| About the Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra: |
Paul Surapine, principal clarinet Paul Surapine began clarinet studies at the age of nine in the public school system of Enfield, CT. Paul graduated from the Hartt School, where he studied with Kalmen Opperman, and continued his studies with Opperman for almost fifteen years. A brief list of his performance experiences include: The Goldman Memorial Band, The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Hartford Symphony Orchestra, Hartford Chamber Orchestra, The Connecticut Pops Orchestra, The Julius Grossman Orchestra at Lincoln Center, Opera Orchestra of New York; Goodspeed Opera; Hartt Opera Theater; The Merrick (L.I.) Symphony Orchestra, The Connecticut Clarinet Consort; The Sylvan Winds of New York City at Carnegie Hall; The Hartford Pops Band, Concertmaster; The Kalmen Opperman Clarinet Choir; RCA, Carnegie Hall; The Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra; The Milford Concert Band and The Paul Surapine Clarinet Ensemble. Solo appearances include performances with The Emerson String Quartet, The Hartford Pops Band, The Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra; The Manchester (Connecticut) Symphony Orchestra; The Columbia County (New York) Orchestra; and The Hartt Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Surapine has given many solo and chamber music recitals in New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Vermont. Paul has appeared at Carnegie Hall in New York as a member of the Kalmen Opperman Clarinet Choir in a concert with Richard Stoltzman. Featured on the program was Paul's arrangement for clarinet choir of Debussy's "Golliwog's Cakewalk". He has also recorded with Stoltzman and the Kalmen Opperman Clarinet Choir for RCA on the recording "Hark", a record of Christmas music. One of the most active and prolific regional producers of educational and cultural performances, Paul is the founder and Executive and Artistic Director of The Claflin Hill Music Performance Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to creating cultural events in the Worcester-Metrowest-Boston region and creating performance opportunities for the region’s finest resident professional musicians. As Executive Director, Paul oversees the production and management of numerous professional performance ensembles, such as The Claflin Hill Summer Winds, a 35- piece professional wind ensemble, The Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra, which was launched in 2000, the Paul Surapine Clarinet Ensemble and many other chamber and symphonic performances. Claflin Hill also produces Milford's summer concert series, Family Night at the Bandstand, as well as several other educational and chamber music series, such as the Memorial Hall Chamber Series, Music Outreach and “Adventures in Listening,” which takes place in Milford. Paul is a faculty member at The College of The Holy Cross, Clark University, Worcester State College, and the Touchstone School, Apple Tree Arts in Grafton, and Indian Hill Arts in Littleton, MA and The Rhode Island Philharmonic School of Music in Providence. Paul has resided in Milford with his wife, Susan and two sons, Zachary and Joshua since 1992. |
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