April Johannesen, 2nd Clarinet

April Johannesen is the 2nd clarinetist and the Audition Coordinator for the Fort Collins Symphony Orchestra. She 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.

Ms. Johannesen 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, the Spectrum Symphony Orchestra, the Musica Bella Orchestra of New York, 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 currently resides in Longmont, Colorado with her husband, composer and saxophonist, Wil Swindler. Together they operate Single Reed Consultants, a woodwind company. When not in Colorado to play with FCS or the Auroria Trio, April is traveling the country performing with other symphony orchestras and giving lectures and clinics on clarinet performance.

To learn more about April, visit her website at www.apriljohannesen.com

To learn more about the Auroria Trio, visit their website at www.auroriatrio.com

To learn more about Single Reed Consultants, visit www.singlereedconsultants.com