Howard Klug is an American

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and

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Performance career

Howard Klug has been a chamber musician, soloist, and clinician throughout the

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, China and

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. A former member of the U.S. Air Force Band in

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, where he soloed on flute, clarinet and

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, Klug has also been principal clarinet of the Fresno Philharmonic, Bear Valley Festival Orchestra, Sinfonia da Camera and the

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. He has also been a member of the

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and the

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. Chamber music affiliations have included the

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, the

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, the

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and Trio Indiana. Mr. Klug's recent concerto performances have included appearances with the Belgian Radio Orchestra, the Columbus Symphony Orchestra and a tour of Belgium with the Kamerorkest of the Staatsacademie of

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Teaching career

Howard Klug is

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of Clarinet at

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, Bloomington. Some of his recent pedagogical activities, in addition to annual

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es at many of the world's finest music academies, have been as the artistic director of the Belgian Clarinet

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, a Fulbright scholar in

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, a clinician at the Mid-West International Band and Orchestra Clinic and the creator of the publishing company " Woodwindiana", dedicated to new literature for young clarinetists.

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