US orch mourns principal clarinet
RIPDick Waller, principal clarinet of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra for 34 years, died this week, aged 93.
Starting our as pricnipal clarinet of American Ballet Theater, he did his military service as concertmaster of the United States Navy Band.
In Cincy, he founded the Linton Chamber Music Series and was its artistic director for many years.
Apparently also a jazz player, since he’s pictured here with Duke Ellington.
Here’s a more detailed remembrance by a Cincinnati-based music news and critic. (She used to work for the main local newspaper, which, like so many others these days, then dropped any regular classical music coverage.)
https://janellesnotes.wordpress.com/2022/11/30/in-memoriam-dick-waller/