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.

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 ...