Nancy Braithwaite graduated from the renowned Eastman School of Music with the highest musical distinction, the Performers Certificate. At the age of 23 she won the position of solo-clarinetist with the Savannah Symphony Orchestra, where she was also very active in chamber music. As soloist she has performed with various professional orchestras in The United States in works by Mozart, Nielsen, von Weber and Rossini. Nancy participated in summer festivals in Spoleto (Italy), Maine (USA) and Tanglewood (USA).

She studied with Stanley Hasty at the Eastman School and Robert Marcellus, former Principal clarinetist of the Cleveland Orchestra under George Szell. During her Master’s study at Northwestern University with Robert Marcellus she worked as his teaching assistant in both clarinet and chamber music. In the USA she furthered her study with Larry Combs, former Principal clarinetist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. In Europe she took a chamber music degree with the renown violinist Eli Goren, former leader of the Allegri Quartet and Melos Ensemble and concertmaster of the BBC Symphony. and continued her clarinet studies with the famous Belgian soloist, Walter Boeykens.

Since living in The Netherlands she has made a number of radio recordings, toured throughout much of Europe and performed as guest artist with Camilli Quartet, Raphael Quartet, Goffriller Quartet, Spinoza Quartet and Trio Microcosmos in works by Mozart, Brahms, Hindemith, Bliss, Keuris, Howells and von Weber.

Her chamber music repertoire encompasses more than 250 works.

Presently Nancy is a member of Selima Trio (soprano, clarinet and piano), La Rondine (winds and piano) Trio Canteloube (oboe, clarinet and bassoon) Arto Ensemble (mezzo soprano, clarinet, violin, viola and cello ), Rietveld Ensemble (violin, clarinet, cello and piano), Emmelos Ensemble (octet with strings and winds) and Frühling Trio (clarinet, cello and piano) and regularly gives recitals with piano.

Nancy Braithwaite is founder and artistic director of the series Kromme-Rijn Concerten in Bunnik in which the Arto ensemble functions as core musicians performing with a wide variety of guest artists.

A number of composers have written works for her ranging in instrumentation from solo clarinet to octet.
For the 2013-2014 season premieres of clarinet quintets (clarinet and string quartet) by Thomas Oboe Lee and Carlos Michans are planned.

At the Rotterdam Conservatory (Codarts) Nancy is Professor of Clarinet and Chamber Music.
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Nancy is a Rico artist and plays Rico Reserve Classic reeds.
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​She is the mother of two wonderful children, a daughter, Amarins and a son, Tsjalling.

Geelvinck Salon:

– het Frühling Trio met Nancy Braithwaite  treedt op 15 juni 2014 op in de Geelvinck Salon met: ‘Bekende Duitse Meesters en een Onbekend Frans Juweel, voor klarinet, cello en piano.

– het Frühling Trio trad op 11 maart 2012 in de Geelvinck Salon op.