2Classical and contemporary clarinetist Medina has performed as a soloist and chamber musician on both coasts of the United States garnering avid fans. Medina’s playing is described as "Dynamic and exotic, with the virtuosic writing pulled off flawlessly" (Examiner, Gilman). She has made solo appearances with the Costa Contra Chamber Orchestra in celebration of Mozart's 250th Anniversary, the UNC-Greensboro Symphony Orchestra and Ensemble 212 of New York. Medina is a passionate chamber musician and advocator of new music and strives to present and promote classical and contemporary works through collaborating with composers and commissioning new works for clarinet. This year alone Medina will be premiering over twenty new works. Medina was a fellow in the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, the Institute Festival of Contemporary Performance in New York City, and the Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice in Boston. She has also performed with the TACTUS contemporary ensemble, Lunatics at Large, and has performed in CIRCE, the new music festival in Mannes College. Medina currently serves as chamber and clarinet faculty at Mahanaim College, the Zen Music Center, Geneva Conservatory of Music in New York, InterSchool Orchestras. Medina received her Masters from Manhattan School of Music and Diploma from the Mannes College of Music under the tutelage of Charles Neidich.