Repertoire for Unaccompanied Solo Clarinet
(33 pieces by 23 composers as of September 20, 2023)
Directories compiled by Clarinet Repertoire Specialist Wesley Rhodes and Dr. Megan E. Hill for the RBP Foundation.
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These are pieces intended for solo performer. The vast majority are unaccompanied, but may include electronics, narration, or other auxiliary actions performed by the soloist (auxiliary actions are noted when relevant).
Please let us know of any other works that should be added to this list, or if you know of any additional information or resources to complete this catalog!
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Solo E-flat Clarinet
Regina Harris Baiocchi (b. 1956)
USA
Karibu (2007)
(may also be performed on other members of the clarinet family)
INSTRUMENT: E-flat clarinet
IN MEMORIAM: Elgie Harris, Sr.
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
SHEET MUSIC: request via voicemail message (24/7) at +1 (312) 253-7453
RECORDING: bass clarinet performance on YouTube
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
Joe W. Moore, III
USA
Altitude
INSTRUMENT: E-flat clarinet
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: research in progress
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
J. Kimo Williams (b. 1950)
USA
Quiet Shadows (2004)
INSTRUMENT: E-flat clarinet
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: research in progress
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
Ahmed Alabaca (b. 1984)
USA
The Crown Suite Day 20: “The Bb Clarinet” (2020)
INSTRUMENT: B-flat clarinet
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
SHEET MUSIC: available from the composer’s website
RECORDING: MIDI recording on YouTube
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T.J. Anderson (b. 1928)
USA
Intermezzo (1983)
(may be performed alone as a solo clarinet work, or as Intermezzi in ensemble with an alto saxophone and a piano)
INSTRUMENT: B-flat clarinet
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: recording of the ensemble version of the piece on YouTube
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
Regina Harris Baiocchi (b. 1956)
USA
Karibu (2007)
(may also be performed on other members of the clarinet family)
INSTRUMENT: B-flat clarinet
IN MEMORIAM: Elgie Harris, Sr.
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
SHEET MUSIC: request via voicemail message (24/7) at +1 (312) 253-7453
RECORDING: bass clarinet performance on YouTube
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
Ed Bland (1926–2013)
USA
for Clarinet (1964, rev. 1978, pub. 1980)
INSTRUMENT: B-flat clarinet
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
Roque Cordero (1917–2008)
Panama, USA
Soliloquios No. 3 (1980)
INSTRUMENT: B-flat clarinet
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
Click here for the composer’s bio.
Jessie Cox (b. 1995)
Switzerland, USA
OR/UN (2018)
INSTRUMENT: B-flat clarinet
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
SHEET MUSIC: request from composer
RECORDING: on SoundCloud
Light-Dots on a Deep-Space-Image (2020)
(microtonal)
INSTRUMENT: B-flat clarinet
COMMISSIONED BY: Gregory Oakes
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
SHEET MUSIC: request from composer
RECORDING: on YouTube
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
Sakari Dixon Vanderveer
USA
Two Thoughts and a Fixation (2020)
INSTRUMENT: B-flat clarinet
COMMISSIONED BY: Derek Bermel
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase through the composer’s website
RECORDING: on YouTube
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Stephanie Fischer
USA
Driven To (2017)
INSTRUMENT: B-flat clarinet
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
SHEET MUSIC: research in progress
RECORDING: research in progress
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
James Furman (1937–1989)
USA
Suite for Solo Clarinet (1981)
INSTRUMENT: B-flat clarinet
DEDICATEE: Vincent Krulak
MOVEMENTS: 1. Introitus; 2. Moresca; 3. Incantation; 4. Motore musica
ENGRAVING: research in progress
SHEET MUSIC: held at the Florida State University Libraries
RECORDING: available online
Click here for the composer’s bio.
Adolphus Hailstork (b. 1941)
USA
Three Smiles for Tracy (1989)
INSTRUMENT: B-flat clarinet
DEDICATEE: Tracey Brown
MOVEMENTS: 1. Swiftly; 2. Gently; 3. Sprightly
ENGRAVING: research in progress
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
Click here for the composer’s bio.
Greg Jackson (b. 1976)
USA
Through the Clouds, Op. 65 (2013)
INSTRUMENT: B-flat clarinet
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
SHEET MUSIC: research in progress
RECORDING: on YouTube
Wall of Clouds, Op. 69
INSTRUMENT: B-flat clarinet
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
SHEET MUSIC: research in progress
RECORDING: research in progress
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Joseph Jones
USA
A Neighborhood Stroll, Op. 20 (2020)
INSTRUMENT: B-flat clarinet
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
Little Lyric Suite, Op. 42
INSTRUMENT: B-flat clarinet
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
SHEET MUSIC: request from composer
RECORDING: research in progress
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
Shar Joyner (b. 1996)
USA
With My Head in the Clouds (2021)
INSTRUMENT: B-flat clarinet
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
SHEET MUSIC: research in progress
RECORDING: research in progress
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Ulysses Kay (1917–1995)
USA
Pantomime Fantasy (1985)
INSTRUMENT: B-flat clarinet
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: research in progress
Click here for the composer’s bio.
James Lee, III (b. 1975)
USA
Principal Brothers No. 3 (2020)
INSTRUMENT: B-flat clarinet
DEDICATEE: Anthony McGill
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: research in progress
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
Quinn Mason (b. 1996)
USA
Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet (2020)
INSTRUMENT: B-flat clarinet
DEDICATEE: Danny Goldman
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
Shawn Okpebholo (b. 1981)
USA
Circleplay (2006)
(for clarinet in B-flat with digital delay)
INSTRUMENT: B-flat clarinet
COMMISSIONER: Anthony Taylor
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube – movement 1, movement 2, movement 3
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
Ayọ̀ Olúrántí (b. 1972)
Nigeria, United Kingdom, USA
Fantasia (2002)
INSTRUMENT: B-flat clarinet
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
SHEET MUSIC: contact composer
RECORDING: research in progress
Parrot (2002)
INSTRUMENT: B-flat clarinet
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
SHEET MUSIC: contact composer
RECORDING: research in progress
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (1932–2004)
USA
Finale
INSTRUMENT: B-flat clarinet
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: research in progress
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Evan Williams (b. 1988)
USA
the waters wrecked the sky (2012)
INSTRUMENT: B-flat clarinet
COMMISSIONER: Arianna Tieghi
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
J. Kimo Williams (b. 1950)
USA
Quiet Shadows (2004)
INSTRUMENT: B-flat clarinet
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: research in progress
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
Solo Alto Clarinet
Regina Harris Baiocchi (b. 1956)
USA
Karibu (2007)
(may also be performed on other members of the clarinet family)
INSTRUMENT: alto clarinet
IN MEMORIAM: Elgie Harris, Sr.
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
SHEET MUSIC: request via voicemail message (24/7) at +1 (312) 253-7453
RECORDING: bass clarinet performance on YouTube
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
Joe W. Moore, III
USA
Cloudburst
INSTRUMENT: alto clarinet
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: research in progress
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
Ahmed Alabaca (b. 1984)
USA
The Crown Suite, Day 4: The Bass Clarinet, “Smoke City” (2020)
INSTRUMENT: bass clarinet
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
SHEET MUSIC: available from the composer’s website
RECORDING: MIDI recording on YouTube
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
Regina Harris Baiocchi (b. 1956)
USA
Karibu (2007)
(may also be performed on other members of the clarinet family)
INSTRUMENT: bass clarinet
IN MEMORIAM: Elgie Harris, Sr.
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
SHEET MUSIC: request via voicemail message (24/7) at +1 (312) 253-7453
RECORDING: bass clarinet performance on YouTube
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
Ed Bland (1926–2013)
USA
for Bass Clarinet (1979)
INSTRUMENT: bass clarinet
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: research in progress
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
Jessie Cox (b. 1995)
Switzerland, USA
Time-Space (2018)
INSTRUMENT: bass clarinet
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
SHEET MUSIC: request from composer
RECORDING: on SoundCloud
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
Joseph Jones
USA
Orations No. 2 Op. 65
INSTRUMENT: bass clarinet
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
SHEET MUSIC: request from composer
RECORDING: research in progress
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Joe W. Moore, III
USA
Enflame (2013)
INSTRUMENT: bass clarinet
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: research in progress
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Alvin Singleton (b. 1940)
USA
Argoru V/a (1984, rev. 2004)
INSTRUMENT: bass clarinet
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: performance by Ted Gurch on YouTube
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
J. Kimo Williams (b. 1950)
USA
Quiet Shadows (2004)
INSTRUMENT: bass clarinet
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: research in progress
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
