Historical clarinetist Dominic Giardino enjoys a varied professional life as a performer, administrator, educator, and researcher. Dominic performs in period-instrument orchestras throughout the continent, including in recent seasons with Boston Baroque, the Washington Bach Consort, the Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra, and the Pacific Baroque Orchestra. He also regularly performs in chamber music programs with the Raleigh Camerata, Wit’s Folly, and Early Music Access Project. Dominic has recorded with the Smithsonian Chamber Players, the Bach Choir of Bethlehem Orchestra, Newberry’s Victorian Cornet Band, and Three Notch’d Road: The Virginia Baroque Ensemble. He is the executive director of Arizona Early Music, serves on the faculties of the University of North Texas and George Mason University, and co-directs the period-instrument ensemble Music of the Regiment. Dominic is a 2016 Fulbright grantee and holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music and the Royal Conservatory of The Hague.