattle. He made his debut solo tour of China in 2004-5. David Deveau served as Artistic Director of the Rockport Chamber Music Festival,Massachusetts, from 1995-2017. He has served on the music faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1988, and was awarded the 2014 Levitan Prize for outstanding teaching in the MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences.
The Mazzeo system is a key system for the clarinet invented by Rosario Mazzeo in the 1950s, and is a modification of the Boehm system. Exclusive mass-production rights were given to the Selmer company, although only 13,000 were made. Many are now in museums, but some are in private collections or can be found for sale. Selmer's "Bundy" line of Resonite student instruments included a Mazzeo model.
Harold Wright was principal clarinetist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1970 to 1993.
Luis Rossi is an internationally renowned clarinetist. He performed as Principal clarinetist in symphony orchestras throughout South America for twenty years before he founded a clarinet workshop in Santiago, Chile, in 1986. Since then he has also focused on his work as a soloist and has offered master classes at institutions such as Indiana University, Michigan State University, Ohio State University, Royal College of Music, the International Clarinet and Saxophone Connection at the New England Conservatory of Music (2002) and the Belgian Clarinet Academy. He has recorded four compact discs using Rossi Rosewood and African Blackwood clarinets.
Jonathan Cohler is an American classical clarinetist, conductor, music educator and record producer.
Thomas Hill is an American clarinetist known for his work as a soloist and chamber musician. He is currently the principal clarinetist of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra and a member of the Boston Chamber Music Society.
Eran Egozy is the Chief Technical Officer and VP of Engineering of Harmonix Music Systems, a company he founded with Alex Rigopulos in 1995. He also works as Professor of the Practice at MIT.
Jung-Ho Pak is an American symphony conductor. He was Artistic Director of the San Diego Symphony and of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, of which he is now Conductor Emeritus. He was Music Director of the Diablo Ballet and the NEXT Generation Chamber Orchestra. He was artistic director of the now-defunct Orchestra Nova San Diego. Pak guest conducts internationally in Europe, Asia and Latin America. He is the Director of the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra, as well as musical director of the World Youth Symphony Orchestra and the director of orchestras at the Interlochen Center for the Arts.
Sherman Friedland was Associate Professor of Fine Arts as well as an active clarinetist, professor of music and conductor at Concordia University in Montreal from 1960 until his retirement in 1997. He was conductor and Music Director of the Concordia University Symphony for 17 years, and was clarinetist, director and founder of the Concordia Chamber Players. Sherman Friedland died January 26, 2017.
Patrick Greene is an American composer and performer of contemporary classical music. A lifelong resident of New England, he has been based in Boston, Massachusetts, since 2008.
The Missouri Chamber Music Festival and PRO-AM was founded in 2010. The goal of the MOCM festival is to present the fine art of small ensemble music to a wide audience through an accessible, community-based festival. The PRO-AM workshop portion of the festival places adult amateur instrumentalists in chamber ensembles with festival artists.
Eugene Edward (Gene) Lacritz was an American conductor, clarinetist, saxophonist, and a 31-year professional in management roles at four former specialty retail institutions, one in Houston and three in San Antonio. Notably, he was a senior executive — initially store manager and ultimately executive vice president — at Frost Bros., a former large apparel retail concern based in San Antonio.
Gaston Hamelin was a French clarinetist and teacher.
Efrain Guigui was a US-based Panamanian born clarinetist and conductor.
Elliot Weisgarber was a composer, clarinetist and ethnomusicologist at the University of British Columbia from 1960 to 1984.
