Bio : Artists

Kelly Burke : Bass Clarinet

Kelly Burke, bass clarinet, is also principal clarinetist of the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra and a faculty member at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.  She holds the B.M. and M.M. from the Eastman School of Music and the D.M.A. from the University of Michigan.  Dr. Burke has received several teaching awards including UNCG?s Alumni Teaching Excellence Award and the School of Music Outstanding Teacher Award. She has been named numerous times to Who's Who Among America's Teachers and was awarded the 2004 Board of Governors? Award for Excellence in Teaching.  Dr. Burke is the author of several pedagogical articles and the critically acclaimed book Clarinet Warm-Ups: Materials for the Contemporary Clarinetist.  Equally at home playing Baroque to bebop, she has appeared in recitals and as a soloist with symphony orchestras throughout the United States, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Australia, and Russia.  Burke?s discography includes several recent releases: The Russian Clarinet with works by Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Glinka, Melkikh, and Goedicke; Middle Voices: Chamber Music for Clarinet and Viola featuring works by several American composers; and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Chamber Music featuring the quintet and nonet.  An avid chamber musician, Burke is frequently heard in concert with the Mallarmé Chamber Players, for whom she plays clarinet and bass clarinet; the EastWind Trio d'Anches; Middle Voices (clarinet and viola); and the Cascade Wind Quintet.