Lorin Levee is an American

United States

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 clarinetist.

Levee studied clarinet

Clarinet

The clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed...

 at De Paul University. He played clarinet in the Grant Park Symphony, the Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra, the Chicago Chamber Orchestra, and the American Ballet Theater Orchestra. He was on the faculty of De Paul University for 3 years. He was also principal clarinetist for the Colorado Music Festival

Colorado Music Festival

The Colorado Music Festival is a classical music festival in Boulder, Colorado. It was founded in 1976 by the Vienna-born conductor and violinist, Giora Bernstein and presents an annual summer season of concerts in Boulder's Chautauqua Auditorium performed by the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra...

 and the Teton Festival. He joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic

Los Angeles Philharmonic

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 in 1976 on bass clarinet

Bass clarinet

The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. Like the more common soprano B clarinet, it is usually pitched in B , but it plays notes an octave below the soprano B clarinet...

, becoming principal clarinetist in 1981. Levee is a Yamaha

Yamaha

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Performing Artist.