Very excited to announce I'll be teaching on a Low Reed residential course for (contra)bass clarinet, and (contra)bassoon at Benslow Music, 8-10 May 2026, with @sarahkwatts.bsky.social, Anthea Wood, and Antony Clare! See the link for details and to book!

www.benslowmusic.org/index.asp?Pa...

Review of our new album!

You can listen and download it here... jasonalder.bandcamp.com/album/inward...

www.freejazzblog.org/2025/05/jaso...

#freejazz #improvisation #guitar #trumpet #saxophone #contrabassclarinet #electronics

My arrangement of the banger made famous by Quincy Jones, "Ai No Corrido" for low clarinet choir performed at International Clarinet Association Low Clarinet Festival 2025, conducted by Jason Caslor and with an alto clarinet solo by Matthew Banks!

Excited to be part of this Clarinet and Sax Weekend at Dawkes Music! On 5 April 10.30-12 I’ll be doing a bass and contrabass clarinet masterclass. Space is limited, so book now!

www.tickettailor.com/events/dawke...?

ICA Low Clarinet Festival 2025 videos

Simple Lines- Bill Ryan

Stefanie Gardner, Fie Schouten, Andy Hudson, Joshua Gardner, Lara Diaz, Jason Alder, Matthew Banks, Jon Russell- bass clarinets
Jason Caslor, conductor

More Low Clarinet Festival 2025 videos

You are the Universe in Ecstatic Motion- Jonathan Russell

Amy Advocat, Jon Russell, Sarah Watts, Fie Schouten, Michael Lowenstern, Jason Alder, Jeff Anderle, Andy Hudson, Lara Diaz, Matthew Banks, Stefanie Gardner, Joshua Gardner- bass clar
Jason Caslor, cond

ICA Low Clarinet Festival 2025 videos incoming! First one is a banger!

Better Get it in Your Soul- Charles Mingus
arr. Matthew Banks for low clarinets

Fie Schouten, Matthew Banks,
Michael Lowenstern, Amy Advocat, Stefanie Gardner, Jeff Anderle, Jason Alder, Sarah Watts, Jason Caslor

What can I do as an American living in the UK to fuck with ICE and cause disruption to their bullshit?

The UK tax year ends 5 Apr (why? something about Julian to Gregorian calendar and Jesus...) but we have over 9mos, 31 Jan, to file. In a moment of hyperfocus I managed to gather all my numbers and info into my spreadsheet on 6 April last year. Then stubbornly waited until just now to send it in...

Happy Christmas Eve! Enjoy these tasty jazz harmonies from Vince Guardali’s Christmas Time is Here from A Charlie Brown Christmas, arranged by DB Williams and adopted by me for clarinet sextet

You’re a mean one Mr Grinch for a quartet of mostly low clarinets

#clarinet #bassclarinet #contrabassclarinet #christmas #grinch

Jumping ship with everyone else. Will I actually use this platform more than I did twitter/x? We’ll see… but in the meantime, here’s a contrabass clarinet glory hole