AVRAHM GALPER
Internationally known and respected, Avrahm "Abe" Galper was principal clarinetist with the Toronto Symphony for 30 years. Mr. Galper also served as principal clarinetist with the Palestine Opera Company, the Israel Philharmonic, the C.B.C. Symphony, the Toronto Philharmonic, and the Canadian Opera Company. Galper has played under conductors Andrew Davis, Karl Ancerl, Seiji Ozawa, Walter Susskind, Sir Ernest Macmillan, John Barbirolli, Pierre Monteaux, Colin Davis, Efrem Kurtz, Charles Munch, Leopold Stokowski, and many others. He has taught at the Indiana University at Bloomington. He has also given master classes in Beijing and Shanghai, China. He was a clarinet consultant at the Claude Watson School of Arts in Toronto. He is currently a member of the Music Faculty at the University of Toronto and a member of the Faculty of the Glenn Gould Professional School of Music at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. Mr. Galper first studied with Tzvi Tzipine in Palestine, and later with Frederic Thurston at the Royal College of Music in London. In New York, he studied with Simeon Bellison of the New York Philharmonic. Now through his books and inventions, clarinetists of all ages and abilities can benefit from Mr. Galper's experience as a professional clarinetist and teacher of the clarinet.