Rate My Professor Jonathan Guist

At UTRGV, Guist teaches applied clarinet, clarinet ensemble, clarinet methods, and chamber music, directing the UTRGV Clarinet Ensemble and serving as woodwinds area coordinator. His performance career includes principal clarinet positions with the Valley Symphony Orchestra (2009-present), Eastman Philharmonia and Wind Ensemble (2000-2003), Baylor Symphony and Wind Ensemble (1997-1999), and Las Cruces Symphony Orchestra (1994-1996). He has appeared as soloist with the Valley Symphony Orchestra, UTRGV Symphony Orchestra, and UTRGV Wind Ensemble, and performed at International Clarinet Association conferences in Baton Rouge and Belgium, National Flute Association Annual Conference, Texas Music Educators Association National Conferences, and College Music Society conferences. Guist has presented masterclasses at institutions including University of North Texas, Texas A&M University-Commerce, University of Maryland, George Mason University, Universidad de Costa Rica, and Puebla Conservatory of Music. As a chamber musician with Frontera Chamber Players, Frontera Trio, and Sin Fronteras New Music Ensemble, he has premiered works such as Dream Fantasies IV by Russell Reed and Fantasy for Wind Trio by Kenneth Kreuzer, advocating for new music and chamber repertoire.