Jean Kopperud is one of the most versatile and innovative clarinettists appearing before the public today, known for her virtuoso performances both in the concert hall and in music theatre. A graduate of the Juilliard School and former pupil of Nadia Boulanger, she has toured internationally as a concert soloist and chamber musician. National acclaim for her performances of Karlheinz StockhausenÂs Harlekin, a tour-de-force for dancing clarinettist, resulted in her Avery Fisher Hall début, presented by the New York Philharmonic. She is currently a member of the New York New Music Ensemble, the Chamber Players of the League of Composers/I.S.C.M., Washington Square Chamber players, Ensemble 21 and the Omega Ensemble. She is on the faculty of SUNY Buffalo and the Juilliard School.
