Historical clarinetist Dominic Giardino enjoys a varied professional life as a performer, administrator, and researcher. This season Dominic can be heard in the orchestras of Opera Lafayette, Boston Baroque, and the Washington Bach Consort. He appears regularly in concerts with the Raleigh Camerata, Three Notch’d Road, and Wit’s Folly, and throughout 2024–2025 will be curating music with his ensemble Music of the Regiment for events commemorating the 200th anniversary of Lafayette’s 1824–1825 Farewell Tour. Dominic has recorded with the Smithsonian Chamber Players, the Bach Choir of Bethlehem Orchestra, and Newberry’s Victorian Cornet Band. He is the executive director of Arizona Early Music, instructor of historical clarinets at the University of North Texas, and the historical ensembles program coordinator with George Mason University’s Green Machine Athletic Bands. Dominic is a 2016 Fulbright grantee and holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music and the Royal Conservatory of The Hague.