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      Originally published in The Clarinet 45/3 (June 2018). Printed copies of The Clarinet are available for ICA members. Rock ’n’ Roll Clarinets?! The Beatles’ Use of Clarinets on Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by John Reeks “It was 50 years ago today…” (well, actually last summer): June, 1967 –  the “Summer of Love.” While everyone seemed to be growing their hair long, donning beads and attending love-ins, short-haired, pocket-protector-wearing me was playing clarinet in the high school marching band, thus solidifying my nerd status. Compared to playing guitar like my friends, there was nothing cool about the clarinet, in spite ofRead More →

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      Originally published in The Clarinet 45/3 (June 2018). Printed copies of The Clarinet are available for ICA members. An interview with Dr. John Donald Mohler  by Fred Ormand John Donald Mohler served as professor of clarinet at the University of Michigan from 1962 to his retirement in 1994, helping to shape a generation of clarinetists who have gone on to become influential teachers and performers. He studied at the Curtis Institute with Ralph McLane, and later earned the first doctorate in clarinet at the University of Michigan, under William Stubbins. He served as president of the International Clarinet Society from 1986-88 and wasRead More →

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      Originally published in The Clarinet 45/3 (June 2018). Printed copies of The Clarinet are available for ICA members. Remembering Carmine Campione (1937–2018) by Anthony J. Costa On January 2, 2018, the clarinet world said farewell to a beloved teacher and performer, Carmine Campione. Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, on May 7, 1937, Campione began playing the clarinet at the age of 10, and by the time he was 13 he was playing professionally in area dance bands. During his high school years, Campione studied with two clarinet legends: Joseph Allard and Daniel Bonade. He began his undergraduate studies in 1955 at theRead More →

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      Originally published in The Clarinet 44/4 (September 2017). Printed copies of The Clarinet are available for ICA members. by William Powell One of the most brilliant, original and fascinating artists that I have had the good fortune to meet was the composer Ed Bland (1926-2013). Edward Osmund Bland was born on July 25, 1926 in Chicago’s South Side neighborhood. He started his musical career as a jazz clarinetist in Chicago in the 1930s, and he has said that he was “quite satisfied with the adventure of being a jazz man” until his career as a jazz musician was brought to an abrupt halt upon hearingRead More →