Flute
Woodwind Coordinator
BFA University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
MM Northwestern University
DM Northwestern University
COURSES TAUGHT:
Applied flute
CONTACT INFORMATION:
773-325-4363
About
Flutist Jennifer Clippert’s performance career clearly reflects her passionate knowledge of music from Baroque to present day. Equally comfortable as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral player, she has performed throughout Chicago with groups such as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Grant Park Orchestra, Music of the Baroque, and the Chicago Symphony’s MUSICNOW series among others. Her woodwind quintet, Quintet Attacca, won both the Senior Wind Division and the Grand Prize at the 2002 Fischoff National Chamber Music Festival and has maintained an active performance schedule including tours of both Italy and the United States. She is the winner of several competitions including the 2001 Musicians Club of Women Farwell Award and the 2000 Flute Talk Competition. Ms. Clippert has been a finalist and prize winner in several competitions including the National Flute Association Young Artist, Piccolo Masterclass and Performers Masterclass Competitions.
Ms. Clippert began her studies at an early age in Wisconsin, studying first the piccolo and later the flute. She attended the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee where she received her BFA while studying with Robert Goodberg. While playing two seasons in the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, she had the privilege of studying with Donald Peck. Ms. Clippert is also a graduate of Northwestern University, where she received both her MM and DM under Walfrid Kujala.