Colby Bond Clarinetist

Originally from Oklahoma and raised in Texas, Colby Bond holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Colorado Boulder and is currently pursuing a Master of Music degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Holding the position of 2nd Clarinet in the Fort Collins Symphony, Bond has appeared with the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra, Boulder Chamber Orchestra, Longmont Symphony Orchestra, and has attended the Bowdoin, Eastern, and Aspen Music Festivals.

Having attended the Aspen Music Festival and School for two summers under the Louis and Harold Price Foundation Fellowship and Maestro’s Circle Scholarship, he has had the opportunity to collaborate with some of the top conductors and artists such as Alisa Weilerstein, Robert Spano, Ludovic Morlot, and more. Outside of orchestral playing, Bond has studied chamber music under master instrumentalists Elaine Douvas and Demarre McGill and has performed in a wide variety of chamber groups in numerous settings. This past summer, he was offered a fellowship to the Bowdoin International Music Festival where he performed chamber music alongside other fellows and faculty extensively. Bond has also been a prizewinner in solo competitions such as the Aurora Symphony Young Artists Competition and CU Boulder Honors Competition, of which he won the undergraduate division this past year. As a result of this success, he made his concerto debut performing the Copland Clarinet Concerto with the CU Symphony Orchestra. His principal teachers include Daniel Silver, Carey Bell, Michael Rusinek, and Joaquin Valdepeñas.