Clarinet Lessons: Professional with 17 years of experience
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About Brian S.
Experience
Podcast Audio Producer
Oct, 2020 - PresentAgent Bee Agency
Responsible for preparing audio files for final production reviews with an emphasis on creating a clear, informative, and enjoyable listening experience.
Clarinet Educator
Apr, 2020 - PresentLessons In Your Home
Experienced in providing engaging, productive, and musically fulfilling online clarinet lessons for students of all ages and skill levels. Recently, students have won their local regional and state Solo and Ensemble competitions as a clarinet soloist, have been named a first alternate for the State competition, and have been named a finalist in local concerto competitions.
Principal Clarinet and Video Producer
Sep, 2019 - Oct, 2021University of Washington Wind Ensemble
In addition to leading the clarinet section in dozens of successful performances, edited and produced videos of every in-person recorded performance during the 2020-2021 school year. Co-produced a virtual concert titled illumin-isolation, a project consisting of transcribing student improvisations and compositions, rehearsing the music, leading recording sessions with Meany Hall recording professionals, editing, mixing, and mastering the recordings, and creating the final videos for YouTube.
Podcast Audio Producer
Mar, 2018 - PresentThe Clarineat Podcast
Responsible for preparing audio files for final production reviews with an emphasis on creating a clear, informative, and enjoyable listening experience.
Clarinet and Woodwind Instructor
Dec, 2017 - PresentHalf Note Music School
Experienced in providing engaging, productive, and musically fulfilling online clarinet lessons for students of all ages and skill levels. Recently, students have won their local regional and state Solo and Ensemble competitions as a clarinet soloist, have been named a first alternate for the State competition, and have been named a finalist in local concerto competitions.
Education
Bachelor of Arts in Clarinet Performance and Music Composition
Sep, 2013 - May, 2017Whitworth University
Master's in Music
Sep, 2017 - Jun, 2019University of Washington
Awards
Concerto Competition Winner
Apr, 2018University of Washington Wind Ensemble
American Prize in Composition Finalist
Apr, 2022The American Prize
American Prize in Composition Finalist
Apr, 2021The American Prize
Concerto Competition Winner
Apr, 2019University of Washington Wind Ensemble
Affiliations
ASCAP
Mar, 2016ASCAP is a membership association of more than 625,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers. We uphold the value of our members’ music, and help them thrive alongside the businesses that use their music every day.
Seattle Music Teachers Association
Oct, 2019Seattle Music Teachers Association (SMTA) was established in 1947 and is a chapter of Washington State Music Teachers Association and the Music Teachers National Association. Comprised of musicians with many educational interests and varying backgrounds, our current membership of over 150 teachers located in Seattle welcomes all who are eager to grow musically and expand their horizons as music teachers. Teachers within our organization specialize in all types of musical training – from voice to piano, woodwinds to brass. SMTA teachers also teach students with ranging levels of skill and expertise, allowing students to find the private instructor right for them.
Music Teachers National Association
Oct, 2019The MTNA was founded in 1876 with the goal of advancing the value of music study and music-making to society while supporting the careers and professionalism of teachers of music. With nearly 22,000 members in 50 states—and more than 500 local affiliates—the MTNA is the preeminent source for music teacher support, where members embody like-minded values and commitment to their students, colleagues and society as a whole, while reaping the rewards of collaboration, continuity and connection throughout the lifetime of their careers.
International Clarinet Association
Oct, 2019The International Clarinet Association is a community of clarinetists and clarinet enthusiasts that supports projects that will benefit clarinet performance; provides opportunities for the exchange of ideas, materials, and information among its members; fosters the composition, publication, recording, and distribution of music for the clarinet; encourages the research and manufacture of a more definitive clarinet; avoids commercialism in any form while encouraging communication and cooperation among clarinetists and the music industry; and encourages and promotes the performance and teaching of a wide variety of repertoire for the clarinet.
Languages
English
Native Proficiency
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