John
Bruce Yeh joined the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 1977, having
been appointed solo bass clarinet of the Orchestra at the age of nineteen by
Sir Georg Solti. Two years later, he was named assistant principal and solo
E-flat clarinetist, a position in which he continues to serve. John is director
of Chicago Pro Musica, which received the Grammy Award in 1986 for Best New
Classical Artist. He frequently plays at festivals and on chamber music series
worldwide and has performed several times with Music from Marlboro, the
Guarneri, Ying, Colorado, Pacifica,
and Avalon string quartets, and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. A
prize winner at both the 1982 Munich International Music Competition and the
1985 Naumburg Clarinet Competition in New
York, Yeh continues to solo
with orchestras around the globe. His more than a dozen solo and chamber music
recordings, including the recent release of clarinet chamber music by Hindemith
on Cedille Records have earned worldwide critical acclaim. Mr. Yeh served for
26 years on the clarinet faculty of DePaul University’s School
of Music,
and joined the faculty at Roosevelt University’s Chicago College
for the Performing Arts in 2004.
