David Singer, ClarinetDavid Singer, ClarinetA member of Orpheus snce 1978, David Singer has performed as soloist with
Orpheus throughout the United States, Europe, Israel, and India including a
performance at Carnegie Hall in May 2003 celebrating the Orchestra’s 30th
anniversary season. He also performed the Copland Concerto at the Bath
Festival in England, which was broadcast live by the BBC throughout Great
Britain.
In the 2004-2005 David Singer premiered “Concerto for Clarinet” which was
written for him by Guggenheim Award-winning composer Robert Aldridge. Mr.
Singer has been featured on many Deutsche Grammophon, Columbia, Nonesuch,
and “Music From Marlboro” recordings including the Sinfonia Concertante and
Serenades of Mozart, Strauss, and Dvorak. As a member of the Aulos Wind
Quintet, he commissioned and recorded John Harbison’s “Quintet For Winds”,
which is now a standard repertoire piece internationally. In addition, Mr.
Singer participated in the world premiere of Charles Wuorinen’s quartet
“Fortune” in Bonn, Germany with the composer as pianist.
Other appearances have included co-starring with Stockard Channing in “The
Lady and the Clarinet”, a performance with Yehudi Menuhin in Carnegie Hall
and two performances at the White House for Presidents Clinton and Carter.
Music festivals where David Singer has performed include Marlboro, Mostly
Mozart, Spoleto, Bath, Edinburgh, and Salzburg.
Mr. Singer has appeared many times with the Lincoln Center Chamber Music
Society. In January/February 2004 he was a featured guest artist in four
concerts the Society presented at Alice Tully Hall in New York, as part of
their “Sound Investment/35 Years of Premieres” series. In February of 2005
Mr. Singer was a featured performer in the world premiere of Pulitzer Prize
winning composer Melinda Wagner’s composition “Four Settings”.
David Singer is Professor of Clarinet/Chamber Music at Montclair State
University in New Jersey.
