Lynn Ann Musco is currently celebrating her twentieth year as Professor of Clarinet and Coordinator of Woodwind Studies at Stetson University, a position she has held since 1988.  She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in clarinet performance in 1983 from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the Master of Music degree in clarinet performance from New Mexico State University in 1986, and the Doctor of Music degree in clarinet performance from Florida State University in 1994.  Her academic duties at Stetson include teaching applied clarinet, clarinet pedagogy, conducting the clarinet choir and coaching chamber music.  Her non-academic positions within the School of Music include serving as an academic advisor for music students, faculty advisor to the Sigma Alpha Iota Eta Pi chapter, and membership on the Promotion and Tenure committee.  Dr. Musco serves the Stetson community with membership on the Gender Equity Council, Continuing Education Advisory Board, Enrollment Growth Study Committee, and is in her forth year as Chair of the University’s Faculty Admissions Committee.  She also serves as the Director of the Stetson University Summer Clarinet Clinic and is a member of the Florida Bandmaster’s Association, Florida Music Educators National Conference, National Band Association, International Clarinet Association, Pi Kappa Lambda, and Phi Kappa Phi.

Dr. Musco is an active performer both on and off the Stetson University campus.  She is a founding member of Tres Vientos, Veritate Winds, and most recently, Trio Della Canno (resident faculty woodwind trios and woodwind quintet at Stetson University).  Tres Vientos and Veritate Winds have received critical acclaim here and abroad and can be heard on “Central Florida in Concert” on WMFE 90.7 (Orlando),  Veritate Winds and Trio Della Canno have both received invitations to perform at the International Double Reed Workshops, Trio Della Cannowill be releasing a CD later this spring.  Dr. Musco holds the principal clarinet position in the Bach Festival Orchestra, can frequently be seen performing with the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, is a founding member of Southern Winds and Southern Harmonie (a professional wind ensemble and chamber ensemble making performance debuts in 2001 and 2003 respectively), is often called to perform with Keith Brion’s New Sousa Band, and is an Educational Materials Recording Artist for both Carl Fisher and Warner Bros.  She performs both solo and chamber music recitals, is an adjudicator for various musical events around the state, and maintains a private studio in the DeLand area.

This past July Dr. Musco performed the Florida premier of the Concerto for Clarinet and Band by John Heines at the Florida Bandmasters Association Summer Convention, in April 2006 the Florida premiere of the Four Desert Songs for Clarinet and Wind Ensemble by David Maslanka, and has been a featured soloist with the Bach Festival Orchestra, most recently performing the Aaron Copland Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra.  One of her anticipated highlights for the upcoming year will be performing as solo artist with the Vandercook Symphonic Band at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago, her father (Lewis Schmidt, a Vandercook alumnus) wielding the baton.  She has performed the Southeast Premier performances of the Clarinet Concertos for Clarinet and Orchestra by William Bolcum and Henri Brandt and is frequently involved with World Premieres of works for various orchestrations by many area composers, most recently a piece for unaccompanied clarinet entitled “Scurry” which was written and dedicated to her by Dr. Sydney Hodkinson.  Dr. Musco has been an Artist/Clinician for the LeBlanc Corporation since 1994 and currently performs on the Concerto II model clarinet.  She can be heard on compact disc recordings with Tres Vientos on Lakeside records and with the American Chamber Playerson Klavier records. 

Dr. Musco lives in DeLand with her husband Enrico and son Alexander.