Assistant Professor of Clarinet at Oklahoma City University, Dr. Lisa Kachouee enjoys an active career as a solo, chamber, and orchestral clarinetist. She has performed in Europe, Mexico, and across the United States. Her recent performance highlights include a Carnegie Hall debut; solo and duo concert tours; and international, national, and regional conference performances. She was selected to perform at the International Clarinet Association’s ClarinetFests in Ostend, Belgium; Boulder, Colorado; Reno, Nevada; Fort Worth, Texas; and Orlando, Florida. She has performed with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, Painted Sky Opera, Wichita Symphony Orchestra, Fort Smith Symphony, Albany Symphony Orchestra, Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonia Gulf Coast, and the Taneycomo Festival Orchestra. As a soloist, she has appeared with the Oklahoma Composer’s Orchestra, Oklahoma City University Wind Philharmonic, and the Oklahoma City Sinfonia. Dr. Kachouee is a Backun Artist, Vandoren Regional Artist, and has worked with students in Lebanon and the Kurdistan Region through American Voices.

        As a member of Duo Rodinia, with percussionist and composer Jamie Wind Whitmarsh, Dr. Kachouee has toured extensively. Duo Rodinia performed at the International Woodwind Duo Symposium; Society of Composers, Inc. National Conference; Florida State University New Music Festival; University of Nebraska Kearney New Music Festival; as Featured Guest Artists of the SCI Region VI Conference; and the ensemble has concertized at dozens of universities and secondary schools. A champion of new music with over forty commissions and premieres to date, Dr. Kachouee recently embarked on world premiere recording projects with Duo Rodinia, vocalist Dr. Autumn West, and pianist Charles Koslowske. She has also recorded orchestral and chamber works with Naxos and Vox Novus respectively.

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