Lynné Funkhouser
has been playing the clarinet since she was eight years old. She began
teaching after graduating from the Peabody Conservatory of Music/Johns
Hopkins University in 1983. Since moving to San Francisco in 1987, Ms. Funkhouser has played clarinet professionally throughout the Bay Area.
She is proficient in teaching beginning, advanced, and professional
clarinet and saxophone students. She teaches both jazz and classical
styles. Ms. Funkhouser holds a Full Matriculated Degree from North
Carolina School of the Arts in clarinet, a Bachelor of Music Degree in
clarinet from the Peabody Conservatory of Music/Johns Hopkins University,
and a Master of Arts Degree in clarinet performance from Brooklyn
College (New York). She is a member of the California Music Educators
Association and the International Clarinet Society. Ms. Funkhouser is
currently a Teaching Artist with the San Francisco Symphony Opus
Program. Ms. Funkhouser is currently a teaching artist with the
San Francisco Symphony Opus Program and professor of clarinet at the
University of Berkeley's young musician program.
Ms. Funkhouser Has Performed
Professionally With:
Friedheim Awards
Orchestra at the Kennedy Center, Washington, DC
Ambiance Woodwind
Quintet, San Francisco
Arabella Chamber
Ensemble, San Francisco
Kokopelli Clarinet
Trio, San Francisco
City Summer Opera, San
Francisco
Diablo Light Opera
Company, Walnut Creek, CA
Old First Church
Orchestra, San Francisco
The Golden Gate Park
Band, San Francisco
Charles Street Chamber
Ensemble, Baltimore, MD
Hanfling Recital
Series, Hillsborough, CA
Ms. Funkhouser Has Taken
Master Classes With:
David Breeden, San
Francisco Symphony, Principal Clarinetist
Luis Baez, San
Francisco Symphony, Associate Principal Clarinetist
Leon Russianoff,
Julliard Faculty
Sydney Forrest,
Peabody Conservatory Faculty
Edward Palanker,
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Bass clarinetist
Alan Balter, Memphis
and Akron Symphonies, Conductor
Robert Listoken, North
Carolina School of the Arts Faculty
Josef Horak, Bass
Clarinetist
