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clarinetist

American  
[klar-uh-net-ist] / ˌklær əˈnɛt ɪst /

noun

  1. a musician who plays the clarinet, especially one who plays skillfully or professionally.


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Another auspicious Ojai debutant was the clarinetist Anthony McGill, principal at the New York Philharmonic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

I first encountered MTT as a kid clarinetist and he, Michael Thomas back then, a student conductor at USC and already, at 19, music director of the Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026

Anthony McGill, principal clarinetist for the New York Philharmonic, explains what it’s like to both perform and take in the beauty of the orchestra simultaneously.

From Slate ● Apr. 14, 2024

Still, neither Nézet-Séguin nor the Philadelphia Orchestra are quite fluent in jazz, even given the principal clarinetist Ricardo Morales’s luxuriously, rapturously gooey upward glissando in the famous wail that opens “Rhapsody.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2024

Even flutist and clarinetist resort to "Faust," the Imperishable, when they want something sure to please.

From Stars of the Opera by Mabel Wagnalls

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