Cris Inguanti, Clarinet
Cris Inguanti is sought after as a soloist, orchestral musician, and chamber music collaborator. He is currently the assistant principal and bass clarinetist of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, and has been a member of the Houston Ballet and Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestras, the New York City Opera National Company Orchestra, and the New Philharmonia of Portugal. He has appeared as a soloist with orchestras in Europe and North America and has performed in a wide variety of chamber series including guest appearances with the Hancock Chamber Players, and the Blue River, Forster, and DiNovo Quartets.
As a member of the Manhattan Wind Quintet, Cris has won numerous prizes in chamber music competitions and has commissioned a number of new works for this genre. Mr. Inguanti has recorded the Mozart Sinfonia Concertante with the New Philharmonia of Portugal and has also recorded a disc of premieres for woodwind quintet with the Manhattan Wind Quintet.
AK Coope, Clarinet
Clarinettist AK Coope is frequently heard performing with the Vancouver and Victoria Symphonies, Turning Point Ensemble, the Ad Mare Wind Quintet, and the Vancouver New Music Ensemble, among others. She is a member of Standing Wave, one of Canada’s premier contemporary music ensembles, and can also be heard on numerous film sound tracks and CD recordings. AK has recently performed both nationally and internationally including concerts across Eastern Canada, New York City and in Bali, Indonesia. She has also performed many educational concerts and given numerous masterclasses for students across BC and Alberta. AK holds degrees in performance from UBC (BMus) and from Northwestern University, Chicago (MMus), and has been a member of the clarinet faculty at the VAM for the past 20 years.
