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About Leslie K.
Experience
Freelance Clarinetist
Aug, 2008 - PresentSelf
Performing with various ensembles ranging from chamber ensembles to full orchestras on a per-service basis. Experience includes playing for symphony orchestras, full-scale operas, musicals, and film scores.
Adjunct Instructor
Jan, 2019 - May, 2019Adams State University
Adjunct instructor of Clarinet Literature and Pedagogy. Duties included leading lectures and running research projects related to the clarinet and the instruction of the clarinet. Helped students to gain a wider knowledge base of clarinet literature, including solo literature, etudes, and orchestral excerpts, and how to instruct other student on clarinet playing.
Clarinet Instructor
Oct, 2013 - May, 2015The Eaglebrook School
Responsible for managing and instructing entire clarinet studio. Duties included providing weekly individualized instruction to each studio member with a heavy focus on building correct technique and fundamental clarinet skills
Clarinet Instructor, Adjunct
Aug, 2013 - May, 2014Mount Holyoke College
Responsible for managing and instructing entire clarinet studio. Duties included providing weekly individualized instruction to each studio member, collaborating and coaching students to prepare professional-level recitals, instructing an elective course in Klezmer Clarinet Techniques, and coordinating lesson and event scheduling with students and other faculty members.
Teaching Assistant
Sep, 2011 - May, 2013University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Duties included managing studio operations and leading weekly classes for a studio of 25 clarinetists, coordinating lesson schedules and events with faculty members, providing weekly private lessons to 6 undergraduate students, and teaching Clarinet Tech to a class of 30 undergraduate music education students.
Clarinetist, Camp Counselor, Instructor
May, 2009 - Aug, 2016Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp
Served as a counselor and International Program Assistant. Duties included leading sectionals for major symphonic works, and supervising & performing repertoire with students throughout western Europe as a part of Blue Lake’s International Exchange Program
Education
BA Music Performance
Aug, 2006 - May, 2011Adams State University
Performance Certificate, Clarinet
Sep, 2017 - May, 2018University of Denver
MM Music Performance, Clarinet
Sep, 2011 - May, 2013University of Massachusetts Amherst
Affiliations
International Clarinet Association
Jan, 2010The 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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