French clarinetist and composer, Xavier Eeckeloot, born in 1975 and raised in Dunkerque, France, studied the clarinet for 10 years and joins at the age of sixteen L’Ochestre d’Harmonie de Dunkerque, not a professional but a very active and high-level concert band. Xavier is a bass clarinetist. With the orchestra he travels to England, Belgium, Germany, Austria and Israel. He eagerly learned composition through self-study, but especially from fellow musicians, conductors and other composers he meets. For 5 years he teaches the clarinet in his hometown of Strasbourg.

Xavier Eeckeloot built a quite extensive catalog of compositions and arrangements for both small and medium wind ensembles as well as works for concert band. His work is published in several countries (Canada, USA, Great Britain, Belgium and France). Read more »