Spencer Prewitt

Spencer Prewitt is the Associate Professor of Clarinet at Austin Peay State University. During the summer Spencer is on faculty at the Bay View Chamber Music Festival in Petoskey, Michigan. Dr. Prewitt earned his B.M. from the University of Oklahoma and his M.M. and D.M.A. from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, OH.

As an orchestral musician he frequently performs with the symphonies in Nashville, Toledo, Fort Wayne, Ann Arbor, Flint, Lansing, and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Prewitt also performed for six seasons with the Ohio Light Opera Orchestra and recorded 11 CDs with the company. Prewitt also is an active studio musician in Nashville where he has recorded for television, film and videogames – credits include My Little Pony, Destiny 2, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, 80 for Brady, Harriet, and countless others.

As a chamber musician he won a silver medal at the International Chamber Music Ensemble Competition in Boston with the PVC Trio and with The Fawn Trio won a judges recognition prize in the Plowman Chamber Music Competition and was a semi-finalist in the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition

Dr. Prewitt’s teachers have included Nancy Seward, Dr. David Etheridge, and Kevin Schempf. When not practicing, Spencer enjoys running races from 5k to the marathon.