Joseph Horowitz wrote in The New York Times about David Singer, “An exceptionally gifted clarinetist, to describe his playing would be to enumerate a catalogue of virtues.” Principal clarinetist, Emeritus of the Grammy Award winning Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, NY, his performances include the White House for Presidents Carter and Clinton, guest artist with the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society and chamber music concerts with Yehudi Menuhin, Yo-Yo Ma, Rudolf Serkin and members of the Guarneri and Emerson String Quartets. Gramophone Magazine in England, wrote, ”His playing is exceptional…sensitive and expressive…technically brilliant.” “Singer’s Copland performance is one of the finest accounts around.” David Singer appeared with actress, Stockard Channing in the play, “The Lady and the Clarinet” at the Long Wharf Theater in New Haven, Connecticut and Alex Klein of The New York Times wrote ”… moods are eloquently and wittingly reflected in the musical passages played by David Singer. There is a breath-catching single steady, elongated tone: a startling moment in which the words and the music come together.” The Max Reger Institute in Karlsruhe, Germany and PristineClassical selected a recording David Singer made with the legendary pianist Rudolf Serkin in 1977 of the Reger Sonata in Bb, Op 107 and it was reissued internationally in November, 2021 to begin the celebration of the 150th anniversary of Max Reger’s birth, 2023.Prof. Singer helped establish the now thriving chamber music program and collaborative faculty/student performances at Montclair State University, NJ where he served as Coordinator of Chamber Music and Woodwinds, Professor of Clarinet for twenty-three years. He was awarded Emeritus status from the University in October 2012.David has served on the Music Advisory Board of Young Musicians Foundation of Los Angeles, an organization dedicated to helping many of the most accomplished young musicians in Southern California, ages 10 – 26, thrive through creating performance opportunities and scholarships. Today, David Singer coaches young musicians throughout Southern California and performs with both the Singer Chamber Players and the Channel Islands Chamber Orchestra.His memoir and first book, “From Cab Driver to Carnegie Hall” is now available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and in bookstores worldwide. Read more about this authorRead less about this author