Clarinetist Copper Ferreira has enjoyed a professional career that has taken
her across North America and overseas. She completed her undergraduate
degree at Brevard College (N.C.), under the tutelage of David Kirby where she
attended the prestigious Brevard Music Center in 2002. In 2005, Copper
completed a Master's in Clarinet Performance at Arizona State University
under Dr. Bob Spring, after which she made her international debut at the Xi
an International Clarinet and Saxophone festival in Xi an, China. She also
finished a Master's in Music Theory at the University of Western Ontario,
where she began her research into the influence of music theory on
performance.
While in Canada, Copper served as principal clarinet with the Stratford Civic
Orchestra, the Charlottetown Festival Orchestra in their production
of Anne and as second and bass clarinetist with Symphony New Brunswick,
Symphony Nova Scotia, and the Prince Edward Island Symphony. She also
held a teaching position at Mount Allison University, teaching music theory
and studio clarinet. After relocating to Colorado in 2011, she performed with
the Colorado Ballet, playing second and bass clarinet.
Copper is currently on faculty at Colorado State University, teaching music
theory and performing regularly as a freelance musician in and around the
Northern Colo. area.
