Clarinet, Into the Woods
Clara Haptonstall has been a clarinetist in the Rogue Valley for two decades, having played principal roles in the Ashland City Band, Rogue Valley Symphonic Band, SOU Lyric Theater, and the Elision Quintet. A music alum of Southern Oregon University, Clara is passionate about musicology, opera, and woodwind pedagogy. She teaches a studio for young clarinetists and pianists while living in Talent with her fiancé. When not practicing or instructing, Clara tends to her apiary, enjoying afternoon tea with her bees.