Department of Music and Dance
Faculty - Steve Klimowski
Steve Klimowski, affiliate artist, clarinet and saxophone
- Manhattan School of Music
- SUNY Purchase
Area of expertise
clarinet
Groups accompanied
State of Mexico Symphony Orchestra, a member of the chamber music ensemble MusicAlive and Divertissement, the woodwind trio of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra. He is founder and director of the Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble (VCME)
Published works
He has performed in and produced two compact discs with the VCME.
Contact Information
Email: Steven.Klimowski@uvm.eduOffice Hours: by appointment
Steven Klimowski studied clarinet with Leon Russianoff while attending the Manhattan School of Music and SUNY Purchase. Since then Mr. Klimowski has played for three years with the State of Mexico Symphony Orchestra and has concertized in a solo and chamber music capacity premiering several works for solo clarinet. In addition to his solo career and his ensemble participation, he is founder and director of the Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble which has been performing new music since 1987. In 1987 and again in 1990 Mr. Klimowski was honored with an individual artist's fellowship from the Vermont Council on the Arts.
Faculty Directory
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- Department Chair and Staff
- D. Thomas Toner, Department Chair
- Kelly Dutra, Department Administrator
- Sarah Hein, Administrative Assistant
- D. Thomas Toner, Department Chair
- Woodwinds
- Nadine Carpenter, oboe
- Gerald Lanoue, bassoon
- Anne Janson, flute
- Steve Klimowski, clarinet
- Michael Zsoldos, saxophone
- Brass
- Rick Davies, trombone
- Alan Parshley, horn
- Ray Vega, trumpet
- C. Robert Wigness, trombone/tuba
- Percussion
- Steve Ferraris, hand drums
- Jeff Salisbury, drum set
- D. Thomas Toner, percussion
- Strings
- John Mantegna, guitar
- Suzanne Polk, cello
- Evelyn Read, violin/viola
- Heidi Soons, harp
- William Tilley, bass
- Voice
- David Neiweem
- Sarah Cullins
- Keyboard
- Tom Cleary, jazz piano
- David Neiweem, organ
- Paul Orgel, piano
- Sylvia Parker, piano
- Jazz Studies
- Paul Asbell, guitar
- Joe Capps, guitar
- Tom Cleary, piano
- Amber deLaurentis Cleary, voice
- Rick Davies, trombone
- Steve Ferraris, hand drums
- Patricia Julien, arranging/history
- John Rivers, bass
- Jeff Salisbury, drum set
- Alex Stewart, improvisation
- Ray Vega, trumpet
- Michael Zsoldos, saxophone
- Music History, Theory, and Composition
- Music Education
- Ensembles
- Tom Cleary, jazz combo
- Yutaka Kono, orchestra
- David Neiweem, choirs
- Evelyn Read, chamber music
- Jeff Salisbury, percussion ensemble
- D. Thomas Toner, bands
- Alex Stewart, jazz ensemble
- Ray Vega, jazz combos
- Dance

