AboutDr. Season Cowley currently serves as the Instructor of Clarinet at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, Instructor of Woodwinds at Hastings College, and Principal Clarinet with the Hastings Symphony Orchestra. They have been invited to perform at the International Clarinet Association’s ClarinetFest® conferences and New Music Weekend, College Music Society regional and national conferences, and NACWPI national conferences as a soloist and with ppp Trio. An advocate of music by living composers, Cowley has commissioned and premiered works by composers such as Eric Mandat and Krista Vázquez-Connelly. Recent awards as a soloist include First Prize for the 2023 Charleston International 20th Century Music Competition and Third Prize for the 2021 Charleston International Contemporary Music Competition.
Cowley currently serves on the International Clarinet Association’s Health and Wellness Committee and is a member of the Artistic Leadership Team for ClarinetFest® 2025. They joined the faculty at UNO in 2023, Hastings College in 2022, and previously served as Adjunct Assistant Professor of Woodwinds at Johnson County Community College from 2016–17. Cowley earned their DMA in clarinet performance from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and MM in clarinet performance from Southern Illinois University, where they studied with Dr. Diane Barger and Dr. Eric Mandat respectively. |