When most people think of typical rock instruments, clarinet, saxophone and mandolin are rarely the first ones to come to mind. But that doesn’t mean that they don’t have a role to play. Among ...
Every conductor who comes to the San Francisco Symphony brings something different to the music. Thomas Wilkins, who leads the orchestra in two performances this weekend, just might bring the audience ...
But when she rehearses with the full symphony orchestra, the clarinet gets its due attention ... “With orchestra it’s not about attacking notes. Some of the songs are calm and you have to blend notes ...