The other afternoon, the Clarinet Thing, led by the hydra-headed talent Beth Custer, was rehearsing in Ben Goldberg's South Berkeley bungalow for a show at Freight & Salvage on Tuesday night ...

Directed by Dennis Gamble, the choir features the entire clarinet family, from soprano to contra-alto and welcomes all ages and playing abilities. All players must practice their assigned parts prior ...

AAJ: What brands of clarinet do you play? BG: For the B flat, the Buffet. And the contra-alto is a LeBlanc, what they call a "paperclip." AAJ: Did you play bass clarinet for a time? BG: Yeah, I did.

Travis Carrell, a senior at Huntington High School, sat with his contra alto clarinet among a group of other musicians waiting for their turn to audition for the Association of Texas Small School ...