Isaac Beu | clarinet
Isaac Beu is a clarinetist and educator based in Portland, Oregon. He currently holds the position of 2nd and Eb Clarinet with the Eugene Symphony, where he has also performed as Principal and Bass Clarinet. Isaac has been a guest musician with many of the region’s premier performing arts organizations, such as the Oregon Symphony, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Portland Opera, Vancouver (WA) Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Nova Northwest, and the Siletz Bay Music Festival, as well as the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Corpus Christi Ballet, and the Las Colinas Symphony. He is also an avid chamber musician, having performed professionally with All Classical Radio, the Chintimini Chamber Music Festival, and the Linfield Collaborative Ensemble. In addition to his performance career, Isaac is a passionate educator, and serves as Adjunct Professor of Clarinet at Linfield University and Artist Associate of Clarinet at Willamette University. A native of Austin, Texas, Isaac began his clarinet studies with Dr. Vanguel Tangarov, Dr. Nicholas Councilor, and Alan Olson. He completed his Bachelor of Arts in Music at Southern Methodist University’s Meadows School of the Arts, where he studied with Paul Garner, and his Graduate Certificate in Advanced Chamber Music Performance at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee’s Peck School of the Arts, where he studied with Todd Levy. Additionally, he has participated in festivals such as OAcademy, Miami Classical Music Festival, and the Hot Springs Music Festival. Isaac is endorsed by Conn-Selmer and Silverstein Works, and performs on Selmer-Paris Recital and Privilege clarinets, and Silverstein ligatures. Outside of the classical music world, Isaac is a passionate SMU Mustangs Football fan, a sad Dallas Cowboys fan (he was born a month after their last Super Bowl in 1996), a hobbyist weightlifter, and an avid concertgoer and world traveler with his partner, Chloe.
