BIOGRAPHY:
Kelly Coyle, 24, from Naperville, Ill., entered the Curtis Institute of Music in 2007 as a student of Donald Montanaro, retired Associate Principal clarinetist of the Philadelphia Orchestra. All students at Curtis receive merit-based full-tuition scholarships, and Ms. Coyle is the Nellie Lee Bok Fellow. Prior to entering Curtis, Ms. Coyle was a member of the Dean's list and the National Society of Collegiate Scholars at Northern Illinois University, where she studied with Melvin Warner and Gregory Barrett. She performed as a soloist with the Northern Illinois University Wind Ensemble in 2007.
She was a featured player in Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique under Christoph Eschenbach and Mussorgsky’s Pictures from an Exhibition under Peter Oundjan during the 2008–09 Curtis season. Through Curtis, she has also worked with world-reknowned conductors such as Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, Simon Rattle, Robert Spano, and Michael Tilson Thomas. Ms. Coyle has been seen at Carnegie, Disney, and Verizon Halls, in addition to her native Chicago Symphony Center. Ms. Coyle is a substitute for the New World Symphony. Most recently, Ms. Coyle was offered a fellowship at the C. W. Post Chamber Music Festival In Long Island, NY. She subsequently performed the Mozart Clarinet Concerto as a winner of the C. W. Post Concerto Competition. She has participated in master classes with Yehuda Gilad, Richie Hawley, Ricardo Morales, Eugene Mondie, Ricardo Morales, and Michael Rusinek.
Ms. Coyle earned a certificate in Arts in Healthcare from Temple University and holds an internship with the Philadelphia Orchestra Teaching Artists. She has been positively reviewed there by the Philadelphia Inquirer, that described her as being "smooth as silk, even more so than one often hears in a professional orchestra." Ms. Coyle has recently been invited by the Curtis Institute as one of two students to cooperate with internationally acclaimed pianist Ignat Solzhenitsyn in a national tour during the spring of 2011 as a part of Curtis on Tour. Kelly Coyle began piano at age five, voice at six, and clarinet at seven. In addition to music, she has endured a passion for working with and caring for animals and has an adopted cat named Cookie Monster.
RESUME:
Education
Curtis Institute of Music
Philadelphia, PA
August 2007-Present
Major: B.M. Clarinet Performance
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL
August 2005-May 2007
Major: B. M. Clarinet Performance
Instruction
Donald Montanaro, Curtis Institute of Music, Retired Philadelphia Orchestra
Ronald Reuben, Retired Philadelphia Orchestra
Melvin Warner, Northern Illinois University, Retired St. Louis Symphony, Chicago Sinfonietta
Performing Experience
Curtis on Tour National Tour, USA
March 2011
C. W. Post Chamber Music Festival Fellowship/Concerto Winner Long Island, NY
July 2010
Performed Mozart Clarinet Concerto K. 622 with C. W. Post Orchestra
New World Symphony Orchestra Miami, FL
2009 - Present
Semifinalist for Section Clarinet in 2009 and 2010
Acting Substitute for 2009 - 2011 Season
Curtis Symphony Orchestra Philadelphia, PA
2007 – Present
Principal Clarinet in 2010 - Present
Co-principal Clarinet in 2009 - 2010
E-flat Clarinet in 2008 - 2009
Bass Clarinet in 2007 - 2008
Performed under Robert Spano, Joanne Faletta, Christoph Eschenbach, Simon Rattle, Peter Oundjian, Michael Stern, Charles Dutoit
Curtis Symphony Opera Orchestra Philadelphia, PA
2008 - Present
Principal Clarinet in 2009 - Present
Assistant/Eb Clarinet in 2008 - 2009
Performed under Ari Pelto, David Hayes
Curtis 20/21 Modern Music Ensemble Philadelphia, PA
2007 - Present
Principal Clarinet in 2009 - Present
Assistant/Bass Clarinet in 2007 - 2009
Specialized in Contemporary and 20th Century Music
Performed with Eighth Blackbird in 2009
Related Experience
Philadephia Orchestra Teaching Artists Philadelphia, PA
2010 - Present
Internship for the 2010 - 2011 School Year
Collaborate with members of Philadelphia Orchestra
Create educational presentations and performances for Philadelphia Public Schools
Certificate of in Arts in Healthcare Philadelphia, PA
2009
Received training in music and arts therapy at Temple University Hospital
Provide music therapy sessions for hospital patients
School Clinician Northeast Philadelphia, PA
2008 - Present
Teach private and group lessons to high school students
Provide masterclasses on performance practices
Teach history and theory lessons to class of twenty-five students
Present workshop on making and maintaining reeds
Private Instructor Naperville, IL
2006 - 2008
Maintained studio of five students
Instructed beginner through adult students
References Available Upon Request
