John McCowen has made a career of transforming the contrabass clarinet into an instrument all his own. Born in Carbondale and now based in Reykjavik, Iceland, the composer got involved with music as a ...
You've heard of the clarinet, you've heard of the bass clarinet. Well now meet their bigger, badder brother: the contrabass clarinet! The contrabass clarinet, also known as a pedal or elephant ...
I’m taking my own advice and trying something new yet again. As I sat in concert band one day watching several new instruments being brought out I looked down at my clarinet and said to myself, “I ...
Why settle for a recorder when you could wield a contrabass clarinet – or something you invented yourself? Meet the players drawn to the unusual In the 2022 film Alice, the titular heroine – a slave ...
Clarinet players would have a hard time finding a better friend than Clare Fischer. At a time when the instrument -- except in classical music settings -- is largely relegated to secondary status, the ...
They may be worlds (and octaves) apart, but this duet between the highest and lowest member of the clarinet family works surprisingly well. *growl* *tweet* *growl* *tweet* This duet between a ...
PLEASANT HILL — A quirk of fate powered-up the orchestra-like sound of Karen Weber’s Clarinet Fusion ensemble, growing from four to eight players and expanding the group’s instrumental performance.
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