Hank Landrum

Hank Landrum

SECTION Clarinet
ROLE Second Clarinet
BIO

Joining the Charleston Symphony in the 2024-25 season, Clarinetist Hank Landrum is excited to assume the role of Second Clarinet. In addition to his position in the CSO, Hank also holds the Third/Utility Clarinet position with the Chicago Sinfonietta. Other orchestral engagements have included appearances with the Houston Symphony Orchestra, Omaha Symphony, New World Symphony, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and more. Hank has spent his summers and winters holding positions and fellowships with Spoleto Festival USA, Sunflower Music Festival, Buzzard’s Bay MusicFest, the New York String Orchestra Seminar, Aspen Music Festival, and the National Repertory Orchestra.

Before moving to Charleston, Hank spent two years as Assistant Instructor of Clarinet at The University of Texas at Austin’s Butler School of Music. While teaching at UT, he has pursued his Doctor of Musical Arts degree that he expects to graduate with in the Fall of 2024. As winner of the University Concerto Competition, Hank performed the Copland Clarinet Concerto with the UT Symphony in April 2024. He has also been a featured soloist with the Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra.

Hank holds a Master’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin and a Bachelor’s degree from Florida State University. His teachers and mentors have been Jonathan Gunn, Deborah Bish, Joaquin Valdepeñas, Sasha Potiomkin, and Jonathan Holden.