Clarinetist Phillip Solomon enjoys a varied career of collaborative and heartfelt music making in New York City. As an orchestral musician, he performs regularly with the Metropolitan Opera, and has appeared with the New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, New Jersey Symphony, and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, among others. During his summers, he serves as Second Clarinet of the Glimmerglass Festival Orchestra. As a Klezmer musician, he was a founding member of Mountain Mishpokhe, a Klezmer band based in Aspen, Colorado. Mr. Solomon received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Juilliard School, with additional summer studies at the Tanglewood Music Center, Spoleto Festival USA, and as a chamber music Immersion Fellow at Weekend of Chamber Music.