A busy clarinetist in the “Freeway Philharmonic” Bruce performs regularly with ensembles throughout the Bay Area. He is a regular member of the Berkeley Symphony and the Lamplighters Musical Theater Orchestra. Currently, Bruce serves as a lecturer at the University of California at Santa Cruz in clarinet. In addition to teaching, he regularly serves as a coach for the woodwind sections of San Jose Youth Symphony, California Youth Symphony, Peninsula Youth Orchestra, UCSC Symphony and Wind Ensemble and the Santa Cruz Counry Youth Orchestra. From 2009-2015 he lived in Beijing, China where he served as principal clarinet with the China National Center for the Performing Arts Orchestra. Prior to that, Bruce was a member of the California Symphony, the West Bay Opera and the Citywinds Wind Quintet. He served on the faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Pre-College from 1999-2009 where he taught clarinet, chamber music and musicianship.