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Mark Gallagher
Chamber Music Institute Director and Clarinetist, Mark Gallagher, is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music where he received a B.M. degree and studied with Lawrence McDonald. He also holds a M.M. degree from the Eastman School of Music having studied with D. Stanley Hasty and D.M.A degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he studied with Dr. Linda Bartley. Other major teachers included Robert Marcellus and Alfred Zezter, both of the Cleveland Orchestra. Dr. Gallagher has performed with, the Contemporary Music Forum of Washington, Washington Opera, United States Navy Band, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra, Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Cincinnati Ballet Orchestra, Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, Bronx Symphony, New York City Ballet Orchestra, and the Skylight Opera Theatre Orchestra.

He made his New York recital debut performing with violinist Sylvia Rosenberg at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall and is also a winner of the Artist International Competition in New York City being award a solo recital in Weill Hall. An active chamber musician and co-founder of I Venti Semplice, Dr. Gallagher has performed throughout the United States, Europe and Asia, with recent concert tours of China, Scandinavia and the Netherlands, which included a live national radio broadcast from the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. In 2007 Dr. Gallagher was a featured artist at the International Clarinet Association's Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia. As a member of the United States Navy Band, he has performed for numerous heads of state, United States Congress, the President for many White House functions and has toured extensively in and outside the United States, with diplomatic tours to Norway and Russia. Other performances include appearances in Portland (OR), Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Ann Arbor, and Wisconsin Public Radio. Dr. Gallagher has recorded with the Albany Records label and can be heard on the Eastman "American Music" Series.

In addition to a busy performance schedule, Dr. Gallagher is an active teacher and clinician, lecturing on occupational health issues for musicians and the Alexander Technique. Currently he is assistant professor of clarinet and music theory at Frostburg State University and has held pedagogical posts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and Carroll College. During the summer he is director of the Wind Chamber Music Institute that is part of the Savage Mountain Summer Arts Academy at Frostburg State University.