About Burke Woodwinds
Committed to meeting your needs by providing exceptional products and services that help you achieve your artistic goals.
About you
You Love To Play.
You Should Sound Your Best.
You demand the highest level of performance from your instrument. Your passion for music drives you to constantly strive for perfection in your craft.
You value quality and understand that the right instrument – set up properly – can make all the difference in your sound and technique. You require an instrument that is responsive, reliable, and capable of producing a full dynamic range to optimize your ease of expression.
Additionally, you need access to the highest level of repair services that can provide precision maintenance to keep your instrument in top condition. You understand that investing in quality instruments and maintenance services is a worthwhile investment in your art and career.
Making beautiful music together leads to happy clients.
About Us
Committed to you
At Burke Woodwinds, we understand the unique needs of clarinetists, from beginners to world-class professionals. That’s why we are dedicated to providing you with exceptional products and services that will help you achieve your artistic goals.
We specialize in sales, repair, and maintenance of woodwind instruments, and we take pride in offering personalized attention to every customer.
Whether you are in need of a new instrument or require maintenance and repairs for your existing one, we are here to provide you with the highest level of service possible.
Liam Burke
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About Liam Burke
Liam Burke has been hailed by The New York Times as a clarinetist who plays with “vitality and nuance”. He has performed with numerous prestigious orchestras and ensembles, including the Metropolitan Opera, the New York Philharmonic, the American Composers Orchestra, the Mostly Mozart Festival, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, the Bavarian State Opera, the New York City Ballet, the American Ballet Theatre, and the Stamford Symphony Orchestra, among others. He completed a full apprenticeship with the revered clarinet repair master Mark Jacobi which, along with his training as a world class clarinetist, sets Liam apart from other repair technicians and wind instrument dealers.
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Burke has also recorded for Harmonia Mundi, Broadway Records, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., PBS, and Netflix. He has appeared on Broadway in hundreds of performances in shows such as Les Misérables, The King and I, On the Town, Dr. Zhivago, The Cherry Orchard, Sunset Boulevard, and My Fair Lady.
Burke studied at The Juilliard School, where he earned admission into the Accelerated BM/MM Degree Program. Juilliard awarded Burke the Peter Mennin Prize for Outstanding Achievement and Leadership in Music. He won Juilliard’s Clarinet Concerto Competition and led the conductor-less Juilliard Chamber Orchestra in Copland’s Clarinet Concerto.
In addition to his studies at Juilliard, Burke has been a member of Ensemble ACJW (now known as Ensemble Connect). This is a two-year fellowship program for the finest young professional classical musicians in the United States, preparing them for careers that combine musical excellence with teaching, community engagement, advocacy, entrepreneurship, and leadership. Burke has also completed three residencies as a chamber musician and teacher at Skidmore College.
The New York Times has praised Burke’s performances, including his handling of the clarinet solo in “Abyss of the Birds,” the third section of Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time,” during Juilliard’s ChamberFest. In the words of Zachary Woolfe: “Even as memories of large swaths of the evening gradually fade, it will be hard to forget Liam Burke’s… long, slow crescendos building inexorably from velvety quiet to stark pierces that filled Paul Recital Hall.””