Diane Barger
Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
United States

She also serves as NACWPI Nebraska State Chair and is a Buffet Crampon Artist/Clinician, Légère Endorsing Artist, and Silverstein PRO Team Artist.Barger remains an active soloist and chamber musician, master class clinician, and adjudicator throughout the United States and abroad. Her numerous CD recordings as a soloist and chamber musician are found on the Potenza Music and Crystal Records music labels: Play Pretty with the Amicitia Duo (2020), Conversations with Friends featuring music for clarinet, bassoon, and piano by the Trio 402 (2016), BlingBling (2012) featuring music by Scott McAllister, Music of Theodore Blumer with the Moran Quintet, volumes II and III (2004 and 2007), and Postcards from the Center (1998). A specialist in the genre of operatic fantasies for clarinet based on Vincenzo Bellini operas, Barger can be heard as a featured soloist on the International Clarinet Association's 1998 Recording Project and published 13 editions of Bellini operatic fantasies by various 19th-Century composers, all of which are available through Potenza Music.In addition to her work as a collegiate educator, Barger actively works with pre-college clarinetists and is involved in mentoring her cadre of clarinet instructors at Cornerstone Academy of Clarinet, LLC where she serves as Founder and Professor of Clarinet. Barger received the Doctor of Music and Bachelor of Music degrees from the Florida State University where she was a student of Frank Kowalsky. While completing the Graduate Certificate in Performance and Master of Music degrees from Northwestern University she was a student of Robert Marcellus.https://arts.unl.edu/music/faculty/diane-barger