About Heidi Peck

Heidi (Aufdenkamp) Peck is a professional clarinet player formally with the  Akron Symphony Orchestra and private lesson teacher. 

She received her Master's Degree from the University of Michigan (M.M. - Clarinet Performance) where she studied with Fred Ormand. Her Bachelor's Degree is from the University of Akron (B.M. - Clarinet Performance, Cum Laude) where she studied with David Bell. While attending Louisville High School, she studied with Dan Roberdeau. Other teachers include Mark Nuccio, Ron Samuels, and John Weigand.

Her performing groups have included a tour with Barry Manilow and the Youngstown Symphony in 2012, a soloist with the University of Pittsburgh Chamber Orchestra, the Canton Symphony Orchestra, the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra, the Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra, and the woodwind quintet Cincopation. 

Awards include the International Clarinet Association Orchestral Excerpt Competition Semi-Finalist, 1998; the International Clarinet Association Young Artists Competition Semi-Finalist, 1995 and 1996; the Akron Kiwanis Outstanding Student Achievement Award, 1993; and the University of Akron Concerto Competition Winner, 1991, Performing Debussy’s “Premiere Rhapsodie”. 

Performance reviews:

Cleveland Classical Review - October 9, 2019 by Mike Telin