Chadwick Thomas

About Chadwick

Chadwick Thomas is a clarinetist active in chamber music, orchestral, and solo playing. He lives in Hartford, Connecticut, where he is pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at The Hartt School. In summer 2023, Thomas will be a guest artist of the Eastern Shore Chamber Music Festival (Fairhope, Alabama) in its inaugural season. His other chamber music collaborations include performances with violinists Vadim Gluzman, Lina Bahn, and Yvonne Lam; soprano Lucy Shelton; double bassists Donald Palma and James VanDemark; and oboist Alex Klein. Thomas regularly performs with pianist Yujin Lee in duo recitals and chamber music. He performs on all sizes of clarinets, from E-flat clarinet to bass and contrabass clarinets. He is active in new music, having performed with Four Corners Ensemble, Atlantic Music Festival’s Contemporary Music Ensemble, and new music ensembles at The Hartt School and the University of Michigan. Thomas has participated in consortiums commissioning new works from Margaret Brouwer and Joel Love. He has performed with a number of orchestras in the Northeast including the Hartford Symphony Orchestra and Symphony of Westchester. Thomas recently performed the Clarinet Concerto by Jean Françaix with the Hartt Orchestra after winning the Paranov Concerto Competition. Recently delving into conducting, Thomas directs the Hartt Clarinet Ensemble, has conducted ensembles at The Hartt School, and studies conducting with Glen Adsit and Edward Cumming.

Thomas received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Peabody Institute and the University of Michigan. He received prizes from the NOLA Chamber Fest Competition and the International Clarinet Association’s Clareidoscope Competition. He has studied clarinet with Ayako Oshima, Charles Neidich, Deborah Chodacki, Alexander Fiterstein, Douglas Moore-Monroe, Chad Burrow, and Daniel Gilbert.