Originally published in The Clarinet 51/2 (March 2024).

Copies of The Clarinet are available for ICA members.

100% Studio Enrollment March 2024

The ICA’s 100% enrollment challenge for clarinet studios continues!

Joining the ICA opens a world of clarinet information and scholarship, including access to 50 volumes of The Clarinet in the James Gillespie Library; discounts on instrument insurance through Anderson Insurance; access to NAXOS Music Library, FORZA Excerpts, and the ICA Resource Library; the ability to attend ClarinetFest® and other virtual and in-person ICA events; and entry to compete in annual ICA competitions.

The ICA is proud to feature one clarinet studio that recently reached 100% enrollment. For more information about how your school or studio can reach 100% enrollment and be featured in an upcoming issue of The Clarinet, contact [email protected].

Western Washington University Clarinet Studio

WWU Clarinet Studio, front row: Lauren Fontana, Gunnar Reinbold, Sam Byrd, Lola Bultsma, Miguel Vega, Amara Farah, David Bissell; back row: Sarah Lucas-Page, Jayson Dick, Nick Wandling, Ya’am Zahavy-Mittelman, Ashley Davis, Dr. Rachel Yoder

Western Washington University is located in beautiful Bellingham, Washington, on the West Coast between Seattle, USA and Vancouver, Canada. At WWU, students can earn a bachelor of music (BMus), with concentration in either composition, musicology, music education, or performance. Also available are a bachelor of arts in music (BA), a general music studies major without a concentration, and a master of music degree with concentration in composition, conducting, musicology, music education, or performance.

Our thriving clarinet studio, led by Dr. Rachel Yoder, works towards musicianship goals through applied lessons, studio class, clarinet ensembles, and large ensemble performance opportunities including the WWU Wind Symphony and the WWU Symphony Orchestra. Recent guest artists have included Anthony McGill and Jose Franch-Ballester. For more information, contact [email protected].