Congratulations Tad!

I just came across an article from the San Diego Union Tribune that mentioned Tad Calcara is being inducted into the Oceanside High School Hall of Fame. Tad is an accomplished clarinet player who we’re lucky to have as the Principal Clarinet for the Utah Symphony. This is what the article says about him:

Calcara is a classical and jazz musician. He is the principal clarinet for the Utah Symphony and has performed with the New World Symphony and the Cleveland Orchestra.

Calcara also is an enthusiast of early American jazz. His New Deal Swing Band performs the original repertoires of Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Fletcher Henderson and Artie Shaw.

Calcara has recorded for RCA Red Seal, Reference Recordings, Toshiba EMI and Summit Brass Classical.

He began studying piano at age 5, and with the help of his father started playing clarinet at Jefferson Junior High School. Calcara’s grandfather, former bandleader Carl Calcara, introduced him to jazz at an early age, and he went on to perform jazz at Oceanside High.

If you see Tad, congratulate him on the accomplishment!