is an accomplished classical & jazz clarinetist, conductor, music educator and arts manager. He has appeared as a solo clarinetist and with orchestras in the U.S. and Europe, and has performed with such diverse groups as the Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, Italy, the Heidelberg Opera Orchestra in Germany, the Rochester Big Band and the North Carolina Symphony. He performed over 200 concerts and master-classes while working as a North Carolina Visiting Artist through the North Carolina Arts Council. While in North Carolina, he founded the American Music Festival in Beaufort, NC, and served as Artistic Director .He has taught at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington, Meredith College, Rutgers University Summer Arts Institute, Albion College (MI), the Hochstein School of Music (NY), the Eastman School of Music and the New England Music Camp. He performed on two recordings with Wynton Marsalis and the Eastman Wind Ensemble for CBS Masterworks, including the Grammy-nominated recording, "Carnival."He holds undergraduate and graduate music degrees from the University of North Carolina and Michigan State University and a Doctorate of Musical Arts from the Eastman School of Music. He is Founder and President of Michael Vaughn Productions®, a music, event and entertainment production company.

	Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
	Bob Florence