Larry Combs

Principal clarinet for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Founding member of the Chicago Chamber Musicians. A prodigy on the instrument, Combs was used by Charleston Symphony as fill-in clarinetist at age 13 and its principal clarinetist by 16. Also former principal clarinetist for New Orleans Philharmonic and Montreal Symphony Orchestra. Combs also plays jazz with his own Combs-Novak Sextet and headlined the 1999 Chicago Jazz Festival. Inducted, 2009, to West Virginia Music Hall of Fame.