About Joe

Joseph Sanchez is an active orchestral musician, chamber musician and private instructor in the Chicago area. He was a regular clarinetist of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago from 2012-2014 and is a regular substitute with the Chicago Sinfonietta, Quad Cities Symphony Orchestra, and Dubuque Symphony Orchestra. An avid proponent of chamber music, Sanchez is a co-founding member of the Ursa Ensemble and Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet (2012 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition Quarterfinalist). Sanchez has performed in master classes for Julian Bliss, J. Lawrie Bloom, John B. Yeh, Roeland Hendrickx, Michael Lowenstern, and David Bourque.  Joe is the clarinet instructor at Lane Tech High School and maintains private studios in Northwest Indiana and Chicago. In the spring of 2012, he graduated from DePaul University with degrees in both clarinet performance and mathematics where his primary instructors included Larry Combs, Julie DeRoche, and Wagner Campos. He continues his musical studies at DePaul University where he is a Masters student (anticipated graduation 2021).

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