Levana Cohen

INSTRUMENTAL AND VOCAL DEPARTMENT - CLARINET

Seattle born clarinetist, Levana Cohen is an avid performer and music educator. Her performances have taken her to some of the most prestigious concert halls including, Carnegie Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Hall, the Koussevitzky Music Shed and Ozawa Hall of Tanglewood, Benaroya Hall, Symphony Space, The DiMenna Center, Flushing Town Hall and 92Y sharing the stage and performing with such artists as Frank Morelli, William Purvis, Steven Taylor, Shlomo Mintz and the Emerson String Quartet to name a few. Levana’s life as a NY based freelance musician has made her into an extremely versatile musician performing and teaching in a multitude of different genres. Currently, Levana performs as the Principal Clarinetist for the Astoria Symphony Orchestra and appears at universities nation-wide leading masterclasses, clinics and performing recitals and concertos. Levana holds both a Master of Music degree and a Doctorate of Musical Arts degree from Stony Brook University under the tutelage of Daniel Gilbert. She performs on Buffet Tosca clarinets and uses a Vandoren mouthpiece, ligature and reed products.