New Clarinet Instructor!

We are excited to announce that a new clarinet teacher is joining our faculty at MANC!

Mrs. Catherine Keen Hock, originally from Four Oaks, NC, is pursuing a DMA in clarinet performance and jazz studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where she is a graduate teaching assistant for the jazz department. She holds the MM in Clarinet Performance from UNCG and the BA with Honors in Music Performance with a minor in international studies from Wake Forest University. Mrs. Keen Hock was a William L. Poteat Scholar, and winner of the Concerto Competition and Giles-Harris Competition for Performance at Wake Forest.

She currently performs with the UNCG Wind Ensemble, University Symphony Orchestra, Casella Sinfonietta and Jazz Band, and is the bass clarinetist for the Salisbury Symphony Orchestra. As a member of the Obsidian Clarinet Quartet, she premiered two new compositions at the 2008 ClarinetFest in Kansas City. Her primary teachers include Michael Waddell, Eileen Young, Edwin Riley, and Kelly Burke, and she is a member of Alpha Phi Omega, Sigma Alpha Iota, and the International Clarinet Association.

Welcome to The Music Academy!