Claire Werling

Clarinet | Chicago, IL

Claire Werling has been second clarinet of the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra since 2014 and has also performed with the Camerata Chicago, South Bend, Southwest Michigan, Racine, Peoria, Northbrook, and Lima Symphony Orchestras. She maintains a private studio of around 40 clarinet students in the north suburbs of Chicago and has also taught for the Merit School of Music and Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. Claire received her masters degree from Northwestern University studying with Steve Cohen and J. Lawrie Bloom and a bachelor's degree from Bowling Green State University studying with Kevin Schempf.