Welcome to my Clarinet Studio!

 

I was born and raised in Nova Scotia, Canada and studied clarinet with Stan Fisher at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. I completed training as an educator as well as performer and I graduated with both a Bachelor of Music Education degree and a Bachelor of Music Performance degree. I then furthered my studies at Depaul University in Chicago completing a Master of Music degree, studying with Larry Combs. I also studied with John Bruce Yeh, David McGill and Dale Clevenger.

 

I am often in Toronto at my post playing clarinet with the National Ballet of Canada Orchestra where I enjoy playing a wide variety of repertoire that often includes the E flat and Bass clarinets. Living in Chicago, I freelance regularly playing all sorts of different venues, ensembles and music. I have performed with local chamber ensembles 5th House Ensemble, Quintet Attacca, C.U.B.E. and MusicNow Chicago Symphony Orchestra. I have also performed with the Chicago Philharmonic, Oregon Symphony, Sarasota Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Civic Orchestra of Chicago, New World Symphony and the Canadian Opera Company. Conductors I have been fortunate to work with include Neeme Järvi, Pierre Boulez, Daniel Barenboim, Bramwell Tovey, Christoph Eschenbach and Osmo Vänskä.