Eric Mandat

Eric Paul Mandat (born 1957) is an American clarinetist and composer. Mandat began his clarinet studies under the tutelage of Richard Joiner of the Denver Symphony. He later studied with Lee Gibson, Keith Wilson, D. Stanley Hasty, and Charles Neidich. He received his undergraduate education at the University of North Texas and graduate degrees from Yale School of Music and Eastman School of Music. He has performed in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s MusicNOW Series (including as principal clarinet for Pierre Boulez’s 80th Birthday Concert under Boulez’s baton and a performance of Osvaldo Golijov’s Ayre with Dawn Upshaw). He also performs with the Tone Road Ramblers, a band specializing in experimental and improvised music. His reviews of clarinet recordings have appeared in The Clarinet. Mandat’s recordings include The Extended Clarinet as well as recordings with the Tone Road Ramblers and the Transatlantic Trio. Mandat has taught at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and Indiana University. His students from Carbondale include Sean Osborn of the Metropolitan Opera Michael Norsworthy, and Boja Kragulj. Mandat uses extended techniques such as multiphonics and microtones. In a N