Technical Sergeant Ani A Berberian

Technical Sergeant Ani A Berberian, clarinet, is a native of Brookings, South Dakota.  She holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Clarinet Performance from Michigan State University, the Master of Music degree from Arizona State University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music/German from South Dakota State University.  Prior to joining The United States Air Force Academy Band in 2003, she served as Professor of Clarinet and Music Theory at Missouri State University and as Artist Faculty at the Missouri Fine Arts Academy from 1999-2002.  An international soloist and chamber musician, Ani has performed as a featured guest recitalist at the several International Clarinet Association Conferences and numerous US clarinet symposia.  As a member of the Missouri Chamber Players, she has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician in Norway, Sweden, and Poland, performing in such venues as the Chopin Academy and the Samtida Music Festival.  She has presented clinics on topics dealing with chamber music performance, clarinet pedagogy and contemporary clarinet techniques at colleges and conservatories throughout the United States and Europe.  An advocate of new music, she has worked with and performed for composers Joan Tower, Libby Larsen, Eric Mandat and Michael Murray.  Ani is clarinetist with the Concert Band and the Rampart Winds Woodwind Quintet.  She is a Buffet Crampon Artist and Clinician.