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Clarence Padilla
Clarence Padilla is a Professor of Clarinet at Drake University and previously served as the Music Department Chair from 2004 to 2008. Professor Padilla has concertized, conducted and presented master classes across the continent in Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, California, Tennessee, Illinois, Wisconsin, Nevada, Michigan, Ohio, Kansas and the District of Columbia. International presentations have been given in Mexico, Germany and Austria. He is a member of the Des Moines Symphony Orchestra and formerly performed with the Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra from 1994-2000. Mr. Padilla previously served as principal clarinet for the Laguna Beach Festival of the Arts Orchestra and the Long Beach Municipal Band (California).
Clarence Padilla holds a Bachelor of Music Degree from California State University, Long Beach, and a Master of Music Degree in Clarinet Performance from the University of Southern California, where he was a student of Mitchell Lurie and David Shifrin. Mr. Padilla has also studied with Robert Marcellus, David Atkins, Thomas Hill, James Kanter and Virginia Wright.