April Johannesen :: Clarinets, Eb, Bass
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April Johannesen is the 2nd Clarinetist and the Audition Coordinator for the Fort Collins Symphony Orchestra. She is also the 2nd clarinetist of the Steamboat Springs Symphony, the bass cljarinetist of Wil Swindler‘s Elevenet, the founder/clarinetist of the Auroria Trio and a clarinetist in the Potted Palm Clarinet Quartet. April is an active free-lance clarinetist playing with such ensembles as the Tulsa Symphony and Ballet, Austin Lyric Opera, Greeley Philharmonic, Cheyenne Symphony, Wyoming Symphony, Colorado Chamber Orchestra, Opera Fort Collins, Canyon Concert Ballet, and others.
April spent several years in New York City as an active free-lance musician playing with such groups as the School of American Ballet Orchestra, the Greenwich Village Orchestra, the New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra, the New York Repertory Orchestra and the Long Island Pops Orchestra. While in New York City, April studied extensively with Mark Nuccio, associate principal and Eb clarinetist of the New York Philharmonic. During this time she also owned and operated The Johannesen Music Studio, a private teaching studio in Long Island employing eight teachers of various instruments teaching over 120 students.
April received her Masters Degree from the Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music. There she served as assistant conductor to Dr. Paul Shelden for the Brooklyn College Wind Ensemble and as a Director of Chamber Ensembles. Her principal teachers have included Mark Nuccio, Bil Jackson, Paul Garner and David Weber.
April currently resides in Longmont, Colorado with her husband, composer and saxophonist, Wil Swindler. Together they operate Single Reed Consultants, a woodwind repair and sales company. Along with her successful clarinet career, April is also an active woodwind doubler (clarinets, Eb, Bass, saxophones, flute, oboe). April is frequently traveling the country performing and giving lectures and clinics on clarinet performance.
