Clarinet

KENNETH GRANT

Kenneth Grant is principal clarinet of the Rochester Philharmonic and artist faculty at the Eastman School of Music.  He is an active soloist and chamber musician as well.  His past teachers include Stanley Hasty, James Pyne, Franklin Cohen, and Theodore Johnson and he holds the BM and Performer's Certificate form the Eastman School. Mr. Grant has served as principal clarinet of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra and Rochester Philharmonic. As a soloist he's performed several premieres including the Clarinet Concerto by Sydney Hodkinson (world premiere), and Benjamin Britten's Concerto Movement for Clarinet and Orchestra (United States premiere), both with the Rochester Philharmonic. Chamber music premieres include Verne Reynolds' Sonata for Clarinet and Piano and Fantasy Etudes for Clarinet, Percussion, and Piano. He has been a soloist in the Oklahoma Clarinet Symposium, ICA ClarinetFest, the International Festival at Round Top, and Aria International Summer Academy at Ball State University. He also served as a Faculty member at Capital University, Ohio Wesleyan University and since 1987, the Eastman School of Music.  Ken performs on Buffet R-13 clarinets, a Pyne model Pk mouthpiece, Olivieri or Vandoren V12 reeds and a Bay or Peterson-Pyne hand woven ligature.