Closing up shop After making about 10,000 clarinet reeds over three decades, Jack Howell stopped. The PSO’s principal bass clarinetist was as much of a fanatic as anybody. He would have French ...

They're here for ClarinetFest 2004, a five-day congregation of single-reed enthusiasts that continues through Sunday. It is the official conference of the International Clarinet Association (ICA ...

He wrote a series of widely used technical studies and the first authoritative guide to making and adjusting clarinet reeds. Perhaps his best-known pupil is the international soloist Richard ...

The clarinet is a musical instrument belonging to the woodwind family. It looks similar to an oboe, however it is a single-reed instrument, as opposed to the double-reed of an oboe, and has a very ...

Much like an avocado, the life cycle of a clarinet reed goes: perfectly fine, perfectly fine, perfectly fine, perfectly fine, perfectly fine, BUSTED AND WILL NEVER EVER WORK AGAIN EVER. Nice tunes ...

He is currently principal clarinet of the Wyoming Symphony. He is a highly active chamber musician performing regularly with the Wyoming Reed Trio and Woodwind Quintet, The Wu-McGee Duo, and as a ...

A Dixieland band player who didn’t clean his clarinet for 30 years is recovering from a year-long allergic reaction caused by fungus that grew inside the reed instrument, experts said.