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 ...

Three Rivers High School senior Chloe Rios earned first chair on the Eb contrabass clarinet at the Association of Texas Small ...

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 ...