​Stacey DiPaolo

Stacey DiPaolo is Professor of Clarinet at Southwestern Oklahoma State University and joined the faculty in 2010. In addition, she is Principal Clarinet of the Lawton Philharmonic (OK), regularly performs with the Tulsa Symphony, Opera, and Ballet Orchestras, and maintains an active performance schedule as a soloist and chamber musician.  Stacey DiPaolo held the position of Principal Clarinet of the Oklahoma City Philharmonic during the 2009-2010 season and previously served on the faculties of Penn State University-Berks campus and Oklahoma City University.  As a professional freelance musician in the New York area from 1999-2009, she played concert stages ranging from Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, the Metropolitan Opera House, New York’s City Center, the New York State Theater, to Broadway.

 

Her orchestral performances include productions such as Garrison Keillor’s radio show A Prairie Home Companion, and Casey at the Bat, a production of Robert Kapilow’s famed “What Makes it Great?” series.  Her Broadway performances include The Sound of Music, and Baz Luhrmann’s production of La Boheme.  Her many collaborations include performances under the batons of acclaimed conductors Gerard Schwarz, Skitch Henderson, Robert Shaw, and Constantine Kitsopoulos, and renowned wind band conductors Donald Hunsberger, H. Robert Reynolds, Harry Begian, and Frederick Fennell.



Dr. DiPaolo has frequently been featured as soloist and chamber musician, and appears as guest recitalist and master class clinician at festivals, conferences, and universities across the country. In her chamber music performances, she has collaborated with such artists as Gilbert Kalish, Stephen Taylor, William Purvis, and members of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra and Oklahoma City Philharmonic. She also organizes a chamber music concert series in Weatherford, OK that features the faculty of Southwestern Oklahoma State University.



DiPaolo has spent summers at the Chautauqua Institution, Heidelberg Schlossfestspiele (Germany), and toured Japan twice with the Eastman Wind Ensemble. An enthusiastic and devoted teacher, Dr. DiPaolo is a faculty member of the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in Michigan, in addition to her university studio.

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Stacey DiPaolo holds a doctorate degree from SUNY Stony Brook, and received Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Eastman School of Music, including the esteemed Performer’s Certificate. Additionally, she is a graduate-with-distinction of the Interlochen Arts Academy. She has studied with Dan Gilbert, Jon Manasse, Deborah Chodacki, and Eli Eban.