The pinnacle of my clarinet-playing career came in 1963, when I made first chair in the New Mexico Allstate Band. I continued to play through college, then moved on to a career as a computer entrepreneur. I returned to clarinet playing in my retirement years. I am a regular in the Clarinet Mentors community, and a founding member of two Facebook Etude of the Week groups. I also served as QA Advisor for the Modacity music practice app, and recently co-authored a clarinet method book with Dr. Deborah Andrus. I play weekly online via JamKazam with three chamber music groups.

Everybody always wants to know about your setup. I play on a two-year-old R13 Greenline, Vocalise mouthpiece, Rovner Versa ligature, 66mm Moennig barrel. Synthetic reeds – Legere European Signature, 3.0. I also have two low-end Chinese-make clarinets in C and A. The C model lets me double as a violin, flute, or oboe when playing in chamber groups.

Here’s what’s probably my best ever performance (at least in the last 10 years):