Shawn Copeland, clarinet

Shawn Copeland (clarinet) is originally from Titusville, Florida. An avid chamber musician, Shawn is a founding member of The Bellwood Trio (clarinet, cello and piano) and Una Voce, a professional clarinet quartet, both based in North Carolina. He has presented recitals and premiered works throughout Europe, the United States, Ireland and Japan. He is currently principal clarinetist of the Fibonacci Chamber Orchestra and performs with the North Carolina Symphony, the Carolina Pops, the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra and the Winston-Salem Symphony as well as many other local orchestras throughout the region. He has served as co-principal for Southern Winds, a professional wind ensemble in Orlando, Florida and as second clarinetist/bass clarinetist for the Bach Festival Orchestra in Winter Park, FL.


Shawn completed the Doctorate of Musical Arts degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He holds additional degrees from the University of Central Florida and Stetson University. As an accredited teacher of Alexander Technique and a specialist in the application of anatomy and physiology called body mapping, Shawn maintains an active teaching schedule, presenting masterclasses and lessons throughout the southern United States. His book, What Every Clarinetist Needs to Know about the Body will be published in early 2009. Dr. Copeland is on the faculty of the Eastern Music Festival, teaching Alexander Technique to the faculty and young musicians participating in the festival. Shawn resides in Greensboro, NC with his Jack Russell Terrier, Scribble.

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