Stephen Ahearn is currently principal clarinetist of the Sarasota Opera Orchestra, bass clarinetist with the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra, and a frequent guest with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.

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Be sure to hear all of Stephen Ahearn’s 2012 Festival performances listed below

Friday, July 27, 2012, 6:00 PM at St. Francis Auditorium
Peter Lieberson / Oliver Knussen / Magnus Lindberg

Sunday, July 29, 2012, 6:00 PM at St. Francis Auditorium
Mozart / Berg / Brahms

Monday, July 30, 2012, 6:00 PM at St. Francis Auditorium
Mozart / Berg / Brahms

Sunday, August 5, 2012, 6:00 PM at The Lensic Performing Arts Center
Mozart / Schoenberg / Mendelssohn

Monday, August 6, 2012, 6:00 PM at St. Francis Auditorium
Mozart / Schoenberg / Mendelssohn

Sunday, August 12, 2012, 6:00 PM at The Lensic Performing Arts Center
Bach / David Del Tredici / Strauss

Stephen Ahearn is currently principal clarinetist of the Sarasota Opera Orchestra, bass clarinetist with the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra, and a frequent guest with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. An active chamber and orchestral musician, he appears frequently throughout the U.S., as well as in France, Italy and Greece. Stephen holds a Bachelor of Arts in Biology and Music from the University of Richmond, and a Master of Music from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. His teachers include Todd Levy, Ricardo Morales, David Weber and David Niethamer.