Janice Minor

Dr. Minor enjoys an active career as a solo recitalist, chamber musician, orchestral player, clinician, and music educator. She has performed and appeared in a wide variety of venues and festivals throughout the United States and Europe including the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts , the Rococo Theater in Schwetzingen Germany, the Puccini Theater in Italy, the Interlochen Center for the Arts, the Aspen, Staunton and Music at Penns Woods Music Festivals, as well as the Lucca Music Festival in Italy and the Saarburger Serenaden: International Music Festival in Germany.

Dedicated to her role as artist-teacher, Dr. Minor is a passionate educator who is frequently invited to present master classes and clinics throughout the country and abroad. She is currently on the clarinet faculty at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and has a successful private clarinet studio in the Chicagoland area. Her previous teaching positions include Clarinet Professor at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, the Saarburger Serenaden: International Music Festival and School in Saarburg, Germany, the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.

Dr. Minor is a Buffet Crampon U.S.A. and D’Addario performing artist-clinician performing exclusively on Buffet Crampon clarinets and D’Addario woodwind products.

Her CD The Recital Clarinetist with pianist Paulo Steinberg is a supplemental audio resource to the “Recital Clarinetist” compiled by Ben Armato. It is available on MP3 and CD formats through Amazon, iTunes, Spotify, Summit Records website and several national and international music distributors.