Virgil Blackwell, bass clarinetist, has appeared with the MET Chamber Ensemble, NY Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, NYC Ballet, NYC Opera, Steve Reich Ensemble,and Speculum Musicae among others. He has also made appearances at the Tanglewood, Aspen and the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festivals. His work as a studio musician can be heard on numerous film soundtracks as a featured soloist and sideman. He has recorded for Nonesuch, ECM, EMI, Sony, Columbia, New World and Bridge Records, and has been the Executive Producer on cd?s of Oliver Knussen and Elliott Carter’s music and the DVD of Carter’s opera What Next?
