Chadwick Thomas is a clarinetist, conductor, and educator based in Hartford, Connecticut. Especially passionate about chamber music, he is a member of the Ecor Quartet and has performed with violinist Vadim Gluzman, double bassists Donald Palma, James VanDemark, and Robert Black, soprano Lucy Shelton, and clarinetist Ayako Oshima, among others. He has played with orchestras in the Northeast including the Greater Bridgeport, Hartford, Ridgefield, and Wallingford Symphonies and the Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra. In February 2023, he performed the clarinet concerto by Jean Françaix after winning the Paranov Concerto Competition.

He teaches clarinet privately, has been the Clarinet Teaching Fellow at Interlochen Arts Camp since 2023, and is currently adjunct faculty at The Hartt School, where he is completing a doctorate in clarinet performance.

Thomas is from eastern North Carolina and holds a bachelor's degree from The Peabody Institute and a master’s degree from the University of Michigan. He studied clarinet with Ayako Oshima, Charles Neidich, Chad Burrow, Daniel Gilbert, Alexander Fiterstein, Deborah Chodacki, and Douglas Moore-Monroe and conducting with Glen Adsit and Edward Cumming.