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Richard MacDowell

Richard  MacDowell, clarinetist,  has  taught  and  performed  extensively  throughout  the  United  States  and  abroad.  His  study  and  degrees  are  from  the  Eastman  School  of  Music,  the  New  England  Conservatory,  Northwestern  University,  and  Florida  State  University.  He  has  studied  clarinet  with  Robert  Marcellus,  Stanley  Hasty,  Leon  Russianoff,  and  Fred  Ormand.  Before  coming  to  the  University  of  Texas  at  Austin,  where  he  was  Associate  Professor  of  Clarinet  for  over  20  years,  Mr.  MacDowell  taught  at  the  Interlochen  Arts  Academy  at  Interlochen,  MI.  He  has  played  in  festivals  in  the  Dominican  Republic,  the  Killington,  Maui,  and  in  the  International  Clarinet  Association  annual  festivals,  and  the  Oklahoma  Clarinet  Symposium.  He  has  given  recitals  and  master  classes  at  the  University  of  Michigan  at  Ann  Arbor,  Oberlin  Conservatory,  Florida  State  University,  Western  Carolina  University,  and  the  University  of  Nebraska.  He  participated  in  the  2010  China  Clarinet  Festival  in  Nanying,  China,  and  the  Taiwan  Clarinet  Festival  in  Touen,  Taiwan.  He’s  been  the  principal  clarinet  of  numerous  chamber  orchestras,  including  the  Dallas  Chamber  Orchestra,  the  Chamber  Soloists  of  Austin,  and  the  Victoria  Bach  Festival.  He  was  co-artistic  director  and  host  for  the  2010  ICA  ClarinetFest  in  Austin.  As  well  as  a  frequent  guest  with  the  Finger  Lakes  Chamber  Ensemble,  he  has  been  on  the  faculties  of  Ithaca  College,  State  University  College  at  Oneonta,  and  Hartwick.  

He  has  played  principal  clarinet  with  the  Glimmerglass  Opera,  the  Cayuga  Chamber  Orchestra,  and  played  with  the  Binghamton  Philharmonic  and  Tri-Cities  Opera.

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