Dr. Natalie Groom is a clarinetist, educator, composer, and arts manager in Maryland where she is the clarinet professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) and Towson University. Showcasing “rich, fluid, and colorful tone and skilled technical ability” (International Clarinet Association Journal), a few of Natalie’s performance career highlights include being a concerto soloist with the White Mountain Symphony Orchestra and performing at The Kennedy Center, AMP by Strathmore, New World Center, The Anthem, Phillips Collection, Goethe-Institut, and the Colombian, Austrian, and Spanish Embassies (DC). She has toured China with the Fred Fox Wind Quintet and performed with the Annapolis Symphony, Annapolis Opera, Richmond Symphony, Virginia Opera, Great Falls Philharmonic, and Tucson Symphony. She is also the co-founder of Whistling Hens, a duo with soprano Jennifer Piazza-Pick that champions music by women composers.