Clarinetist, Current Season Guests, Performer
Adrian Gutiérrez began the clarinet for his middle school band at the age of 11. Gutiérrez continued the clarinet and attended the LaGuardia High School (2018-2022) where he was principal clarinet of the senior orchestra, wind ensemble, and pit orchestra. In the summer of 2020, Gutiérrez joined the New England Music Camp where he participated in the Chamber Intensive, then, in the summer of 2021, joined again for the entire 6-week session where he received lessons from Ben Chen and Jo-Ann Sternberg, was principal of the top orchestra and wind ensemble, pianist one of the jazz bands, and was a semifinalist for their concerto competition.
From 2020-2022, Gutiérrez attended the Mannes Preparatory Program under the tutelage of David Sapadin. Here he was principal of the orchestra, participated in chamber music, and had music theory and ear training. During the summer of 2022, Adrian Gutiérrez attended the Kinhaven Music School’s 6-week program where he was principal and second clarinet of the orchestra, played in various chamber groups and sang baritone in the choir.
In the summer of 2024, Adrian Gutiérrez attended the Prague Summer Nights Youth Festival where he was the principal clarinetist for multiple orchestra concerts, two performances of Mozart’s Don Giovanni, and participated in chamber music.
Currently, Gutiérrez is studying for his Bachelor Degree in Clarinet Performance and certification in Music Education at the Aaron Copland School of Music as a student of Mark Dover. He is principal of the ACSM Orchestra and is a winner of the 2023 ACSM Concerto Competition.
Clarinetist, Performer
Eric Umble is a versatile, award winning clarinetist hailed as “lovely”, (New York Arts) and known for his “… nuanced and coloristic playing.” (The Clarinet). Eric enjoys a diverse international career as a soloist, chamber musician, orchestral player, and music educator. An advocate for and avid performer of contemporary music, he is founding member of SoundMind, sTem, and DuoHelixensembles; all champion music by living composers.
Eric served as clarinetist in residence at Chamber Music Silicon Valley, the Annapolis Chamber Music Festival, and New Music on the Point. He has performed with renowned ensembles including the Orchestras of the Lucerne Festival Academy and Alumni, the WindScape Quintet, American Modern Ensemble, LoftOpera, ECCE, Tenth Intervention, Cantata Profana, Ensemble Echappee, Tactus, Contemporaneous, and Ensemble Mise-en. Eric has performed in the world’s major venues including Carnegie’s Stern Auditorium, Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, and National Sawdust in New York; as well as the Kölner Philharmonie, Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie, Berlin Philharmonie, and the Cultural and Congress Center of Lucerne, Switzerland. Eric has participated in residencies at Princeton, Cornell, Millersville, Miami, and Sul Ross State, Universities.
Dedicated to using music as a force for positive change, Eric produced benefit concerts that raised thousands of dollars for public health, shelters, and disaster relief. He has received awards and honors including the grand prize of the Naftzger Young Artist Competition, Lancaster Red Rose Award for Community Service, Gordon Parks Memorial Competition, Skokie Valley Young Artist Competition, and the Fuchs Chamber Music Competition. As an educator, Eric is a teaching artist with the Bridge Arts Ensemble, and he is a Music Theory teacher at the Washington Heights Community Conservatory in Manhattan. Eric served as an adjunct instructor at the Teacher’s College of Columbia University. He enjoys relationships with the Escuela Nacional de Música in Mexico City and Casa de Las Américas in Havana, Cuba where he has presented numerous lecturers, masterclasses, and recitals. Eric received his Bachelors and Masters degrees from the Manhattan School of Music studying with David Krakauer and Anthony McGill.
