Charlie Bruggemann

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Charlie Bruggemann is currently a student at Reed College where he studies mathematics and music. Charlie has been learning clarinet for six years and enjoys playing chamber music with his student quartet and with the Reed Orchestra. Charlie is passionate about music composition and in 2022 received Reed's Rothchild Summer Stipend to write and perform his original work Rhapsody on a 3-Sphere for clarinet and piano. In Spring 2024 Charlie lived in Budapest, Hungary studying mathematics and Hungarian folk music and culture. Charlie’s music is inspired by a fusion of classical and folk styles, and often experiments with new clarinet techniques to explore new sounds.