VIP Mary Alice Druhan

Dr. Mary Alice Druhan is currently Associate Professor of clarinet at Texas A&M University – Commerce and has held previous teaching positions at James Madison University and Louisiana State University. She has also appeared as a guest artist/performer at many universities around the country and continues to teach for select events such as the Dallas Wind Symphony Summer Music Institute, the annual Northeast Texas Clarinet Day, and Clarinet Solutions.

Dr. Druhan is an internationally recognized performer and has enjoyed invitations to many prestigious events. These performances include the College Band Directors National Association, Texas Music Educator’s Association Annual Conference, the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic, the International Clarinet Association ClarinetFest, the International Harp Association Annual Conference, the International Double Reed Society Annual Convention, and the World Saxophone Congress. She has recently performed in Puerto Rico, England, Germany, and Thailand.

She currently performs with the Dallas Wind Symphony, the Dallas Festival of Modern Music, Triforia Winds, and for the Color of Sound chamber series. She has also performed as a member of the U.S. Army Band, “Pershing’s Own,” East Texas Symphony Orchestra, Shreveport Symphony Orchestra, Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra, Acadiana Symphony Orchestra, Plano Symphony Orchestra, Natchez Opera, Shreveport Opera, Sorg - Whitewater Opera, and Ohio Light Opera.

Dr. Druhan is a Buffet-Crampon USA Performing Artist as well as an Artist with the World Clarinet Alliance and has served as a regional interim officer for the College Music Society.

Her teachers include Diana Haskell, Timothy Wright, David Harris, Steven Cohen, and Ronald de Kant. Dr. Druhan is a member of many professional music organizations, including International Clarinet Association, Sigma Alpha Iota, Texas Music Educator’s Association, American Chamber Society, American Federation of Musicians-Dallas, SEAMUS, World Clarinet Alliance, NACWPI, and the College Music Society.