THOMAS THOMPSON

Thomas Thompson holds degrees from the American Conservatory of Music and Northwestern University. A former member of the Grant Park Symphony, Chicago, he joined the Pittsburgh Symphony in 1966 and currently is co-principal Clarinet. He has been featured as soloist in concertos by Carl Nielsen and Carl Maria von Weber, and as a chamber musician and recitalist was a founder of the New Pittsburgh Quintet. He is Associate Teaching Professor in the School of Music at Carnegie Mellon University.