Classique
Aileen Razey
Clarinetist and educator, Aileen Razey, aims to bridge diverse musical genres and artistic expressions. Her artistry is deeply intertwined with her commitment to education, aiming to help audiences and students better connect with themselves and the world around them through music.
With double bass, piano, and dancers, Aileen Razey forms the International Collective, dedicated to performing music by living composers and merging responsibilities of music and dance in each performance. She often performs with the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra and previously performed with the Aspen Music Festival and School, Lucerne Festival Academy, Klangspuren Schwaz International Ensemble Modern Academy, Syracuse Orchestra, Allentown Symphony, Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, and Szavaria Symphony Orchestra. She can be heard as principal and E-flat clarinetist on five GIA records with the North Texas Wind Symphony. She was first prize winner of the inaugural Henri SELMER Paris Summer Clarinet Academy Solo Competition and semi-finalist in the Lisbon International Clarinet Competition.
Dr. Razey is currently Assistant Professor at St. Olaf College in Minnesota and previously taught at Ithaca College and Kutztown University. Aileen serves as Chapter President for the College Music Society Northeast, and previously served on the ICA’s Health and Wellness Committee.
Razey earned degrees from the University of North Texas where she studied with Kim Cole Luevano, University of Denver where she studied with Jeremy Reynolds, and Ithaca College where she studied with Michael Galvan.
Photo credit: Zsófia Raffay
