• Bass Clarinet
• Third Clarinet/Bass Clarinet

Carol Robe plays third clarinet/bass clarinet in the Eugene Symphony. She has been a member of the Oregon Mozart Players, and Principal Clarinet of the Eugene Opera for more than ten years. Also an ardent chamber musician, she has performed with numerous ensembles in Oregon, California, and Washington. For the past two years she has been Programming Coordinator of the Oregon Mozart Players' Chamber Music and Chocolate Series and has herself appeared in several works on recent programs including the Mozart Clarinet Quintet, the Brahms Clarinet Trio, and Bártok's Contrasts for violin, clarinet, and piano. Ms. Robe received her Bachelor of Music degree from Cornell College in Iowa, where she studied clarinet with Dan Geeting. After being awarded a Ruth Lorraine Close Scholarship in 1977, she began her graduate studies at the University of Oregon School of Music, where she studied with the late Robert Vagner. The summer after completing her Masters degree, Ms. Robe attended the Shawnigan Summer School of the Arts in Victoria, BC, where she studied clarinet with Gervase De Peyer of the London Symphony, and was coached by Harvey Shapiro and members of the Philadelphia String Quartet. Since 1990, Ms. Robe has been a student of former Boston Symphony clarinetist Rosario Mazzeo, travelling monthly to his home in Carmel, California, for lessons. She is herself a busy teacher with students in Eugene and Corvallis.