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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

Rollins and his two older siblings were all introduced to music early by their father, who was a clarinetist.

From Los Angeles Times May 26, 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

The clarinetist Afendi Yusuf beautifully rendered the solos that represent a woman who lures men off the street to be robbed; Yusef’s playing was reluctantly beckoning at first and then more fluid, confident and complicit.

From New York Times Jan. 22, 2024

Another who has already embraced all his comrades in turn, breaks in among the gypsies and kisses them one after the other, swearing brotherhood to the bass fiddler and the clarinetist.

From Debts of Honor by Yolland, Arthur B. (Arthur Battishill)

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