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100 Famous Female Clarinetists Throughout History

Any time is a great time to celebrate all the amazing women in the music industry. However, it seems extra appropriate to acknowledge some of them during the year of the woman, commemorating 100 years of women’s voting rights in the United States.

As always, this list is not intended to be comprehensive. I’m always interested in hearing your suggestions for those you’d add to your own list, so please leave comments below with your ideas! If you’re interested, I also wrote a more detailed description of some famous female clarinetists throughout history.

  • Mariam Adam
  • Michelle Anderson
  • Laura Ardan
  • Lori Ardovino
  • Diane Barger
  • Ivy Benson
  • Jessica Bessac
  • Deborah Bish
  • Romy Bischoff
  • Barbara Borowicz
  • Shirley Brill
  • Kelly Burke
  • Edwige Caquet
  • Ixi Chen
  • Anat Cohen
  • Paula Corley
  • Julie DeRoche
  • Georgina Dobrée
  • Margaret Donaghue
  • Daphne Down
  • Julianne Kirk Doyle
  • Naomi Drucker
  • Mary Alice Druhan
  • Viola Millicent Dunn
  • Joy Farrall
  • Laura Flax
  • Lori Freedman
  • Denise Gainey
  • Stefanie Gardner
  • Michele Gingras
  • Sabine Grofmeier
  • Marci Gurnow
  • Doris Hardine
  • Caroline Hartig
  • Anna Hashimoto
  • Diana Haskell
  • Julia Heinen
  • Janet Hilton
  • Augusta Holmes
  • Tzuying Huang
  • Sylvie Hue
  • Maureen Hurd
  • Michele Jacot
  • Emma Johnson
  • Kathleen Jones
  • Pauline Juler
  • Sharon Kam
  • Cecilia Kang
  • Moran Katz
  • Doreen Ketchens
  • Thea King
  • Julianne Kirk-Doyle
  • Margaret Knitel
  • Caroline Krähmer (née Schleicher)
  • Ginger Kroft
  • Alison Lambert
  • Esther Lamneck
  • Seunghee Lee (aka Sunny Kang)
  • Marina López
  • Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr
  • Kimberly Luevano
  • Victoria Luperi
  • Theresa Martin
  • Cordula Metzger(née Schleicher)
  • Sabine Meyer
  • Lynn Musco
  • Kazuko Ninomiya
  • Haruyo Nishizawa
  • Merve Nuvasil
  • Valentina Palma
  • Ludmilla Peterková
  • Jessica Phillips
  • Stéphanie Pochet
  • Lillian Poenisch
  • Rebecca Rischin
  • Carol Robinson
  • Marie Ross
  • Elodie Roudet
  • Jeannette Scheerer
  • Ecesu Sertesen
  • Severine Sierens
  • Rose Sperrazza
  • Pamela Spira
  • Jana Starling
  • Suzanne Stephens
  • Frances Thomas
  • Margaret Thornhill
  • Yoshie Toyonaga
  • Alison Turriff
  • Eileen Betsy Tranmer
  • Eva Wasserman-Margolis
  • Sarah Watts
  • Annelien Van Wauwe
  • Pamela Weston
  • Cathy Wood
  • Chiao-hui Yang
  • Rachel Yoder
  • Stephanie Zelnick
  • Amy Zoloto
  • Michele Zukovsky

For anyone wishing to read a more comprehensive history of female clarinetists, you should check out First-Wave Women Clarinetists Retrospective: A Guide to Women Clarinetists Born Before 1930 by Manchusa Loungsangroong.

Thank you to all female clarinetists from around the world who are making history every day!

 

 

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