Devin Starr Email & Phone Number

Welcome - and thank you for checking out my profile! My goal is to work in the Chicagoland area as a freelance clarinetist and collaborative pianist. Music pedagogy is another area in which I have great experience, both in clarinet and piano. Here is a condensed excerpt from my bio for a brief summation of my musical experience:Devin Starr is a professional clarinetist and collaborative pianist who currently works in the Chicagoland area. He received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in May 2016 from the University of Oklahoma and taught there as an adjunct professor in 2015. During his four years in Oklahoma, Dr. Starr also served as the woodwind department accompanist and opera accompanist at OU while also teaching clarinet and serving as a maternity leave replacement. He received his Bachelor’s Degree from Grand Valley State University and his Master’s Degree from Bowling Green State University.Starr has focused primarily in the area of music performance. He has competed in several competitions, most recently as a Finalist in the 2015 NAFTZGER Young Artist Competition. He has performed several solos with the Wheaton Municipal Band and played principal with the West Wind Chamber Players of Oklahoma City. Starr was also a Finalist at OU’s 2013/14 Concerto Competitions and BGSU’s Chamber Music Competition.Alongside performing on clarinet, he has spent equal time on the piano, solo and collaborative. Most recently, Starr premiered Kenn McSperitt’s triple concerto for Saxophone, Piano, and Strings in 2015. He was on staff with OU as the opera accompanist, performed piano with the orchestra on Stravinsky’s Symphony in Three Movements, toured around accompanying for John Davies’ “Three Little Pigs” opera (based of Mozart’s operas), and has performed for many venues including solo recitals at BGSU and UofM with the Principal Clarinetist of the Hong Kong Philharmonic and concerts with the Principal Bassoonist of the Oklahoma City Philharmonic.

Listed skills include Clarinet Performance, Clarinet Pedagogy, Piano Performance, Collaborative Piano, and 3 others.