ABOUT

An Iowa native, Dr. Arianna Edvenson is an active performer and teacher throughout Eastern Iowa.

Arianna teaches at Mount Mercy University in Cedar Rapids, at Black Hawk College in Moline, IL, as well as teaching students through the Quad Cities Symphony Orchestra Private Lesson Program and her private studio of over a dozen middle and high school students. Additionally, she joined the faculty at the University of Northern Iowa for the Spring 2024 semester as an Assistant Adjunct Professor of Clarinet. She previously taught weekly in school lessons to over 45 students at Clear Creek Amana Middle School in Tiffin, IA.

As a performer, Arianna most recently performed as a guest soloist with the Clear Creek Amana High School Wind Ensemble, performing Twitch by Nathan Daughtery with the group twice in Spring 2025. She has performed with several orchestras in Iowa, including the wcfsymphony, Ottumwa Symphony Orchestra, and Clinton Symphony Orchestra. In 2022, Arianna was invited to perform a commissioned piece for clarinet and viola at ClarinetFest 2022 in Reno, NV. During the same year, this duo also placed third for The American Prize in Chamber Music Performance in the College/University division for their performance of Prelude, Allegro, and Pastorale by Rebecca Clarke. During her time as a student, Arianna also performed in masterclasses for many well-known clarinetists, including Anthony McGill, Theresa Martin, and Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr.

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Arianna recently completed her Doctor of Musical Arts in Clarinet Performance and Pedagogy at the University of Iowa, where she studied with Jorge Montilla Moreno. Her dissertation was a recording project that focused on six clarinet sonatas composed by women from the United States. She received her Master of Music degree in Clarinet Performance from the University of New Mexico as a student of Keith Lemmons, and received her undergraduate degree in Clarinet Performance from the University of Northern Iowa, where she studied with Amanda McCandless.