Born in South Korea and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Seok Hee Jang is the Second Clarinet of the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra and the Adjunct Professor of Clarinet at Southeastern University in Lakeland. Seok Hee has shared the stage with many of today’s leading artists such as Yuja Wang, Anthony McGill, Chris Thile, and Emanuel Ax, and has performed in concert halls across North America as well as parts of Europe and Asia. As an orchestral clarinetist in high demand, he is regularly asked to play with orchestras across Florida including the Jacksonville Symphony and The Florida Orchestra. As a chamber musician, he performs regularly with OPO Principal Harp Haley Rhodeside as half of the harp-clarinet duo Project Alunir. As an educator, he has over fifteen years of teaching experience and his students have consistently placed in honor ensembles across the United States and Canada as well as various collegiate music programs. He is passionate about developing pedagogical methods that engage young musicians, and is currently working on a doctoral dissertation on intonation pedagogy for clarinetists. 

Seok Hee’s past performance highlights and engagements include tours of Portugal and Canada with the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, the South Korean Army Band, and the Orford Academy Orchestra. He has earned degrees at McGill University in Montreal, DePaul University in Chicago and is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of North Texas. His teachers include Alain Desgagné (Associate Principal Clarinet, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal), Stephen Williamson (Principal Clarinet, Chicago Symphony Orchestra), and Phillip O. Paglialonga (Professor of Clarinet, University of North Texas).