Mary Karen Clardy has been a Yamaha artist since 1985. She performs on the Yamaha YFL-994H. Currently teaching at the University of North Texas, Mary Karen is one of Yamaha's most notable performing artists. Ms. Clardy also is an extremely active clinician giving workshops constantly in the United States and abroad.
"The consistence and high-quality of design available in Yamaha flutes from basic student models through professional instruments is unmatched in today's marketplace, and my 994's ease of response, strong tone projection and technical reliability are the three most important qualities for a professional flutist in any performing situation."
Mary Karen Clardy, Professor of Flute at the University of North Texas, appears throughout the United States, Great Britain, Europe, the Far East, and South America as a soloist, chamber artist and teacher. A frequent performer for the NFA, including Boston, Dallas, Denver, New Orleans, Orlando, Phoenix, San Diego, St. Louis, Seattle, Washington, D. C., and Los Angeles, she has also appeared twice at the British Flute Societys international conventions. Ms. Clardy currently records with the chamber ensemble, Wind, Wood and Silk, for the Klavier Label, and she recorded a solo recital of American music for the BBCs Radio 3, including works of Copland, Liebermann, and Barber. Renowned as a teacher, she regularly gives master classes at home and abroad, including Londons Royal and Trinity Colleges; the Boccherini Institute in Lucca, Italy; and Oberlin, Yale, and Manhattan Schools. By invitation of the Ministry of Culture, she has taught in Taiwans Summer Music Institute, and her students have been prize-winners in competitions throughout the world, including Rampal, NFA, MTNA, Markneukirchen, and Flute Talk. Ms. Clardys three books available from European American/Warner are in multiple reprint, and her new edition of Altès Daily Exercises, published by Leduc, is available for the first time separate from the Complete Method.
