Clinton’s experience in Music Ministry spans 15 years, most recently serving as the Chancel Choir Director at Good Samaritan United Methodist in Minneapolis, MN. Other positions include Director of Music at Unity of Farmington Hills (MI), Associate Director of Music at Plymouth First United Methodist (MI), Praise and Worship Team at Bethany Methodist (TX), Organist at Hyde Park United Methodist (TX), and Director of Music and Organist at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church (TX).

Also a free-lance opera/orchestra conductor, in the 2022-23 season Clinton returned to Dayton Opera to conduct Charlie Parker’'s Yardbird with the Dayton Philharmonic and to Arizona Opera to lead an orchestral workshop of the newly commissioned Frankenstein. In December, he led members of the Atlanta Symphony at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church for their annual presentation of Messiah. On the orchestral stage, made his guest conducting debut with the Georgia Philharmonic, leading two subscription concerts.

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For a collective nine seasons, he was the music director of Orchestra Seattle and the Seattle Chamber Singers (WA) and the St. Cloud Symphony (MN). For four seasons, he was the Assistant Conductor/Chorus Master at Minnesota Opera preparing over 20 productions in five languages. He spent nine summers on the music staff at the Santa Fe Opera and has conducted productions at the opera companies of Atlanta, Arizona, Minnesota, Dayton, Orlando, Florentine, Tacoma, Middlebury, Las Vegas, Kentucky, Birmingham, Fargo-Moorhead, Pacific Northwest Opera and served as guest faculty at Juilliard, The University of Michigan, Western Ontario University, Baldwin Wallace University, and the National University of Taiwan. Clinton holds degrees from the University of Texas and the University of Michigan.