Danny King 

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Chicago based clarinetist and woodwind doubler, Danny King, is remarked as a versatile musician, educator, and arts administrator. Recent awards include two winning positions in the Lillian Fuchs Chamber Music Competition, Illinois State University Concerto-Aria Competition Winner, and finalist in the ISU Band Concerto Competition and the U.S. Army Collegiate Concerto Competition.​ He holds additional awards in International Competitions including King’s Peak International Competition and Couperin International Music Competition. King is recognized as a Presser Scholar. His summer festival participation includes fellowships at Miami Beach Classical Music Festival, DeCoda Chamber Music Festival, and Newfound Chamber Winds Festival.

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Danny is a co-founder of the New York based wind quintet, Hydra Winds, under the guidance of Grammy-nominated and founder of Imani Winds, Valarie Coleman. King can also be seen in Symphony in C, Chelsea Symphony Orchestra, off-broadway musical theater and opera pit orchestras, and in the NYC-based bass clarinet ensemble, Delicious Bass. As an educator, Danny was the woodwind quintet teaching assistant at Boston University Tanglewood Institute, marching band woodwind instructor in Bloomington, Illinois, and has taught private and group lessons for the past 10 years. 

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Danny is presently the Manager, School Partnerships with the Harmony Program, a NYC non-profit organization inspired by Venezuela's world-renown music education system, "El Sistema." Danny is committed to Harmony Program's mission to provide access to free music education to students and communities in need.  Prior to his position with the Harmony Program, Danny played an active role as a performance librarian assistant at the Manhattan School of Music and Illinois State University.

 

Danny holds a master's degree in clarinet performance from the  Manhattan School of Music under the guidance of Charles Neidich, and bachelor's degrees in music education and clarinet performance from Illinois State University, where he studied under Dr. David Gresham.​ Previously, he studied with Trevor O’Riordan throughout high school.