Frank Renk
Clarinet, Principal
"Performing gives me a sense of fulfillment that is hard to get elsewhere.  It is not unlike hitting the game winning home run in a baseball game, but we get that feeling every time we perform including rehearsals.  It is vocation and avocation rolled into one," explains Frank.   Born in Liverpool, England, Frank began studying the clarinet in the sixth grade when his family moved to the Bay area.  Frank’s mother brought home a recording of Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto and Frank was quickly captivated. Upon attending the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Frank met his future wife Sheryl, also a clarinetist and both of whom hold positions in the San Diego Symphony wind section.”We don't know any other place where that has happened," says Frank.”We're very proud of it.”