Here is how Kalmen Opperman describes what he did for new student Richard Stoltzman when they met. “I tore his a–,” Opperman said. Of such are enduring friendships made. That is why two-time Grammy ...

For more than 40 years, Donald Ambler taught dozens of young musicians to play the clarinet so capably they’ve gone on to prestigious orchestras. This evening, they’re returning the favor with an ...

As an award-winning clarinetist and the top-ranked high school clarinet player in the nation, Caitlin Poupard originally chose the instrument in the fifth grade because it had “nice, shiny” keys.

Congratulations to Ashlee Miller, recipient of the Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award. Ashlee will receive an award of $10,000 to help her continue her music studies and assist her with music-related ...

Sidney S. Forrest, an esteemed clarinet teacher who had taught generations of students at the Peabody Conservatory of Music and the Levine School of Music in Washington, died Aug. 9 at Suburban ...

VIRGINIA BEACH – The sound was so clear and pure it had almost a ringing quality. And so distinctive that to Hampton Roads music lovers it could only mean that Alberto Asercion was on clarinet.

One was something that I'd already been introduced to by my clarinet teacher, and that was that you can really find a whole new way of taking music apart—of finding the fundamental building blocks, ...

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