Allan Kolsky
Principal Clarinet
Born in Providence R.I., Allan Kolsky held positions with the Louisiana Philharmonic and the Utah Symphony before joining the Syracuse Symphony as Principal Clarinet in 2002. In 2006, he joined the Music Department at Hamilton College as a Lecturer in Clarinet.
Mr. Kolsky holds performance degrees from Temple and DePaul Universities, where he studied with Anthony Gigliotti (Principal Clarinet of the Philadelphia Orchestra) and Larry Combs (Principal Clarinet of the Chicago Symphony). His early teachers included Pasquale Cardillo and Frank Marinaccio. As a student, Kolsky won a Tanglewood Fellowship, performed with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, and played in master classes coached by Robert Marcellus, David Shifrin and Harold Wright.
A co-host and featured performer at the 2001 conference of the International Clarinet Association, Kolsky taught clarinet for several years at the University of New Orleans. He has also performed with the Skaneateles Festival, the Glimmerglass Opera and the Colorado Music Festival.
Allan is married to Ellen Somers, the Alzheimer’s Services Coordinator at St. Camillus Health and Rehabilitation Center.
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