Howard
Klug
Howard Klug has been a chamber musician, soloist and clinician throughout the United
States, Great Britain, Belgium, Portugal, Austria, Venezuela, China and Israel. A former
member of the U.S. Air Force Band in Washington, D.C., where he soloed on flute, clarinet
and saxophone, Mr. Klug has also been principal clarinet of the Fresno Philharmonic, Bear
Valley Festival Orchestra, Sinfonia da Camera and the Indianapolis Chamber
Orchestra. He has also been a member of the Columbus (OH) Symphony Orchestra and the
Grant Park Symphony. Chamber music affiliations have included the Illinois Trio, the
Illinois Woodwind Quintet, the Chicago Ensemble, Trio Indiana and fourte'.
Mr. Klug's recent concerto performances have included appearances with the
Belgian Radio Orchestra, the Columbus Symphony Orchestra and a tour of Belgium with the
Kamerorkest of the Staatsacademie of Vilnius. Some of his recent pedagogical
activities, in addition to annual master classes at many of the world's finest music
academies, have been as the artistic director of the Belgian Clarinet Academy, a Fulbright
scholar in Iceland, a clinician at the Mid-West International Band and Orchestra Clinic
and the creator of the publishing company "Woodwindiana", dedicated to new
literature for young clarinetists.
Howard Klug is Professor of Clarinet at Indiana University, Bloomington. He performs on
Rossi American bore clarinets with a Pyne model Bc Signature
mouthpiece and a Pyne Handwoven String Ligature. On Bass
Clarinet, a Pyne model P Signature mouthpiece.