Oboist Jacqueline Leclair, one of the United States' foremost interpreters of new music, resides in New York City and is a member of Alarm Will Sound and Sequitur. She can frequently be heard performing with other New York City ensembles such as Sospeso, Ensemble 21 and Carnegie Hall's Zankel Band.
Ms. Leclair specializes in the study and performance of new music. She has premiered many works, and she regularly presents classes in contemporary music and its techniques at schools such as UCLA, the Eastman School of Music, Brigham Young University, The North Carolina School for the Arts and University of California San Diego. She is faculty at Montclair State University, Hofstra University and Mannes College.
Ms. Leclair has recorded for labels such as Nonesuch, CRI, Koch, Neuma, and CBS Masterworks, receiving critical acclaim in particular for her premiere recording of Roger Reynolds' “Summer Island”. Luciano Berio's Sequenza VII Supplementary Edition by Jacqueline Leclair is published by Universal Edition, Vienna, and Ms. Leclair's recording of the piece will be out on Mode Records this year.
Ms. Leclair studied with Richard Killmer and Ronald Roseman at the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester and SUNY Stony Brook, earning a Bachelor of Music, Performer's Certificate, Masters Degree and Doctorate of Musical Arts.
The New York Times has reviewed Ms. Leclair's performances as "astonishing" and as having "electrifying agility," and the New Yorker has referred to Ms. Leclair as “lively” and “wonderful”.
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