Kalmen opperman biography of william

Originally published in The Clarinet 50/4 (September 2023).

Printed copies of The Clarinet are available for ICA members.

This special reprint section explores the teaching of Daniel Bonade, Simeon Bellison, Ralph McLane, Kalmen Opperman, Leon Russianoff, and others.

These excerpts from articles and interviews are followed by commentary from some of today’s ICA country chairs about clarinet pedagogical traditions throughout the world.

coordinated by Rachel Yoder and Caitlin Beare

The Bonade Legacy, Part II

Jerry Pierce, one of the last of Daniel Bonade’s students, contributed the article excerpted here to The Clarinet 4 no.

3 (January 1977). Pierce later served as president of the ICS from 1980-1986.

by Jerry Pierce

BONADE’S CONCEPT OF CLARINET PLAYING

It was Bonade’s opinion that the perfect musical instrument was the human voice: therefore, his approach to playing the clarinet was to always m