Amelia Clingman, Violist

Amelia Clingman lives in New Orleans, where she is a member of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. During summer months, she holds the position of Principal Viola with the Britt Festival Orchestra in Jacksonville, Oregon, and she has also taken part in the Oregon Bach Festival. In 2014, she was named a Quarterfinalist in the Primrose International Viola Competition. As an avid chamber musician, she became a founding member of the New Orleans-based Polymnia Quartet in 2015 and the Electric Yat Quartet in 2020. Her chamber music coaches have included Donald Weilerstein, Andrew Jennings, Norman Fischer, Ronald Copes, Astrid Schween, Steve Ansell, James Dunham, Doris Lederer, Kathy Murdock, Ani Kavafian, Lucy Chapman, Roman Totenberg, Joel Krosnick, Bonnie Hampton, Claude Frank, and the Borromeo, Lark, and St. Lawrence Quartets.

A new music enthusiast, Ms. Clingman has taken part in many world premiere performances, as well as performances and recordings with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project. She also enjoys crossing into other genres, performing with renowned artists including The Who, Peter Gabriel, Mumford and Sons, Tank and the Bangas, Big Freedia, and Anders Osborne.

Ms. Clingman graduated from UMass Amherst with a BM in Violin Performance, and in 2008 she completed her Master’s degree in Viola Performance at the New England Conservatory. She has attended the Heifetz and Kneisel Hall music festivals, and served as a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center from 2007-2009. Her teachers include Marylou Speaker Churchill, James Buswell, Ed Gazouleas, Carol Rodland, and Kathryn Lockwood.

Ms. Clingman performs at CCCMF 2024 on October 10, 11, and 14