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Jerome
Summers

Jerome Summers enjoys a distinguished career as a conductor, clarinetist, composer, and teacher. As a clarinet artist, he has performed with many of Canada's major symphony orchestras as well as with internationally renowned chamber and solo performers. Prior to joining the Performance Faculty at The University of Western Ontario, he served as clarinetist in the Vancouver Symphony, the CBC Vancouver Chamber Orchestra, the Vancouver Opera Association, New Music Society of Vancouver, Early Music Society of Vancouver, the Calgary Philharmonic, Royal Winnipeg Ballet Orchestras, and the National Ballet of Canada. He has appeared internationally with such ensembles and artists as: Purcell Quartet, Audubon Quartet, Los Angeles Camerata, oboist Alex Klein, bassoonist Charles Ullery, cellist Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, violinists Edward Minevich, Joseph Lanza, and pianists William Aide, Ronald Turini, Jane Hayes, Janina Fialkowska, and Robert Kortgaard.

In addition to his full-time duties at Western, Mr. Summers appears regularly as clarinetist with Orchestra London, and has served frequently as acting principal for the orchestras in London, Kitchener-Waterloo, Hamilton, and Windsor. He currently serves as Music Director for the International Symphony Orchestra of Sarnia and Port Huron, the Woodstock Strings and the Scarborough Philharmonic.