Education
Cohler received a bachelor's degree in physics from Harvard University in 1980.
Cohler studied clarinet with Boston Symphony Orchestra clarinetists Pasquale Cardillo and Harold Wright, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra clarinetist Karl Leister, clarinet soloist Charles Neidich and Frank Martin.
In 1978, he won a fellowship to the Tanglewood Music Center. He also held the principal clarinet position of the Colorado Philharmonic Orchestra (now known as the National Repertory Orchestra) in 1979 under conductor Carl Topilow.
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