Pascal Archer, Clarinet
Photo Credit: Darren Elias
Hailed by the New York Times as “outstanding clarinetist”, Pascal Archer leads an active career as a performer and teacher.
During the 2019-20 season, Pascal serves as acting principal clarinet of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra.
He is the artistic director of the Exponential Ensemble, a mixed chamber music ensemble creating interactive music educational programs connecting music with math, science and literacy. He is also principal clarinet of the Glimmerglass Festival Orchestra and the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic. He has played on several New York City Broadway Show productions such as Mary Poppins, South Pacific, On the Town, Fiddler on the Roof and My Fair Lady. Mr. Archer is also a former member of the New World Symphony, America's Orchestral Academy.
As a chamber musician, he has collaborated with the JACK and St. Lawrence String Quartets, American Modern Ensemble, Camerata Pacifica, the Adaskin String Trio and toured with Musicians from Marlboro. He has performed at renowned festivals such as Marlboro, Mostly Mozart, Monadnock, Verbier Orchestra, Spoleto USA and the Sun Valley Summer Symphony.
Mr. Archer is on faculty at the Manhattan School of Music Precollege Division and adjunct at Fordham University. Additionally he coaches chamber music for the Chamber Music Center of New York and the Alaria Chamber Ensemble.
Originally from Québec, Canada, Mr. Archer holds music performance degrees from the Conservatoire de Musique de Montréal, Université de Montréal (BM), Indiana University (PD) and the Manhattan School of Music (MM).
For more information, visit Pascal's site.