Matt Glendening

Clarinet

Current position -
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden - section principal clarinet (2021-present)

Guest Principal -
London Symphony Orchestra (principal clarinet trial 2019-2023)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
English National Opera Orchestra
Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (principal clarinet trial 2018-2021)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra (principal clarinet trial 2017-2020)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Aurora Orchestra
Riot Ensemble

Session Work -
COOL Music Ltd - Gareth Griffiths
Sinfonia of London (2nd clarinet)

Awards -
1st prize (wind and brass) Tunbridge Wells International Young Artists Comeptition (2018)
Finalist (wind and brass) Royal Overseas League Annual Music Competition (2019)
1st prize Clarinet and Saxophone Society Great Britain - CASSGB (2016)
Worshipful Company of Musicians Arthur Bulgin Medal (2016)
RCM Lawrence Winston Scholarship (2016-20)

Solo & Chamber -
Southwell Music Festival - Bernstein Prelude, Fugue and Riffs (2025)
ROH Crush Room Series - Janacek Mladi (2025)
ROH Live at Lunch - Brahms Quintet (2025)
Crussell Concerto with Nottingham Symphony Orchestra (2024)
Mozart Concerto with Suffolk Philharmonic Orchestra (2023)
ROH Live at Lunch - Mendelssohn Concert Piece, Mozart Bassett Horn Trios (2023)
Bridgepoint Ensemble - Mozart Clarinet Quintet, Ravel Introduction & Allegro (2023)
Chipping Campden Festival with Julian Bliss Soloists Ensemble - Mozart / Krommer / Beethoven Serenades (2022)
Southwell Music Festival - Schubert Octet (2021)
Copland Concerto with Trinity Orchestra (2020)
Mozart Clarinet Quintet with Villiers Quartet (2016)

Solo Recitals at St Martin in the Fields (2018), St James Piccadilly (2016), Southwell Music Festival (2016)

Education -
Royal College of Music BMus (Hons) 1st class - Lawrence Winston Scholarship (2016-20)

Professors: Timothy Lines, Barnaby Robson, Richard Hosford, Peter Sparks, Janet Hilton, Michael Harris, Paul Richards

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Instruments
Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Basset Horn, Eb Clarinet