Josh Plotner

Clarinet

Josh Plotner is a New York-based saxophonist, woodwind multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, and international recording artist. As an instrumentalist, Josh has amassed a collection of over 100 woodwind instruments. He regularly records for film, television, video games, and albums, as well as playing and subbing on Broadway. Highlights include Netflix’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Madam Secretary, Red Dead Redemption II, music for “Star Wars': Galaxy’s Edge” at Disneyland/Disney World, collaboration with Meghan Trainor while she was at No. 1 on the charts, and many others.
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At the beginning of his career, Josh focused mostly on jazz and classical music. Soon he picked up flute and clarinet, trying to treat each instrument as his primary focus. By his senior year in high school, he was playing in two orchestras, a nationally competitive classical saxophone quartet, three big bands, two jazz small groups, a symphonic band, a woodwind sextet, and many musical pit orchestras in addition to private lessons. This foundation allowed Josh to become extremely versatile at a high level starting from a young age.
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After high school, feeling the need to specialize, Josh decided to focus solely on jazz, but that didn't last for long. In college, Josh discovered not only did he have a passion for the many kinds of music that he played; he also had a passion for learning languages (including French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Mandarin, and Japanese). Once he arrived at Berklee College of Music, he found himself at the most international school in America, and was highly influenced by the friends he made there. In only three years he graduated from Berklee with a double major in Performance and Jazz Composition, Magna Cum Laude.

After college, Josh moved to New York to pursue jazz, Broadway, and great music in all forms. He quickly began collaborating with dozens of artists and expanding his instrument collection and repertoire.
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Josh currently lives in New York recording and playing in many ensembles around New York. In his remote recording studio, he has recorded for film scores, commercials, video games, a wide range of albums, and more. Josh continues to write and arrange music, and is a member of projects including The 8-Bit Big Band, Chad LB's Virtual Big Band, and Adam Neely's JAZZSCHOOL, among others. He has also begun a YouTube Channel of original multitrack arrangements featuring many of the instruments that he plays.