The Buzzing Reed, David Thomas' Clarinet Blog

New Music for Clarinet and Voice

This past winter I had the privilege of teaching several wonderful clarinet students at the College of Wooster in Wooster, NE Ohio. I was subbing for Hild Peersen, who took the semester off to have a baby.
One of the students, Quinn Dizon, is a composition major. I asked if he would like to compose a [...]

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Clarinet News first week of March

Summaries of clarinet news the past week.
From California, a rediscovered work sounds like something which should be played more often. I’m always looking for works for clarinet and strings.
An obscure work by film composer Bernard Herrmann was the highlight of Monday night’s concert in Samueli Theater, the final event in the Pacific Symphony’s annual American [...]