The FSU College of Music is pleased to welcome guest artist Michael Norsworthy, clarinet, to Longmire Recital Hall on Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. Program TBA.

Admission to this event is free and open to the public.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Michael Norsworthy’s virtuosity, versatility and musicianship has garnered critical acclaim around the globe. As soloist with numerous orchestras around the USA and abroad, as a captivating recitalist and chamber music performer and as one of the most celebrated champions of the modern repertoire having premiered over 150 new works at such venues as Carnegie Hall, Vienna’s Musikverein, Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Hall, The Casals Festival and the Aspen Festival, Norsworthy has defied categorization, dazzling critics and audiences alike.

He has recorded for Mode, Gasparo, Albany, New Focus, New World, BMOP/sound, Nonesuch, Canteloupe and Cauchemar records and recently premiered concerti by Michael Finnissy, Pozzi Escot and Noel Zahler. He is currently principal clarinet with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Professor and Woodwind Department Chair at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee and a performing artist for Selmer Paris and Vandoren.

Read more about Michael Norsworthy at michaelnorsworthy.com/biography.