Clarinetist Alicia Bennett is active as a performer and teacher in the New York City area. She is on faculty at the 92Y, Bloomingdale School of Music, and Turtle Bay Music School; additionally, Alicia is a teaching artist for the 92Y's Discover Music program. Alicia specializes in playing chamber and orchestral music, and loves playing opera and new music whenever she has the chance. In March of 2018, Alicia was a featured soloist with The Chelsea Symphony playing Aaron Copland's Clarinet Concerto. Along with friends from The Chelsea Symphony, Alicia can be spotted in a handful of episodes in the Golden Globe-award-winning TV Amazon Original series Mozart in the Jungle. Alicia received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, and her master’s and doctoral degrees in clarinet performance from Stony Brook University.