Chester Brezniak, Clarinet (Classical, Jazz and Klezmer) Active professional clarinetist in Boston, greater New England, and New York since 1971.  B.A., Bard College. M.M., New England Conservatory. Clarinet studies with Gino Cioffi, Attilio Poto, Charles Russo, and Harold Wright. Masterclasses with Robert Marcellus and Stanley Drucker.  Former orchestral positions include Atlanta Symphony, Atlanta Ballet Orchestra, principal clarinet with Sao Paulo Symphony, principal and utility with Harvard Chamber Orchestra under Leon Kirchner, Czech Radio Symphony, principal with Bridgeport Symphony, principal with Green Mountain Opera Festival Orchestra, principal with Hanover Chamber Orchestra (Dartmouth College), principal with Massachusetts Symphony, and Orchestra of Emmanuel Music with the Spectrum Singers and Harvard University Chorus. Guest soloist with Boston’s Zamir Chorale. Founding member of the Cambridge Chamber Players (criticially acclaimed by the New York Times and Boston Globe). Member of the Blackstone Trio. Premieres of many new works for these groups and others, including the Atlanta Virtuosi and the former Ariel Chamber Ensemble under late Harvard professor/ composer Earl Kim. Performed with the Vermeer and Muir String Quartets, and Composers in Red Sneakers.