Lynn Musco

Dr. Musco is an active performer on the Stetson University campus, regionally, nationally, and internationally. She is a founding member of ToscaDUO, New Score Chamber Orchestra, Tres Vientos, and Veritate Winds, she held the principal clarinet position in the Bach Festival Orchestra for 26 years, just recently retiring from that position, and has performed in the Festival Musical de Santo Domingo under the artistic direction of Philippe Entremont. When her schedule permits, she can be seen performing with the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, The Florida Orchestra and the Brevard Symphony Orchestra. She is a founding member of Southern Winds and Southern Harmonie (a professional wind ensemble and chamber ensemble that made their performance debuts in 2001 and 2003 respectively), is often called to perform with Keith Brion's New Sousa Band, and was an Educational Materials Recording Artist for Carl Fisher. Dr. Musco often performs premiers of new pieces, most recently a European premier of pieces by Eric Mandat at the 2018 Clarinetfest, and pieces commissioned by ToscaDUO from Carlos Velez at the 2014 and 2016 Clarinetfest. Other Florida premiers include the works of Sydney Hodkinson, David Maslanka, Frank Ticheli, Karel Husa, Michel Dougherty, Efran Amaya, and John Heines. She regularly performs both solo and chamber music recitals, is an adjudicator for various musical events around the state, and maintains a selective private studio in the DeLand area.

Dr. Musco received a Doctorate of Music degree in clarinet performance from Florida State University, a Master of Music degree in clarinet performance from New Mexico State University, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in clarinet performance from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her major teachers include Frank Kowalsky, Charles West, Russ Dagon, Laroy Borchert and Jack Snavely. An Artist/Clinician for Buffet Crampon and Gonzalez Reeds, the Tosca Mopane Bb, Greenline A clarinet, and the Prestige Eb clarinet are her instruments of choice; she performs on Gonzalez GD reeds, a Brad Behn Vintage II mouthpiece and Silverstein CRYO4 ligature.

She lives in DeLand with her husband, Enrico; her hobbies include reading historical fiction, gardening, and joining her husband on home improvement projects as they restore their 1920s bungalow.