Faculty profile
Debra Farden
Adjunct Instructor - Applied Woodwinds
Contact
Office hours
By Appointment Only

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
Education
Ithaca College: BM - Music Education |
Teachers: |
Robert Schmidt - Ithaca College |
Classes taught
Applied Saxophone, Clarinet, Oboe, and Bassoon
Woodwind Techniques, Clarinet Ensemble, Woodwind Quintet