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Jonathan Parkin has rapidly established himself as one of the up-and-coming clarinettists of his generation. Equally at home as the soloist, chamber music player and orchestral musician, he leads a busy and exciting schedule as a London freelance clarinettist.
Since graduating from the Royal College of Music in 2009, Jonathan has enjoyed an increasingly flourishing orchestral career. He has held recent section principal clarinet trials with the Royal Northern Sinfonia, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, Welsh National Opera and the City of London Sinfonia. He appears regularly as guest principal clarinet with the London Chamber Orchestra, City of London Sinfonia, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Birmingham Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, and the London Concert Orchestra, and has also played principal clarinet with the Aurora Orchestra and English National Opera.
In addition to these orchestras, Jonathan works regularly in the clarinet sections of the Philharmonia Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the orchestra of the Royal Opera House, and for the west end show Les Miserables.
Jonathan studied with Richard Hosford and Robert Hill whilst at the RCM in London. Whilst there, he won a place onto the LPO Future First scheme and, immediately after graduating, he held the position of Co-Principal clarinet with Southbank Sinfonia. Jonathan has performed in concerts broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM and in such venues as the Purcell Room, Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Barbican Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Cadogan Hall, St. Martin in the Fields and the Sage Gateshead, as well as countless prestigious venues overseas.
ORCHESTRAL EXPERIENCE
Graduate studies
Royal College of Music (BMus Hons 1st class 2003-2007, MMus Distinction 2007-2009)
Prizes and Awards
TeachersRobert Hill, Richard Hosford, Barnaby Robson, George MacDonald
Jonathan joined Morgensterns in February 2011
Jonathan's web profile was last updated 26th Sep 2020
As a soloist, Jonathan Parkin has played at countless London venues and for various music clubs in the UK, often with his duo partner, pianist Sebastian Stanley. In 2012, the duo was contracted by EMEC Records to record its first solo album, which is now commercially available. Jonathan has performed the Mozart Clarinet Concerto with the Orpheus Sinfonia on three occasions.
Whilst a student, he won the RCM Clarinet Prize, he performed in the concert final of the Tunbridge Wells International Young Concert Artists Competition, winning 2nd Prize, and was selected as a finalist in the Haverhill Sinfonia Soloist Competition. Soon after graduating from the RCM, he was a wind finalist in the Royal Overseas League Music Competition.
A passionate chamber musician, Jonathan is an artistic director for Clapham Chamber Concerts, performing regularly in the series. In addition to his duo work with pianist Sebastian Stanley (a collaboration of more than ten years), highlights of his chamber music activity include a Wigmore Hall performance of Mozart's Wind Serenade in E flat, and collaborations with the award-winning Cavaleri String Quartet, Piatti Quartet and Pavao Quartet.
Education/Outreach experience
Since graduating, Jonathan has worked for the education departments of many UK orchestras, including the Philharmonia, London Philharmonic, London Sinfonietta, London Chamber Orchestra, City of London Sinfonia and Southbank Sinfonia. This work ranges from giving instrument taster sessions, to giving workshops in schools and taking part in side-by-side sessions with students. In summer 2020, he was invited to join the London Chamber Orchestra's Music Junction team as their official Music Junction clarinettist.
Jonathan has been a regular wind tutor for the National Orchestra For All (NOFA) since 2012, leading wind sectional rehearsals and coaching and conducting ensembles.
In addition to teaching privately and in schools, to all ages and abilities, he has been a regular deputy teacher at the junior department of the Royal Academy of Music since 2018.
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