WCU Clarinet Studio

05/13/2026

Super proud of these four human beings! Always sad to say goodbye to our grads, but they're ready to take on the world!

The WCU Clarinet Studio celebrated the end of a VERY busy semester at Mad Batter. With two graduating out of lessons, the studio is now down to seven returning members and ELEVEN new clarinet students who will be joining us in the fall!

04/30/2026

Come join us this Friday!

04/15/2026

Come join us Saturday for Jack’s Senior Recital! It’s a beautiful program of music: Debussy Rhapsody, Hindemith Sonata, all the good stuff!

04/13/2026

Mairin’s first handmade in reed making class! reed

03/25/2026

Come join us this Friday evening!

03/22/2026

Some action photos from Guest Artist Denise Gainey's awesome masterclass!

(Thanks to Mairin Robertson for fancy photos/artwork!)

03/15/2026

Hot off the press! Concert is Tuesday, March 17 at 7:30 PM in the recital hall of the Coulter building.

02/24/2026

Come join us at WCU for a FREE day of woodwind fun!

02/15/2026

Hope to see you there!

Join us Tuesday evening for a trio concert featuring faculty musicians: soprano Andrea M. Price, clarinetist Shannon Thompson, and pianist Lillian Buss Pearson. This program includes Franz Schubert's beloved Shepherd on the Rock, Louis Spohr's Six German Songs, Arnold Cooke's Three Songs of Innocence, and The Laughter of Women by Gwyneth Walker. This free concert takes place at 7:30pm in the Recital Hall of the Coulter Building on the WCU Campus in Cullowhee.

01/16/2026

The WCU Faculty Wind Quintet presents a concert Tuesday, January 20, at 7:30pm in the Recital Hall of the Coulter Building on the WCU Campus. Members include Esther Waite, flute; Ann Valle, oboe; Shannon Thompson, clarinet; Will Peebles, bassoon; and Travis Bennett, horn. Featured on the program is one of the very few and very best Romantic works for wind quintet by German composer August Klughardt, as well as American composer Amanda Harberg's Suite composed for and premiered by the Dorian Wind Quintet in 2017. This concert is free and open to the public.