THOMAS LEGRAND
Associate Professor of Clarinet
Associate Principal, Houston Symphony

B.M. (1980) Curtis Institute of Music 1124 Alice Pratt Brown Hall 713-348-4854

THOMAS LEGRAND is the Associate Principal Clarinetist of the Houston Symphony. He has appeared as soloist with the symphony on several occasion in concertos of Weber, Rossini, Copland and most recently in the Martin Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments. An active chamber performer, he is one of the original members of the Greenbriar Consortium and has performed with Da Camara Society, Texas Music Festival, Linton Series as well as the International Clarinet Association convention. During the Summer he can be heard at the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra in Jackson, Wyoming where he enjoys long mountain hikes when he is not performing. LeGrand is an Affiliate Artist in Clarinet at the University of Houston Moores School of Music and teaches privately.

Before coming to Houston, LeGrand was a member of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and taught at the College-Conservatory of Music of the University of Cincinnati. He is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music where he was a student of Anthony Gigliotti. Other teachers include Keith Underwood and Carmine Campione.

Thomas shares his life with his wife Carol who is an elementary music teacher in Alief ISD and with their retired racing greyhound, Boux. When he is not busy with the orchestra he enjoys distance running, hiking and camping.

The performance for the Houston Symphony League Bay Area will include the Claude Debussy, "Premiere Rhapsodie" for Clarinet and Piano which is one of the true masterworks for the instrument. Also included will be the Luigi Bassi, Fantasia on Verdi's "Rigoletto," which is a virtuoso piece based on themes familiar to almost all music lovers.