Todd Darren Palmer
Clarinetist

A two time Grammy nominee, and winner of the European Classical Prelude Award for the recording Yiddishbbuk, music of Osvaldo Golijov on EMI Classics with the St. Lawrence Quartet, Mr. Palmer has enjoyed an ongoing collaboration with the quartet and is hailed as one of the champions of Golijov's great klezmer quintet The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind. Todd is also a member of the touring group Spoleto Chamber Music USA, which has been heard around the country for seven years and on annual NPR broadcasts. An accomplished arranger, his chamber suite of Messager’s ballet The Two Pigeons and Weber's Invitation to the Dance have received a number of performances around the country as well as airings on NPR’s Performance Today.