Faculty profile

Debra Farden is a Professor of Clarinet & saxophone, and her private instruction is designed especially with the individual student’s musical needs and personal preferences, providing a professional and accommodating approach to learning.

Her Clarinet quintet ensemble enables students to learn all styles of music in a coaching situation; the ensemble is designed to provide an opportunity to learn team style performance, and is enjoyable yet musically challenging, with great friends and great music!

Currently:
Applied Saxophone, Clarinet, Oboe, and Bassoon
Woodwind Techniques, Clarinet Ensemble, Woodwind Quintet

Professional:
Freelance musician: clarinet/woodwinds
Private Lesson Studio: clarinet instructor
Recently retired from the Fulton City School District: 
music educator/band director/music department facilitator
Local musical productions: pit orchestra - woodwinds 
NYSSMA woodwinds adjudicator, woodwinds clinician
Ontario Winds (woodwind quintet): clarinet
Oswego Opera Theater Orchestra: principal clarinet

Membership:
NYSSMA
NAfME
AFM local musician’s union