JÁTtik Clark

At the age of 23, JáTtik Clark began his professional music career as Principal Tuba of the Oregon Symphony in the Fall of 1999, after being chosen for the position in May of the same year. Since then, in addition to his symphony duties, he has also become quite active as an orchestral/chamber musician, soloist, teacher and clinician both locally and nationally.

As an orchestral tubist, JáTtik has been invited to perform with several of the nation's finest orchestras, including the Chicago, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Detroit, and Seattle Symphonies. His varied chamber music experience includes performances and recordings with Pink Martini, Big Horn Brass, Third Angle Music Ensemble, Chamber Music Northwest and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. As a featured soloist, he has performed the Ralph Vaughan Williams Tuba Concerto twice with both the Oregon and Vancouver (WA) Symphonies, as well as the Corvallis-OSU Symphony. He also gave the Northwest premier of the Oregon Symphony’s Principal Pops Conductor Jeff Tyzik’s Dance Suite for Tuba and Orchestra with the Portland Columbia Symphony. Additionally, JáTtik was featured as a guest co-soloist with the "Pershing's Own" U.S. Army Band in Washington D.C.

 In addition to the Oregon Symphony, JáTtik also holds the position of Co-Principal Tuba with the Grand Teton Music Festival in Jackson Hole, WY and Principal Tuba of the Sunriver Music Festival. He also serves as the Applied Tuba-Euphonium Instructor at Portland State University, Lewis and Clark College, University of Portland, and Mt. Hood Community College while also being a Co-Instructor of Tuba-Euphonium at Oregon State University.

JáTtik earned his Masters in Tuba Performance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music in 1999 and a Bachelors in Music Performance (cum laude) from the University of South Carolina in 1997. His primary teachers were Timothy J. Northcut and Dr. Ronald Davis, with additional instruction and inspiration from Gene Pokorny, Floyd Cooley, James Jenkins, Michael Grose, Steve Norrell and Michael Mulcahy.