Jerome Simas is currently principal clarinetist with the Oakland East Bay Symphony, California Symphony and the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble. He has held acting positions with both the San Francisco Opera Orchestra (principal clarinet) and the San Francisco Symphony, with whom he toured Europe, China, and the U.S. and recorded the complete Mahler Symphonies. He has performed as soloist with the New World Symphony, Monterey Symphony, Modesto Symphony and Iris Chamber Orchestra, and frequently appears with motion picture studio orchestras at Skywalker Ranch. As a chamber musician, Mr. Simas studied and performed at the Marlboro Music Festival and represented the New World Symphony in chamber music concerts in Europe and the Eastern U.S. He won First Prize at the International Clarinet Society’s Young Artist Competition and Grand Prize at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. He studied at the Tanglewood Music Center and was a fellow of the New World Symphony, with whom he recorded Rhapsody in Blue and Stravinsky’s Ebony Concerto for BMG Classics. He received his B.M. and M.M. degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music.
