You've heard of the clarinet, you've heard of the bass clarinet. Well now meet their bigger, badder brother: the contrabass clarinet! The contrabass clarinet, also known as a pedal or elephant ...

John McCowen has made a career of transforming the contrabass clarinet into an instrument all his own. Born in Carbondale and now based in Reykjavik, Iceland, the composer got involved with music as a ...

Why settle for a recorder when you could wield a contrabass clarinet – or something you invented yourself? Meet the players drawn to the unusual In the 2022 film Alice, the titular heroine – a slave ...

John McCowen's Solo Contra presents an EP-length, finely-sketched portrait of a rarely heard instrument: the contrabass clarinet. It also marks the most recent stage in an eclectic path through music ...

Chloe Rios, a junior at Three Rivers High School, earned first chair on E-flat contrabass clarinet at the ATSSB 1A–4A Area S ...

Two members of New York’s Argento Ensemble acquired new instruments this year. Canadian flautist Erin Lesser and Irish clarinettist Carol McGonnell added the contrabass versions of their instruments ...