Originally published in The Clarinet 46/1 (December 2018). Printed copies of The Clarinet are available for ICA members.   Pedagogy Corner by Paula Corley, ICA Pedagogy Chair   Leonard Bernstein’s Sonata, Movement II: A Practice Duet for Two Clarinets In an interview with Paul Laird, Leonard Bernstein described himself as an “eclectic” composer, saying his eclecticism created “the magic factor which is the individuated thing called Bernstein.” This eclecticism is evident in the second movement of his sonata for clarinet and piano. Bernstein began the Sonata in 1941 while visiting Key West, Florida, and it would become his first published work. The ongoing syncopation, rhythmic energy and instrumental interplay reflectRead More →