About Jack Ford
Jack Ford, (b. 2000), is a composer and clarinetist, specializing in the bass clarinet.
Currently, Ford is working on a M.M. in Music Composition from Belmont University (Nashville, Tennessee) to be completed by the Spring of 2026. In the Spring of 2022, he earned a B.M. in Music Composition and a Certificate in Fine Arts Administration from the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire (Eau Claire, Wisconsin).
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Ford decided he wanted to become a composer after having his first work performed at 14 with his friends, a piece for woodwind quintet. To continue on this path, he studied at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire (UWEC) under awarding-winning composer Dr. Chia-Yu Hsu. He was awarded as a winner of the 2021 International Clarinet Association “Claireidoscope” Composition Competition for his solo clarinet piece Ode to the Chickpea. His works have been premiered by Idyllic Reeds as well as the UWEC Wind Symphony, includingfanfare titled Un Siècle d’Eau Claire, commissioned to open the UWEC 100th Anniversary Concert Band Season (2022-2023).
His most notable performance experience was with his reed quintet, Idyllic Reeds. The quintet was awarded winner of the 2022 UWEC Band Concerto Competition, having been the second reed quintet and first undergraduate reed quintet to perform Dr. Roshanne Etezady’s Storm Warning.