Clarinetist Triniti Rives is currently working towards her Master of Music degree in Clarinet Performance in the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University under the tutelage of Professor Richie Hawley. She is an avid chamber musician, educator, and advocate of DEI in the arts.

Ms. Rives was a finalist in the 2024 Sphinx Orchestral Partners Auditions, and the 2023 Keston MAX Competition. She was also a semi-finalist in the 2022 Coltman Chamber Music Competition, and received honorable mention in the 2022 Briggs Chamber Music Competition with her group, the Novus Reed Quintet. Novus is a 2023 recipient of the Gottlieb Variations Award, created to recognize the finest performances in the annual Collage Concert at the University of Michigan.

Ms. Rives has made an appearance with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra as a pre-concert performer, and is currently a substitute clarinetist with The Florida Orchestra, Virginia Symphony, and New World Symphony. She has performed under the batons of Marin Alsop, Stéphane Denève, JoAnn Falletta, Anthony Parnther, Robert Spano, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, and other celebrated conductors. She can be heard performing on the 6th NAXOS Label Album with the National Orchestral Institute + Festival Philharmonic, released in November 2023 under the direction of Maestra JoAnn Falletta. Additionally, she has spent other summers at the Music Academy of the West and the Eastern Music Festival. 

A passionate and driven chamber musician, Ms. Rives has both performed, and/or premiered a wide variety of pieces by composers of several backgrounds in unique settings, including art galleries, churches, libraries, and even a rug store! She has formed partnerships with organizations like the Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings, and Vision Possible Charity Concerts. Ms. Rives is an alumna of Sigma Alpha Iota, Alpha Chapter, where she served as head of the Education and Community Engagement Committee, and on the Professional Development Committee.

Ms. Rives earned her Bachelor of Music in Clarinet Performance with high honors from the School of Music, Theatre and Dance at the University of Michigan. There, she studied with professors Daniel Gilbert and Chad Burrow, and performed in the University Symphony Orchestra and Band. Originally from Fayetteville, GA, she is an alumna of both the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra, and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Talent Development Program – a program dedicated to advancing and preparing Atlanta-area middle and high school students of Black and/or Latine descent for careers in classical music. She studied under the tutelage of Marci Gurnow, former clarinetist with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Beyond music, Ms. Rives enjoys baking, photography, and drawing.