Connor Croasmun is a performer and teacher of the clarinet in northern Georgia. He is currently the clarinetist in the Fountain Five (F5) Wind Quintet. He has performed with numerous ensembles including the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra, the Panama City Symphony Orchestra, the Tallahassee Community Chorus, and the UGA Contemporary Chamber Ensemble Rote Hund Musik. These performances have brought him around the world, giving recitals in Belgium, Ireland, British Columbia, Panama, and many locations in the US like the Kaufman Center in New York City. Connor has been part of many interesting events and opportunities over the years, including a short internship at Chedeville Mouthpiece Company where he helped develop a line of clarinet and saxophone mouthpieces.
From his hometown of Savannah, GA, Connor attended the University of Georgia (UGA) where he received his Bachelor of Music (Clarinet performance). He later attended Florida State University (FSU) where he earned his Masters degree, also in clarinet performance. He is currently finishing his treatise for a Doctorate of Musical Arts a FSU. In his academic life, Connor has held posts as a graduate assistant at both UGA and FSU teaching lessons to undergraduate music majors and minors.
Connor’s primary teachers include Jonathan Holden, Deborah Bish, and D. Ray McClellan, but he has had the opportunity to study with numerous names in the clarinet field, including Philippe Cuper of the Opéra National de Paris, both Ted Gurch and Alcides Rodriguez of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Alain Desgagne of the Montreal Symphony, Robert Spring of Arizona State University, Robert Dilutis of the University of Maryland, and Daniel Gilbert of the University of Michigan.
When not teaching or performing, Connor can be found golfing, reading books, and hiking the southern Appalachians with his wife Maggie.
