Clarinetist Daniel McKelway joined the Cleveland Orchestra in 1995 as assistant principal and E-flat clarinetist. A winner of the 1984 Young Concert Artists Auditions and an Avery Fisher Career Grant, he also received third prize at the Naumburg Competition. He has performed as a soloist and chamber musician, toured and recorded with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and participated in the Marlboro, Newport, Tanglewood, and Vancouver festivals. He studied with Robert Listokin and Harold Wright.