Eric Braley is proud to join the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra as principal clarinetist. A Montreal native, he has performed for audiences across North America as an extra musician with the Canadian Opera Company, Cleveland Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, National Ballet of Canada, New World Symphony, Nu Deco Ensemble, Pacific Symphony, Symphony Nova Scotia, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and Tucson Symphony, among others.

An enthusiastic participant in the premieres of dozens of new works, Eric recently collaborated with LA-based composer Alex Mansour in the conception, development, and subsequent performance of Kaleidoscope, for solo clarinet and electronics. He has won the Aspen Music Festival concerto competition and the Yale School of Music chamber music competition, appearing as soloist, chamber musician or recitalist in Aspen, Los Angeles, Miami, Montreal, New Haven, Ottawa and Toronto.

Eric holds degrees and diplomas from the University of Southern California, Royal Conservatory of Music, Yale University and McGill University. He is grateful to have studied with master teachers Robert Crowley, Yehuda Gilad, Ricardo Morales, Michael Rusinek, David Shifrin, Joaquin Valdepeñas, and Zaven Zakarian. A devoted educator, Eric has enjoyed working with clarinet students of all different ages and abilities for the Aspen Music Festival and School’s Festival Lessons Program, the Music in Schools Initiative of the Yale School of Music and New Haven Public Schools, Yale College, and the Schulich School of Music of McGill University.

Eric is happily married to Canadian violist Carolyn Farnand. He is thrilled to join the musical community of Saskatoon.