Michael Borschel
Assistant Principal Clarinet/Bass Clarinet
The Huffington Chair (Clarinet)
Michael Borschel joined the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra in 1985 after playing with the Vancouver and Milwaukee symphony orchestras. Born in Iowa, Borschel graduated from California State University, Los Angeles with B.A. and M.A. degrees, served in the United States Military Academy Band during the Vietnam era, and later earned M.M.A. and D.M.A. degrees from the Yale University School of Music. His teachers include Keith Wilson, Leon Russianoff, Mitchell Lurie and Dr. Vito Susca.
Borschel’s faculty affiliations have included City College of New York, the University of British Columbia, the Vancouver Academy of Music, the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, DePauw, Ball State and Purdue universities. He has performed chamber music with Suzuki & Friends, the Ronen Chamber Ensemble, the Vancouver Wind Trio and the Borschel Ensemble.
Michael Borschel graduated from the Indiana University School of Law Indianapolis in 2000 and focuses his practice on criminal appeals and post-conviction remedy. He has participated as a member of the ISO Committee in employee relations, contract administration and collective bargaining and has been the Orchestra's delegate several times to the annual International Conference of Symphony and Opera Musicians. He and his wife, an ordained minister, are the parents of three children.
