Clayton Luckadoo

Clayton Luckadoo is an emerging artist with a love of new music. As a clarinetist, Clayton has been the clarinet fellow in the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble during the summers of 2022 and 2023, collaborating with such artists as Renee Fleming, Anthony McGill, Augusta Reed Thomas, and Sam Adams. He has also been part of over 30 world premiere performances, including works by Stephen Hartke and John Luther Adams. As a composer, Clayton leans into writing as a process of discovery and listening to the story that the material has to tell. An alumnus of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music, Clayton is a student of Jeff Anderle, Richard Hawkins, and Anna Carney.