Learn from Great Bass Clarinet Teachers

(Additional lesson times may be available. Please contact me if you need a lesson time that is not listed on my calendar.) I am a woodwind specialist. My main instrument is flute/piccolo. Then I learned saxophone so I could play in jazz bands. Then I learned clarinet because it just seemed fun.

I’m Xale Slusser, a Los Angeles–based bassoonist and oboist with degrees in performance, composition, and ethnomusicology from Ohio Northern University, the California Institute of the Arts, and UCLA. I teach Bassoon and Oboe (all levels) as well as Saxophones (SATB) and Clarinets (Sopranino–Contra Alto).

Carolyn Alvarez-Agria is a clarinetist, specializing in clarinet, bass clarinet, and E-flat clarinet, with extensive performance experience at the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, and venues worldwide. After completing her studies at the Eastman School of Music and Cleveland Institute of Music, both on merit scholarships, she won the E-flat Clarinet position and Assistant Principal…

Hi! Hola! I’m Rodrigo Orviz, a clarinet and bass clarinet player and teacher from Oviedo, Spain. I studied clarinet at ESMAE in Porto, Portugal, where I completed my Bachelor’s degree, and then continued my studies in the United States. I earned a Master’s in Music, Performance, Literature and Pedagogy from Northwestern University and another Master’s in Music from Bard College.