Romie de Guise-Langlois to Lead Clarinet Studio

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The department of music and dance has appointed Romie de Guise-Langlois as assistant professor of clarinet, in charge of leading the department’s clarinet studio.

Praised as “a formidable clarinetist” by the New York Times, de Guise-Langlois has appeared as soloist and chamber musician on major concert stages internationally. She has performed as soloist with the Houston Symphony, Ensemble Connect, the Burlington Chamber Orchestra, and the Guanajuato (Mexico) Symphony Orchestra; at Festival Mozaic, Music@Menlo and at the Banff Center for the Arts.

She was awarded first prize in the Houston Symphony Ima Hogg competition, the Yale University Woolsey Hall Competition, the McGill University Classical Concerto Competition, and the Canadian Music Competition.

De Guise-Langlois has performed as principal clarinetist for the Orpheus and Saint-Paul Chamber Orchestras, NOVUS NY, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, the New Haven and Stamford Symphony Orchestras, and The Knights Chamber Orchestra. She is an alumnus of Astral Artists, Ensemble Connect, and “CMS Two”, and has appeared at series such as the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Boston and Philadelphia Chamber Music Societies, Musicians from Marlboro, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival and Chamber Music Northwest among others.

A native of Montreal, de Guise-Langlois earned degrees from McGill University and the Yale School of Music. Previously, she served on the faculty at Kean and Montclair State universities in New Jersey.