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Thomas Martin


Thomas Martin is the associate principal clarinetist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the principal clarinetist of the Boston Pops. Mr. Martin joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops in 1984, at the age of 22. Through his association with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Mr. Martin has toured extensively throughout the world. He is also an active soloist, chamber musician, and clinician and has presented programs in North and South America, Europe, and Asia. In 1997, Mr. Martin was invited by the Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart to be a featured artist on the PBS television program Evening at Pops, performing Artie Shaw's Clarinet Concerto. Mr. Martin recently gave the east coast premiere of Elliot Carter's Concerto for Clarinet at the Tanglewood Music Festival.

Mr. Martin served as principal clarinet of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra before joining the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Mr. Martin began his professional music career when he was 13 years old, and graduated with academic honors and highest distinction in performance from the Eastman School of Music, where he was a student of Stanley Hasty and Peter Hadcock. He also participated in master classes with Guy Deplus of the Paris Conservatory.

Mr. Martin performs frequently as a recitalist and chamber musician and has been heard on "Morning Pro Musica" on WGBH radio. He has appeared on the Supper Concerts series at Symphony Hall, on the Friday Preludes at Tanglewood, at the Longy School of Music, and at the Gardner Museum.

Mr. Martin is on the faculties of the New England Conservatory of Music and the Boston University School for the Arts. He also teaches during the summer at the Tanglewood Music Festival, in Lenox, Massachusetts.