Alan R. Kay

Clarinetist Alan R. Kay, a member since 2002 of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and currently its program coordinator, received in June 2003 a Presidential Scholars Teacher Award. A member of the ensembles Windscape and Hexagon, he is principal clarinet of the Orchestra of St. Luke's. Artistic director of the New York Chamber Ensemble, he has also produced thematic programs for the Cape May Music Festival. He returned this past summer for his fifth season at the Yellow Barn Summer Festival and School and made his first appearances with the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival. A highlight of his last season was the performance at Carnegie Hall of Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante with Jaime Laredo and the New York String Orchestra. During the coming season, he will perform the Copland clarinet concerto with the Westfield Symphony, will make guest appearances with the Mendelssohn String Quartet, and will take part in three tours with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. As conductor, Mr. Kay recently led the orchestra at Azusa Pacific University, in addititon to appearances with Speculum Musicae, the Cape May Festival Orchestra, and the Buck's County and Staten Island symphonies. A visiting professor last summer at the Summer Music Academy in Leipzig, Germany, Mr. Kay is a member of the faculties of the Manhattan School of Music, the Hartt Conservatory of Music, and The Julliard School.