Charles Stier biography
is the heir to an
artistic and aesthetic tradition
that goes back through
his teachers and mentors
(and their teachers)
to the time of Mozart
and the beginnings
of the clarinet.

To them,
he would like to express
his unending gratitude
and admiration...

• George Pieterson, Solo Clarinet, Royal Amsterdam Concertgebouworkest
  and the Netherlands Wind Ensemble
• Robert Marcellus, Principal Clarinet, The Cleveland Orchestra (deceased)
• Alan Balter, Principal Clarinet, The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (deceased)
• Norman M. Heim, Professor of Clarinet, The University of Maryland at College Park
• Randall S. Thompson, Professor of Clarinet, The College of Charleston, SC
• Gordon C. Bobbett, Private Instruction, Charleston, SC (deceased)

and

• Herbert Wurlitzer, Master Clarinet Maker, Kunstwerkstatt für Holzblasinstrumente, Neustadt an den Aisch, Germany (deceased)
• W. Hans Moenning, Master Woodwind Repairman, Philadelphia, PA (deceased)

Dr. Stier has been instructor of clarinet in the private studio for over 30 years. He has created several critically acclaimed books and compact discs on the subject. He has given countless masterclasses during his concert tours.

He has taught high school kids and young pre-professionals. Some of them have continued their studies at the Juilliard School, Peabody, Northwestern, University of Maryland, Stanford, Brown, Catholic University and the Sweelinck Conservatorium, Amsterdam, Holland.

He has worked with college music majors, graduate school students and gifted adult "amateurs" who were scientists, doctors and engineers.

Many full-time musicians from around the world at the height of their careers and creative powers have sought him out for guidance and perspective.

In years past he taught at the Catholic University of America and the Washington Conservatory of Music in Washington, DC as well as the Peabody Conservatory Preparatory Division in Baltimore, MD. However, the academic environment was too artistically constrictive and professionally misleading.

Stier now teaches exclusively at the Cherry Valley Music Studio in Olney, MD.

• Private clarinet instruction
• Reed making
• Clarinet repair
• Career evaluation
• Wurlitzer Clarinets
• Theory and composition
• Performance coaching and interpretation