About Mrs. Sheridan
Kristen Grattan Sheridan is a native of West Islip, NY and Vienna, VA, where she was a student of Kenneth Lee. As a student at George C. Marshall High School, Kristen earned top chairs in Regional and All-State bands and orchestras, was a member of the American Youth Philharmonic, and was a Southern Division winner and national finalist of the Music Teachers National Association/Yamaha high school woodwind competition. Kristen earned her Bachelor of Music in Clarinet Performance at the University of Michigan as a scholarship student of Fred Ormand. She was a member of the University of Michigan Symphony Band, Wind Ensemble, Philharmonia, and Pops Orchestra, and was the winner of the 1998 Concerto Competition.
She earned her Master of Music in Clarinet Performance at the Manhattan School of Music in New York as a scholarship student of Ricardo Morales, formerly of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, currently of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Upon graduation from the Manhattan School, she was awarded the Josephine Whitford Award which is “given to a student whose exceptional personal qualities have contributed significantly to the enrichment of the spirit of the School”. In 2000, Mrs. Sheridan travelled to Caracas, Venezuela with the Manhattan School of Music Symphony to conduct master classes and perform for the students of the Simon Bolivar Youth Symphony Orchestra. Kristen is an alumna of the Aspen Music Festival (Aspen, CO), Cours International de Musique (Morges, Switzerland), and the East-West Music Festival (Altenburg, Germany).
Kristen has been teaching private clarinet lessons since 1993. While a full-time student at Michigan, Kristen maintained a weekly lesson schedule of 25 students. She was the clarinet and Kindermusik instructor at the Larchmont Music Academy in Larchmont, NY, and in 2001 established the Sheridan Studio of Music upon her return to Northern Virginia. Sheridan Studio members have earned yearly top-five chairs in All-District Bands, Regional Orchestra, and All-State Bands, and several students have received scholarships to study clarinet at the collegiate level. Mrs. Sheridan is the clarinet specialist at several schools throughout Northern Virginia, including Longfellow Middle School, Franklin Middle School, Robinson Secondary School, McLean High School, and Langley High School. She is the clarinet instructor at Fairfax County Summer Band Camp, and is in demand as a freelance musician, clinician, and adjudicator throughout Northern Virginia and Washington DC. She is a member of the Music Teachers National Association, the International Clarinet Association, and the American Federation of Musicians.
She earned her Master of Music in Clarinet Performance at the Manhattan School of Music in New York as a scholarship student of Ricardo Morales, formerly of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, currently of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Upon graduation from the Manhattan School, she was awarded the Josephine Whitford Award which is “given to a student whose exceptional personal qualities have contributed significantly to the enrichment of the spirit of the School”. In 2000, Mrs. Sheridan travelled to Caracas, Venezuela with the Manhattan School of Music Symphony to conduct master classes and perform for the students of the Simon Bolivar Youth Symphony Orchestra. Kristen is an alumna of the Aspen Music Festival (Aspen, CO), Cours International de Musique (Morges, Switzerland), and the East-West Music Festival (Altenburg, Germany).
Kristen has been teaching private clarinet lessons since 1993. While a full-time student at Michigan, Kristen maintained a weekly lesson schedule of 25 students. She was the clarinet and Kindermusik instructor at the Larchmont Music Academy in Larchmont, NY, and in 2001 established the Sheridan Studio of Music upon her return to Northern Virginia. Sheridan Studio members have earned yearly top-five chairs in All-District Bands, Regional Orchestra, and All-State Bands, and several students have received scholarships to study clarinet at the collegiate level. Mrs. Sheridan is the clarinet specialist at several schools throughout Northern Virginia, including Longfellow Middle School, Franklin Middle School, Robinson Secondary School, McLean High School, and Langley High School. She is the clarinet instructor at Fairfax County Summer Band Camp, and is in demand as a freelance musician, clinician, and adjudicator throughout Northern Virginia and Washington DC. She is a member of the Music Teachers National Association, the International Clarinet Association, and the American Federation of Musicians.
