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Faculty Andy Stevens
Focus:Classical Clarinet Interests:Andy's interests include fly fishing, camping with his wife and children, and restoration of his great-grandparents' 1920's home near Estes Park. He also has an affinity for refacing and repair of woodwind mouthpieces. Biography:Andy Stevens, Denver native and clarinetist with the Colorado Symphony, first studied the clarinet with his father Jack Stevens, long time Denver Public Schools music teacher and Director of the Denver Youth Musicians. He continued his training with Richard Joiner, past principal clarinet with the Denver Symphony and Donald Ambler, former bass clarinetist of the Denver/Colorado Symphony. As a Junior in high school, Andy won the International Clarinet Competition, one year after placing second in the same contest. He then went on to study clarinet with Stanley Hasty and bass clarinet with William Osseck at the Eastman School of Music. Upon graduating from Eastman, Mt. Stevens participated in the Festival of Two Worlds in Charleston, S.C. and Spoleto, Italy, before returning to Denver where he held positions in the Denver Chamber and Colorado Ballet Orchestras. He also served as principal clarinet with the Central City Opera Orchestra for most of his twenty-year tenure with that organization. He has recently performed with the Rochester Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony, Colorado Chamber Players, and the Colorado Music Festival. As a soloist he has performed with the Rocky Mountain Symphony, Colorado Wind Ensemble, and with the Denver Municipal Band, one of the oldest musical organizations in the country. He has taught clarinet at Metropolitan State College, the University of Colorado at Denver, Loretto Heights College, Colorado Academy and the Denver School of the Arts in addition to maintaining a studio at home. |
