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Mary Gale is a member of the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra. She is
principal clarinet of the Amara Ensemble, and has performed as a
guest principal clarinet with the San Diego Symphony. She has played
with the Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra,
Santa Barbara Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Joffrey Ballet
Orchestra, Royal Ballet Orchestra, William Hall Chorale, and
Honolulu Symphony. She performs in the Motion Picture, TV, Recording
industry.
Mary Gale's major teachers are Mitchell Lurie, Harold Wright, and
Larry Combs.She studied chamber music with Marcel Moyse and James
Galway, and breathing techniques with specialist Arnold Jacobs.
She attended the Music Academy of the West, Maurice Abravanel
conductor, where she received the Simon Kovar Award for outstanding
performance. She is the recipient of a Theodore Presser Foundation
Award. A graduate of California State University, Northridge, she
later was professor of clarinet there for twelve years.
Artists she has worked with include Plácido Domingo, José
Carreras, Luciano Pavarotti, Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón, Renée
Fleming, Angela Gheorghiu, Deborah Voigt, Erwin Schrott, Samuel
Ramey, and Carol Vaness; Conductors: James Conlon, Kent Nagano,
Richard Armstrong, Julius Rudel, Valery Gergiev, and Simon Rattle.
In musical theater, she has worked with Richard Burton, Richard
Harris, and Christine Ebersole.
Mary Gale is married to conductor James Martin and has two
daughters who all share a passion for the arts.
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