Clarinet

Victoria Symphony
2nd Clarinet

Symphony of Southeast Texas
First Call - Auxiliary Instruments

Freelance Artist

“Michael’s artistry and technical mastery elevate the orchestra's sound.  With his expressive playing and deep musicality, he is a true treasure to the music scene here is Southeast Texas.”

Maestro Chelsea Tipton, II, Symphony of Southeast Texas

Clarinet Bio

Michael Isadore's versatile clarinet career involves performances as an orchestral and chamber musician, concerto soloist, recitalist, lecturer and teacher. Isadore holds positions as 2nd clarinet with the Victoria Symphony and auxiliary clarinet with the Symphony of Southeast Texas.  As a freelance clarinetist, Isadore performed ten seasons with the Houston Gilbert and Sullivan Society and has performed with professional orchestras around the state including the Corpus Christi Symphony, San Antonio Chamber Orchestra, Victoria Bach Festival, and the Houston Symphony.  As a soloist, Isadore has performed concertos with the South Texas Symphony Orchestra, Fort Bend Symphony Orchestra, Houston Civic Symphony, Houston Sinfonietta and was the featured soloist with Sugar Land Winds at the Texas Bandmasters Association convention.

  • As a chamber musician, Isadore is founder, clarinetist, and conductor of the möbius chamber ensemble. The möbius chamber ensemble's unique mission is to present a varied repertoire and instrumentation to the audience, breaking the mold of a stagnant group of players performing like-minded repertoire. Based around a core ensemble, each performance by möbius featured solos to ensembles, baroque to contemporary, and including the larger works of Revuelta's Ocho por Radio, and the Schubert Octet. möbius chamber ensemble has been featured in Houston area chamber music series and with the Society for the Performing Arts.

    Instrumental in advancing new music for clarinet and flute, Isadore, in conjunction with Leone Buyse and Michael Webster (Rice University), founded the Flute/Clarinet Duos Consortium (FCDC) with the goal of increasing the repertoire for flute, clarinet, and piano by leading composers. Through previous interaction with Libby Larsen, Isadore reconnected with Ms. Larsen for the initial commission of Barn Dances, published by Oxford University Press. Isadore premiered the third FCDC commission by Valerie Coleman at the 2007 National Flute Convention in Albuquerque and remains on the board of this national organization, which continues to bring new works into the Flute/Clarinet genre.

    In addition to performing, Isadore has appeared as guest speaker with the newEar contemporary ensemble in Kansas City and as a clinician on commissioning new music at the International Clarinet Association's ClarinetFest. When not performing, Mr. Isadore remains active as a clinician, adjudicator, martial arts practitioner, knitter, and badminton player.

    In addition to performing, Isadore has appeared as guest speaker with the newEar contemporary ensemble in Kansas City and as a clinician on commissioning new music at the International Clarinet Association's ClarinetFest. When not performing, Mr. Isadore remains active as a clinician, adjudicator, martial arts practitioner, knitter, and badminton player.

    Instrumental in advancing new music for clarinet and flute, Isadore, in conjunction with Leone Buyse and Michael Webster (Rice University), founded the Flute/Clarinet Duos Consortium (FCDC) with the goal of increasing the repertoire for flute, clarinet, and piano by leading composers. Through previous interaction with Libby Larsen, Isadore reconnected with Ms. Larsen for the initial commission of Barn Dances, published by Oxford University Press. Isadore premiered the third FCDC commission by Valerie Coleman at the 2007 National Flute Convention in Albuquerque and remains on the board of this national organization, which continues to bring new works into the Flute/Clarinet genre.

    In addition to performing, Isadore has appeared as guest speaker with the newEar contemporary ensemble in Kansas City and as part of a new music session at the International Clarinet Association's ClarinetFest in 2008. Isadore continues to study clarinet with Thomas LeGrand, Associate Principal Clarinet with the Houston Symphony.

Michael on Stage

Michael recently performed Twitch for Clarinet and Wind Ensemble by Nathan Daughtry. This energetic piece truly showcased Michael’s virtuosity and passion.

CLarinet Media Kit

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Work with Michael

Michael would love to come make music with your ensemble.