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Anthony Costa, clarinet

Anthony J. Costa is Associate Professor of Clarinet at Penn State and clarinetist with the Pennsylvania Quintet and Prestige Clarinet Quartet. He currently serves as principal clarinet with the Pennsylvania Chamber Orchestra, Altoona Symphony, and Music at Penn’s Woods Festival Orchestra. He served as clarinetist/bass clarinetist with the Dayton Philharmonic (OH) from 1999-2011 and has been a featured performer at the International Clarinet Association’s ClarinetFest, International Double Reed Society’s conference, and the Oklahoma Clarinet Symposium. Costa has collaborated with composers Paul Chihara, John Corigliano, Gunther Schuller, John Harbison, Osvaldo Golijov, Eric Mandat, Rick Sowash, and Andrea Clearfield. Recent solo performances include: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Concerto for Clarinet with the Penn State Chamber Orchestra, Carter Pann’s Double Concerto (world premiere) with PSU’s Symphonic Wind Ensemble; and C. M. von Weber’s Concerto No. 1 with the Nittany Valley Symphony (PA). In 2010, Costa presented a recital with the Chihara Trio (Timothy Deighton, viola; Enrico Elisi, piano) at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall. He is an artist-clinician for the Buffet-Crampon Corp.

Find more information at https://sites.psu.edu/clarinet/