Clarinet Corner
Music Podcasts
Clarinet Corner is an exploration of music involving the clarinet. The show features music across genres including: classical, jazz, world, film music, and rock. And the lively conversation includes topics such as: musical history and practice, social justice, playing in a film orchestra, and colorful stories about jazz players. You don't have to be a clarinet player or a musician to join in, host Tim Phillips makes the show accessible to everyone!
Location:
United States
Genres:
Music Podcasts
Description:
Clarinet Corner is an exploration of music involving the clarinet. The show features music across genres including: classical, jazz, world, film music, and rock. And the lively conversation includes topics such as: musical history and practice, social justice, playing in a film orchestra, and colorful stories about jazz players. You don't have to be a clarinet player or a musician to join in, host Tim Phillips makes the show accessible to everyone!
Language:
English
Contact:
1-800-800-6616
Website:
http://troypublicradio.org/
Email:
publicradio@troy.edu
Episodes
Michael Thrasher is the Newest Editor for the International Clarinet Association
11/24/2025
Host Tim Phillips sits down with Michael Thrasher, a clarinetist and Dean of Troy University's College of Communication & Fine Arts.
Duration:00:49:00
Conversation and Compositions with Rick Sowash
10/16/2025
Today's guest, Rick Sowash, has composed hundreds of musical compositions and is the author of several books, including “How Music Means.”
Duration:00:49:16
Clarinetist Jeremy Reynolds and Composer Jenni Brandon - Part 2 of 2
10/7/2025
The second half of a special interview episode features dreamlike songs and conversation with special guests Jeremy Reynolds and Jenni Brandon.
Duration:00:49:19
Clarinetist Jeremy Reynolds and Composer Jenni Brandon
9/29/2025
This episode features songs and conversation with special guests Jeremy Reynolds and Jenni Brandon.
Duration:00:49:00
Renowned Korean Clarinetist Wonkak Kim - September 16th, 2025
9/16/2025
Tim Phillips's latest guest, Wonkak Kim, is the first Korean clarinetist to have performed Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto on basset clarinet in a nationally broadcasted concert with Seungnam Philharmonic Orchestra in South Korea. Kim has played around the world and is currently an associate professor of clarinet at the University of Oregon.
Duration:00:49:00
Genre-Bending Clarinetist Kinan Azmeh
8/22/2025
Syrian-born, Brooklyn-based Clarinetist Kinan Azmeh performs music unlike anything Host Tim Phillips has ever heard before. The internationally-known artist is today's guest on Clarinet Corner!
Duration:00:49:30
Music and Conversation with David Gould and Peter Bannister
7/29/2025
This time, Host Tim Phillips sits down with Bass Clarinetist David Gould, whose resume is so impressive, it's hard to believe its real! (But yes, it is!)
Tim also sits down with Pianist Peter Bannister. Peter is a frequent musical collaborator and a composer.
Duration:00:49:00
Clarinet Corner - Mozart and the Clarinet with Special Guest Marie Ross - Part 2 of 2
5/5/2025
The second of two episodes featuring Marie Ross, Senior Lecturer of Music at The University of Auckland!
Duration:00:49:13
Clarinet Corner - Mozart and the Clarinet with Special Guest Marie Ross - Part 1 of 2
4/25/2025
If it weren't for Mozart, would we be sitting here talking about the clarinet?
We'll tackle this question and more in the first of two episodes featuring Marie Ross, Senior Lecturer of Music at The University of Auckland!
Duration:00:49:13
A Clarinet Corner Halloween - October 31st, 2024
10/31/2024
Just in time for Halloween, Host Tim Phillips interviews two intrepid trick or treaters. And, we'll listen to some terrifying tunes.
Duration:00:49:13
Multi-woodwind Instrumentalist Aaron Irwin
9/9/2024
Host Tim Phillips sits down with Aaron Irwin to discuss his new CD, After. They also discuss Irwin's background and his talent for multiple instruments.
Duration:00:49:13
A Conversation with Clarinetist Chris Mothersole
8/29/2024
Host Tim Phillips sits down with Chris Mothersole, Instructor of Clarinet & Chamber Music at the University of West Georgia, to discuss his diverse career.
Duration:00:49:40
A Conversation with Clarinetist Eric Schultz
8/5/2024
Host Tim Phillips sits down with Eric Schultz, an American clarinetist equally in demand as a soloist, chamber musician, and interpreter of new music. Schultz was recently selected as a quarterfinalist for the 2024 GRAMMY® Music Educator of the Year Award. He can be seen on Netflix and heard on National Public Radio.
Duration:00:49:20
Clarinetist and 'Renaissance Man' Sam Sadigursky
7/16/2024
Host Tim Phillips talks with Clarinetist Sam Sadigursky about his diverse career and musical variety.
Duration:00:49:15
A Conversation with Clarinetist Graeme Steele Johnson
7/3/2024
Host Tim Phillips sits down with Clarinetist Graeme Steele Johnson to discuss his career and latest work.
Duration:00:49:10
A Conversation with Clarinetist James Kanter - Part 2 of 2
6/20/2024
We listen back to the second part of a 2016 conversation between host Tim Phillips and longtime clarinetist James Kanter.
Kanter's work can be heard in around 1500 film scores, including Seabiscuit and As Good as it Gets.
Duration:00:29:15
A Conversation with Clarinetist James Kanter - Part 1 of 2
6/7/2024
We listen back to a 2016 conversation between host Tim Phillips and longtime clarinetist James Kanter.
Kanter's work can be heard in around 1500 film scores, including Seabiscuit and As Good as it Gets.
Duration:00:29:15
The Talk of TROY - "Clarinet Day & Walk Hard" - March 29th, 2024
3/29/2024
A clarinet professor at Troy University is working to bring the instrument the respect it deserves through Clarinet Day. Producer Jack Anderson has the story.
And, over Spring Break, Troy University fraternity Alpha Tau Omega recently held their annual charity event Walk Hard. That’s a 128.3-mile trek across two states! Producer Chris Ahlf reports.
Duration:00:04:15
A Conversation with Clarinet Luminary Charles West
3/19/2024
Host Tim Phillips speaks with Charles West, former president of the International Clarinet Association.
Duration:00:49:15
A Conversation with Clarinetist Jerome Bunke
2/23/2024
On this episode of Clarinet Corner, Host Tim Phillips asks Clarinetist Jerome Bunke about his life, his work, and his tutelage under the legendary Stanley Drucker.
Duration:00:49:15