Clarion Music Society

The Clarion Orchestra was founded in 1957 by conductor and musicologist Newell Jenkins. Beginning on modern instruments, then switching to period instruments in the 1970s, The Clarion Orchestra became one of the first period ensembles with a concert series in the United States. Shortly after Jenkins’ tenure, the series had a nearly ten-year hiatus until its revival in 2006 by the Clarion Board of Directors and Steven Fox. Many of the ensemble members are acclaimed as solo and chamber musicians and serve on faculties of the Juilliard School, Mannes School of Music, Bard College, SUNY Purchase, and Yale School of Music; other members of the Orchestra are recent graduates of those programs.