Jo-Ann Sternberg
Clarinet

Jo-Ann Sternberg lives a varied musical life in New York; she is a member of the Riverside Symphony, the Greenleaf Chamber Players and Sequitur, and performs regularly with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, St. Luke's Chamber Orchestra, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Musicians from Marlboro and New York Philomusica. Her summer festivals have included Marlboro, Tanglewood and Schleswig-Holstein. Ms. Sternberg maintains an active teaching studio, regularly working with Juilliard's Pre-College Division and serving on the faculty at Western Connecticut State University. After receiving a B.A. in English from Tufts University and a B.M. in Clarinet Performance from the New England Conservatory, Ms. Sternberg continued her studies at Yale University with David Shifrin and at the Julliard School with Charles Neidich, receiving an M.M. from Juilliard in 1991. In addition to several recordings with Orpheus for Deutsch-Grammophon, Ms. Sternberg's discography includes recordings on the Nonesuch, Troy, CRI, Archetype and St. Cyprien labels. The 2004 season marks Ms. Sternberg's return to performing after an 18-month hiatus devoted to her young children Joshua and Rebecca.