Michael Corner is the Principal Clarinetist of Symphony Silicon Valley. He served as the Principal Clarinet of the former San Jose Symphony since 1983 and was regularly featured as soloist in works by Debussy, Weber, Copland, Mozart, and others. He has served as both Principal Clarinet and soloist with San Jose Chamber Orchestra, Sinfonia San Francisco, Midsummer Mozart, Mendocino Music Festival, Colorado Music Festival, and Marin Symphony. He's performed as Principal Clarinet with virtually all of the SF Bay Area's Symphonies, including Oakland, California, Santz Cruz, Modesto, Berkeley, SF Opera Merola, Opera San Jose, West Bay Opera, and others. He has performed with the Boston Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Ballet, Stockholm Philharmonic, Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra, Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, and others in Europe and the USA. As a chamber musician, Mr. Corner appears regularly as one of the Music at the Mission Chamber Players, where he was featured on an entire program of clarinet repertoire in 2015. He also performs regularly with the Santa Cruz Chamber Players, on the Sierra Chamber Music Society Series in Walnut Creek, and has performed in such venues as Kohl Mansion, San Jose Chamber Music Society, Old First Concerts, Legion of Honor, Palo Alto Cultural Center, and many others. Mr. Corner maintains a state of the art teaching studio in Los Altos, California. He has provided private and group instruction on clarinet and saxophone for over 30 years.