gbaffoni@semo.edu
573-651-2535
Office: River Campus Seminary 352
Gabrielle Baffoni is Assistant Professor of Single Reeds at Southeast Missouri State University, where
she has been on faculty since her appointment in 2012. She previously held teaching
positions at Tabor College, the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) Conservatory
of Music and Dance, and the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami. Dr.
Baffoni earned her Doctor of Musical Arts in Clarinet Performance from the UMKC Conservatory
of Music and Dance where her final doctoral project was a lecture-recital presenting
works for clarinet and percussion duo.
With a passion for chamber music, Dr. Baffoni has performed with several chamber ensembles
over the last fifteen years, including the Liberace Winds Graduate Fellowship Wind
Quintet at UMKC. As a clarinetist, Dr. Baffoni has performed with various ensembles
throughout the United States and has appeared as a soloist with ensembles at the University
of New Hampshire, UMKC, Bethel College, and Southeast Missouri State University.
She held the position of second clarinetist with the Wichita Symphony Orchestra from
2008-2011, and performed regularly with the Miami City Ballet, Hollywood (FL) Philharmonic
Orchestra, Boca Raton Philharmonic Symphonia, and Civic Opera Theatre of Kansas City.
She currently performs as principal clarinetist with the Paducah Symphony Orchestra
in Kentucky, and appears regularly with the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra.
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