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Ted Lane is principal clarinetist and soloist with the American Sinfonietta. A student of Stanley Drucker and Dr. W. James Jones, Mr. Lane also studied with Leon Russianoff, Sidney Forrest, Larry Combs and Karl Leister. He was awarded the prestigious Naumburg Scholarship to study at Juilliard. While in New York he performed regularly with the New York Philharmonic, Musica Aeterna, Festival Winds and the American Woodwind Quintet. He also served as principal clarinetist with the National Orchestral Association under the direction of Leon Barzan.
He is a former First Prize winner of the "Naftzger Young Artist Competition" and the International Clarinet Association's "International Competition."
Active throughout Europe as a soloist and chamber musician, Mr. Lane was principal clarinetist with the "La Bianalle Chamber Ensemble" in Venice, Italy where he premiered solo and chamber works written by leading European and American composers. During the summer months he has performed as soloist on many occasions at Tanglewood, Music from Monterrey, Bear Valley Music Festival, Bay View Music Festival and, the Spoleto Festival in Italy and Charleston, South Carolina. A founding member of the American Woodwind Quintet, the National Woodwind Quintet, the Charleston Chamber Players, and Kansa Winds, Mr. Lane also was a member of the board of directors for the Sacramento Chamber Music Society.
Presently Mr. Lane is on the music faculty at the University of Texas, Brownsville and teaches instrumental music at PSJA High School (Pharr, San Juan, Alamo-ISD).
