The clarinet, valued for its versatility, range and pure sinusoidal timbre, has enjoyed the attention of many of classical music’s greatest composers. Earning substantial credibility as a serious solo ...

Of five new or recent compositions booked on four Dallas Symphony Orchestra programs lately, only one is by a Dallas-based composer — and conceived for a specific DSO musician. With a doctorate from ...

Thursday, May 23, happens to be the 114th birthday anniversary of famous jazz clarinetist Artie Shaw. What better way to celebrate a larger-than-life American musician than to play his exhilarating ...

The clarinet has a smooth, almost hollow sound, by turns cool and brilliant, with a dynamic range more remarkable than other woodwinds, possessing a haunting tone color in its lowest octave. When we ...

There is something captivating and mysterious about the timbre of a clarinet. It's like the gazelle of woodwinds, supple and graceful, its sonic quality more subdued than its brassy siblings, yet more ...

At the second concert of its season, the Chamber Orchestra of the South Bay, under the direction of Maestro Frances Steiner, offered up something classical and modern Sunday night. Familiar music by ...

The University of Wyoming Department of Music Faculty Recital Series will feature Blake McGee, clarinet, and Brooks Hafey, piano, in a free public performance at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 19, in the ...

In Peter Shaffer’s wildly fanciful play “Amadeus,” the mediocre and oh-so jealous composer Salieri describes the moment he realized the genius of his nemesis — hearing a phrase in Mozart’s Serenade ...