Musiklehrer Hamburg

Performing experience:

• Featured jazz clarinet soloist in Birmingham Conservatoire’s Ellington Orchestra
• Part of the Birmingham Conservatoire Jazz Orchestra playing alto saxophone
• Performed at Cheltenham Jazz Festival and Southport jazz festival
• Played in showbands for various musicals, doubling on all saxophones, flute and clarinet
• Performed solo recitals for various musical societies, including Middlewich, Oldham Music Service and the Royal Northern College of Music
• Clarinettist in the Junior Royal Northern College of Music Symphony Orchestra
• Leader of the Oldham Music Service Swing Band (alto saxophone)
• Principal clarinettist in the Oldham Youth Orchestra and lead alto saxophonist in the Oldham Music centre Wind Band
• Jazz Promotion network UK tour with my own band, October 2018

Teaching experience:

• Private teaching with adults and children, including grade specific repertoire for ABRSM examinations (UK)
• Has lead workshops in primary schools
• Has lead workshops with adult community bands
• Music assistant in the Generation Ladywood showcase at Birmingham Symphony Hall 2015, teaching clarinet
• Studied specific pedagogy techniques for 2 years at the Birmingham conservatoire as part of the pedagogy modules

Press reviews:

• “A name to watch”- JazzWise magazine 2017
• “special mention should go to clarinetist Wright who managed to soar above the massed orchestra without sacrificing her subtle phrasing”- London Jazz News 2017
• “Clarinetist Sam Wright dazzled with a nourishing solo”- Northern Sky magazine 2017