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Equally skilled on trumpet and cornetto (a wind instrument used primarily in 17th century Western Europe), Kiri has been praised for her 'stunning technique, and extreme musicality,' (Journal of the International Trumpet Guild). Gunn is a D’Addario Artist and Musician Advisor, a Buffet Group USA Performing Artist and plays exclusively on Buffet-Crampon clarinets.Kiri Tollaksen enjoys a varied career as a performer and teacher. Jonathan is married to Jennifer Gunn, who plays piccolo and flute with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He received a Bachelor of Music from the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University and a Master of Music from the Mary Pappert School of Music at Duquesne University.

Gunn started his musical career playing violin and piano and began studying the clarinet after moving to the United States at age eleven. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Texas, he served on the faculties of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Indiana-Purdue University Fort Wayne, Goshen College, Andrews University and Seton Hill University.īorn in Sheffield, England, Mr. Gunn gives masterclasses and recitals around the country, and has served on the faculties of the Buffet-Crampon Summer Academy, the Aria International Summer Academy and the National Youth Orchestra of the USA.

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As a chamber musician Jonathan is active around the United States, has performed as a member of Concert:Nova, and has played regularly on the Linton Chamber Music Series in Cincinnati.Ĭommitted to the education of the next generation of clarinetists, Mr. Gunn was featured at the International Clarinet Association’s ClarinetFest performing the Copland Clarinet Concerto. As a soloist, he has appeared with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, the Wheeling Symphony and the Fort Wayne Philharmonic and in August 2016, Mr. Bart's, Telluride Jazz Celebration, and Ashlawn-Highland Opera Company and is the Principal Clarinetist of the Sunflower Music Festival. Gunn has participated in numerous music festivals including Bard, Tanglewood, Aspen, St.

Prior to joining the Cincinnati Symphony, he was the Principal Clarinetist of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, and has performed as Guest Principal Clarinet with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on multiple occasions as well as playing with the New York Philharmonic and the Pittsburgh and Colorado Symphony Orchestras.

Gunn then served as Principal Clarinet from 2011 to 2016 before joining the faculty at the Butler School of Music.

Gunn serves as the Assistant Professor of Clarinet at the Butler School of Music at the University of Texas, Austin.Īppointed by Maestro Paavo Järvi to the position of Associate Principal and Eb Clarinet of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in 2004, Mr. Jonathan Gunn is a versatile artist with a varied career as educator, soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral performer.

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