Kalmen Opperman

{{Short description|American clarinetist}} {{Multiple issues| {{more citations needed|date=June 2010}} {{One source|date=November 2025}} }} '''Kalmen Opperman''' (December 8, 1919 – June 18, 2010) was an American clarinetist.<ref name="t815">{{cite news| title=Obituary: Kalmen Opperman | work=The Scotsman | date=9 July 2010 | url=http://news.scotsman.com/obituaries/Obituary-Kalmen-Opperman-.6388455.jp | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100709110125/http://news.scotsman.com/obituaries/Obituary-Kalmen-Opperman-.6388455.jp | archive-date=9 July 2010 | url-status=dead | access-date=11 November 2025}}</ref> He was a performer, teacher, conductor, mouthpiece and barrel maker, composer, and writer of numerous clarinet studies.

==Education==

He was born in Manhattan, and grew up with his family in Spring Valley, New York.<ref name="t815"/> He studied with clarinetists Ralph McLane and Simeon Bellison of the Philadelphia Orchestra and New York Philharmonic.

==Career==

For many years Opperman was a performer in Broadway shows. He taught at Boston University, Hartt School of Music, Indiana University, and privately. Many of his students are currently working as soloists, recording artists, orchestral players and university teachers.<ref name="t815"/> Richard Stoltzman was one of his students.<ref name="t815"/> He wrote study books for the clarinet including his multi-volume ''Daily Studies'' and ''Velocity Studies.'' He led the Kalmen Opperman clarinet choir. He made mouthpieces and barrels.

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