Naomi Drucker
Adjunct Instructor of Music
Degrees
BS, 1957, Hofstra UnivBio
Education
B.S. in Music Education
Hofstra University
Professional Positions
Hofstra University
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Clarinet
Private Teacher
Clarinet & Woodwind Ensembles
Master Classes
Syosset, Mineola, Freeport, Plainview, & Garden City High Schools
Performances
New Orchestra of Long Island
New York Virtuosi
New York Philharmonic - under Zubin Mehta, Kurt Masur, and Valery Gregirov and Krzysztof Penderecki
Symphony of Long Island
Long Island Philharmonic
Memberships
Co-Director of American Chamber Ensemble National Orchestral Association New York State Music Teachers Association
Recordings
New York Legends - Stanley Drucker for Cala Records
Performing in Poulene Sonata for 2 clarinets
Blues and Finale for 2 clarinets & piano
Elie Siegmeister Prelude
Naomi Drucker - Stanley Drucker : Play Meyer Kupferman / Soundspell Records
American Chamber Ensemble / Leonarda Records (music of Hindemith, Zaimont, and Weigl)
Honors and Awards
George M.Estabrook Distinguished Alumi Award in career achievement, Hofstra University
Biography
Naomi Drucker is the pricipal clarinetist of the New Orchestra of Long Island and the New York Virtuosi. Her professional orchestral career began, at age twenty-one, as principal clarinetist of the North Carolina Symphony. With her colleagues of the American Chamber Ensemble, Naomi Drucker has performed the entire repetoire of chamber music which included clarinet and championed the music of many great American composers.
Naomi Drucker has performed in Japan, Great Britain, Russia, Sweden, France, Canada and Argentina. She has appeared as soloist with the Nassau Symphony Orchestra, New York Virtuosi, Philharmonia Virtuosi, Massapequa Symphony, Long Island Baroque Ensemble, Long Island Symphony and West Islip Orchestra. She has also given performances at the International Clarinet Convention in Paris, Toronto, Pittsbugh and Washington DC.
In addition to her performances as a soloist, Ms. Drucker has appeared with her husband Stanley Drucker, principal clarinetist of the New York Philharmonic, on an extensive tour of eleven cities in Japan, and at the East Meets West Music Festival in Sweden (1987), which featured American, Soviet and Swedish musicians. She has also traveled around the world with her husband during the summer of 1996, giving performances at the International Clarinet Congress in Paris, in Singapore and at the Music Conservatorium in Sydney, Australia
Recent Courses Taught
| Course | Title | Level |
|---|---|---|
| MUS 007P | (CP) CLARINET | Undergraduate |
| MUS 020 | (CP) ENSEMBLE | Undergraduate |
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