Ensemble 212 - Musicians

Clarinist Mara Plotkin is from Berkeley, California. She has attended numerous music festivals including Banff Music Centre, Las Vegas Music Festival, Bowdoin International Music Festival, Music@Menlo, and Domaine Forget. Mara performed Mozart's Clarinet Concerto with the Mannes Orchestra as finalist in the 2006 Mannes Concerto Competition. She has played in masterclasses presented by David Shifrin, Stanley Drucker, Anthony McGill, and David Finkel. Ms. Plotkin earned a Master of Music degree from Mannes where she studied with David Krakauer. She is currently a Professional Studies Certificate candidate at Mannes, where she receives a scholarship and studies with Stephen Williamson. Mara is supported in part by the LCU Foundation.