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Preparing Technical Orchestral E-flat Clarinet Parts

This month's post is inspired by my freelance performing over the past year or so. I spend most of my time teaching, and play in an...

Altissimo and Alternate Fingerings: Making or Breaking Your E-flat Clarinet Experience

An E-flat clarinetist deals with a number of pitch inconsistencies inherent to the instrument, and similar to someone playing piccolo,...

Keeping Up Fundamentals

Happy August! For many of us, August means a return to school as a teacher or a student and the start of the regular concert season. As...

3 Essentials for Successful E-flat Clarinetists

There are so many elements involved in playing clarinet. We have books and exercises for most anything you can think of - breathing,...

Practicing Versatility: How to Add Auxiliaries into Your Practice Routine

Have you ever been called to play with a group, and then scrambled to pick up an auxiliary instrument? Most clarinetists I know would...