Keith Koons, D.M.A. Professor of Clarinet, Coordinator of Graduate Studies Phone: 407-823-5116 Office: Colbourn Hall 106 Email: kkoons@mail.ucf.edu Ensemble: Pegasus Wind Quintet

• MUE 3450 Woodwind Techniques I: Clarinet Unit (MS Word)
• MUN 3423 Woodwind Ensemble (MS Word)
• MUN 5465L Graduate Chamber Music (MS Word)
• MVW 1213/1413/2423/3433/4443/5453 Clarinet Performance Study (MS Word)
• MVW 5413 Clarinet V (MS Word)

July, 2008: At ClarinetFest in Kansas City, Keith Koons was elected president of the International Clarinet Association. He will serve from 2008 to 2010.

Dr. Koons has been a member of the UCF Music Department faculty since 1990. His teaching areas include clarinet, music appreciation, woodwind chamber music, and direction of the Early Music Ensemble. A native of Maryland, he received his training at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BME), the Manhattan School of Music (MM in clarinet performance), and the University of Southern California (DMA in clarinet performance). He has studied with such notables as Mitchell Lurie, Leon Russianoff, Robert Genovese and Donald Oehler. Dr. Koons is an experienced performer in orchestra, opera, band, and chamber music, as well as a veteran clinician and recitalist. He has performed as a member of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, the opera companies of Orlando, Arkansas, Annapolis, the Aspen Festival Orchestra, and many others. He has performed at clarinet festivals and academic conferences throughout the United States and Europe. As former Music Director and performer with the UCF-Orlando Shakespeare Festival, he composed and arranged music for the plays in a wide variety of styles. Currently Principal Clarinet in the Brevard Symphony Orchestra in Melbourne, FL, he also performs with the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra and the Winter Park Bach Festival.

Below: Guest Artist James Campbell demonstrating a point to UCF clarinet student Daniel Gibson at the 2003 UCF Clarinet Day.