New Millennium Strings

Michael Crane

Clarinet

Michael Crane grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota. He has been playing clarinet since elementary school days. He studied clarinet with Earl Handlon of the Minneapolis Symphony, whose most well known student was Robert Marcellus, principal clarinetist for the Cleveland Symphony. As a youth, Mike took first place in the Minneapolis Symphony Young Soloist competition and was privileged to perform works by Mozart and Weber with the Minneapolis Symphony. He currently plays in community musical groups including the Kensington Symphony Orchestra and the Kensington Woodwind Quintet, which provides musical programs for local schools as well as private functions.

Professionally, Mike received Bachelors and Masters degrees from MIT and a PhD in Operations Research from Stanford University. He has his own business providing management consulting services for large national corporations. He serves on the Board of Directors of Windrush School and the Kensington Symphony Orchestra. He has a wife and three children, two of whom have started promising careers as young violinists.

Mike was featured as a soloist in the May 1998 and August 1999 concerts of New Millennium Strings.