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Recent Examples of clarinetist
Rollins and his two older siblings were all introduced to music early by their father, who was a clarinetist.
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Don Heckman, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
Performers include clarinetist Anthony McGill, violinists Leila Josefowicz and Geneva Lewis, and the Colburn Orchestra, making its Ojai Music Festival debut.
—Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2026
Legendary clarinetist Benny Goodman hired Peplowski to play tenor saxophone in his new outfit in 1984 after coming out of retirement.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Feb. 2026
Albert Navarro had been a saxophonist and a clarinettist who worked as a music teacher and as a bandleader at resort hotels.
—Ian Parker, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
La Jolla Music Society brings together three top classical solo artists, clarinetist Andreas Ottensamer, cellist Kian Soltani and pianist Alessio Bax, performing together works by Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn and Brahms.
—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2025
Don Heckman, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
Performers include clarinetist Anthony McGill, violinists Leila Josefowicz and Geneva Lewis, and the Colburn Orchestra, making its Ojai Music Festival debut.
—Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2026
Legendary clarinetist Benny Goodman hired Peplowski to play tenor saxophone in his new outfit in 1984 after coming out of retirement.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Feb. 2026
Albert Navarro had been a saxophonist and a clarinettist who worked as a music teacher and as a bandleader at resort hotels.
—Ian Parker, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
La Jolla Music Society brings together three top classical solo artists, clarinetist Andreas Ottensamer, cellist Kian Soltani and pianist Alessio Bax, performing together works by Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn and Brahms.
—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clarinetist
Noun
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Music was how my mother—an opera singer, pianist, and educator—taught me to engage with the world.—
Hillary Richard,
Travel + Leisure,
10 June 2026
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One scene sees Sheku perform Mendelssohn’s Song Without Words as a duet with his pianist sister Isata Kanneh-Mason.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
9 June 2026
Noun
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The singular jazz ensemble The Curhachestra is led by a trombonist, backed by lap steel guitar, electric bass and drums.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
6 June 2026
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The Kansas City Symphony concert features jazz vocalist and trombonist Aubrey Logan, with guest conductor Stuart Chafetz leading music by John Williams, Scott Joplin, George Gershwin and Florence Price.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
24 May 2026
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As darkness falls, audiences will witness a live violinist and a stunning canvas of light as memorable moments from the films are reimagined through breathtaking aerial displays set to the iconic soundtrack and dialogue from the films.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 June 2026
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Frequent collaborators, the acclaimed violinist and pianist perform works by Schubert, Grieg, Ives, Ysaÿe and Ravel in their first joint appearance at Disney Hall since 2010.—
Arts Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
Noun
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Things turn even jazzier a couple minutes in, when trumpeter Cees Bruinsma lays down the song’s ruminative central riff before veering off into exploratory flights of fancy.—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
4 June 2026
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Still, a budding jazz guitarist (Torn was mentored by pioneering trumpeter Don Cherry) joining forces with a rock icon’s sidemen for his recording debut shows a strong independent streak and no small amount of ambition.—
Reed Jackson,
SPIN,
1 June 2026
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He is named after the jazz saxophonist Branford Marsalis, after all.—
Dr. Marcus Collins,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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Benitez joins the Kev Choice Ensemble at Yoshi’s on June 26 as part of a powerhouse horn section with 19-year-old Oakland tenor saxophonist Ayo Brame, who’s sold out a series of his own shows at the Jack London Square club.—
Andrew Gilbert,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
Noun
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Principal oboist Jennifer Corning Lucio and principal cellist Allan Steele found a happy medium in between, Steele dispatching flashy writing with particularly impressive aplomb.—
Scott Cantrell,
Dallas Morning News,
22 Mar. 2026
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Monette Marino, guitarist Joe Amato, bassist Harley Magsino, drummer Mike Holguin and saxophonist, flutist and harmonica player Tripp Sprague.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Apr. 2026
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Carolyn Brown, the orchestra’s principal flutist, will perform excerpts and participate in the Q&A session.—
Eric E. Harrison,
Arkansas Online,
22 Apr. 2026
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Releasing their debut album Ultramega OK via legendary indie punk label SST Records in 1988, Soundgarden quickly came to embrace the punk world’s do-it-yourself mantra, with Yamamoto managing the bookings and money and drummer Matt Cameron printing posters during his shifts at Kinko’s.—
Jim Ryan,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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He was then introduced to rock and metal music by his high school classmate, fellow Cuban and future Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo.—
Carlos De Loera,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
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“Clarinetist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clarinetist. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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