Alisha Zamore

Clarinet

Atlanta native and clarinetist Alisha Zamore is a dynamic and versatile performer. She began her musical studies on piano at the age of five before switching to clarinet at nine, taking her first clarinet lessons with her elementary school music teacher, Marcia Davis. She later studied with Atlanta Symphony Orchestra clarinetists Alcides Rodriguez and Laura Ardan through the ASO’s Talent Development Program, a pre-professional training program that supports and develops underrepresented young musicians.

Alisha completed her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at the Rice University Shepherd School of Music under the tutelage of Richie Hawley. In 2023, she was awarded the prestigious Rice University Mrs. L.F. McCollum Fellowship for outstanding achievement, promise, and performance.

She also won the Most Outstanding Instrumentalist award at the 2022 Sphinx Orchestral Partners Audition and was a finalist in the 2021 Shepherd School of Music Concerto Competition and the Music Academy of the West's Duo Competition. She has made substitute appearances with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Houston Symphony Orchestra, and Houston Grand Opera. She has spent her summers at the Aspen Music Festival, Orchestra of the Americas, Music Academy of the West, Tanglewood Music Center, and Peninsula Music Festival.