Meet Celine Ferro, the Boston-based clarinet virtuoso originally from Rhode Island!
As a chamber musician, Ferro is the core clarinetist of the Juventas New Music Ensemble, a force in the Boston based all-bass clarinet ensemble Improbable Beasts, and the clarinetist of the Kalliope Reed Quintet. Seeking diverse collaborations that take her work beyond the typical concert hall, Ferro is also the clarinetist and bass clarinetist of Shibui, where she can be heard on their newest album, Quint, (Ronin Rhythm Records), and recently headlined at the Boston Progressive Jazz Festival. Ferro has performed with other notable chamber ensembles and organizations including Vivo Performing Arts (formerly Celebrity Series of Boston), Castle of our Skins, the Cobb's Hill Concert Series, and Some Assembly Required.
As an orchestral musician, she has graced the concert halls of New England with the Boston Civic Symphony, Symphony NH, Brookline Symphony Orchestra, Sound Icon, New England Philharmonic, Lowell House Opera, Apollo Ensemble of Boston, the Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus, and was a recent soloist with the New England Film Orchestra. Reaching audiences in venues like Radio City Music Hall in New York City and Symphony Hall in Boston, she has performed in orchestras alongside artists and groups such as Sarah Brightman, Hanson, Il Divo, Il Volo, Genshin Impact, Anat Cohen, Steve Lippia, Kelli O'Hara and Matthew Morrison. She was the bass clarinetist in the premiere of Wayne Shorter and Esperanza Spalding's jazz opera ...(Iphigenia), played in the Fiddler on the Roof national tour in Boston, and freelances in many other interesting projects in and around the New England area.
Celine Ferro is not just a freelancer and performer, but a mentor; sharing her expertise as an accomplished clarinet teacher and chamber coach at the Winchester Community Music School, Concord Academy, Roger Williams University, and Powers Music School where she is also the chair of the woodwind, brass, and percussion department. She has previously taught and coached at Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester Community Music School, and Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras.
In addition to being a performing and teaching artist, Celine Ferro is an avid hiker, reader, and coffee drinker.
Ferro's own education includes the following:
Master of Music in Clarinet Performance
Boston University College of Fine Arts
Professor Ethan Sloane, clarinet
Bachelor of Music in Clarinet Performance
New England Conservatory
Professor Richard Stoltzman, clarinet
Other notable clarinet teachers include Craig Nordstrom, Bill Wrzesien, and Mark Miller. Celine's first clarinet teacher was her mom, Charlene Valk, who has continued to support her dreams and still comes to her performances to this day.