Seattle-based clarinetist and composer Angelique Poteat enjoys a great deal of versatility in her
musical endeavors. She has appeared as a soloist with the North Corner Chamber Orchestra,
Saratoga Orchestra, and Yakima Symphony Orchestra, of which she is Principal Clarinetist. She
regularly performs chamber music with the Seattle Modern Orchestra and the Sustain Music
Project, and has also performed with Emerald City Music, Seattle Chamber Players, and on the
Seattle Symphony’s Octave 9 series. Poteat can frequently be heard performing with the Seattle
Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Opera Orchestra, and Northwest Sinfonietta, as well as the
Sunriver Music Festival and the Bellingham Festival of Music.

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As a composer, Poteat’s music has been praised by the New York Times as “engaging, restless.”
She has been commissioned by ensembles including the Seattle Symphony, Emerald City Music,
and Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras, and won the 2015 American Prize for orchestral
composition. She was the 2022-2023 Seattle Symphony Artist-in-Residence, and released her
first complete album of chamber music compositions, “Six Seasons,” on Navona Records in
January 2024. Most recently, Poteat received a 2025 commission from the Koussevitzky
Foundation to write a chamber orchestra piece for the Northwest Sinfonietta, to be premiered
March 14, 2026 in Tacoma, Washington.

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Poteat earned degrees at Rice University and the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
When not performing or composing, Angelique can be found rock climbing, hiking in the
mountains, and enjoying the wealth of other outdoor opportunities that the Pacific Northwest has
to offer.