Michael Drapkin - Musician
•Clarinetist of chamber group Music
Amici
•Former Associate Principal and Bass Clarinet, Honolulu Symphony
•Principal Clarinet, New York City Opera Touring
Company
•Principal Clarinet, Lake
George Opera Festival
•Berkshire Music Center Fellow
•Has performed with NJ Symphony, Long Island Phil, Brooklyn Phil,
Rochester Phil, NYC Ballet, many others
•Performed
under Leonard
Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, Michael Tilson Thomas, Neville Marriner,
Leonard Slatkin, Lukas Foss, Christopher Keene, Klaus Tennstedt, many more
maestros.
•One of
the most recognizable names in the bass clarinet in the United States as author of Symphonic Repertoire for the Bass
Clarinet, which has become standard literature worldwide. Volumes 2 & 3 complete and in
production.
•Numerous
concerto appearances with five ensembles over the last year
•Published author and arranger
