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Sept 4 | Tools we love for getting unstuck?

Aug 21 | Get in the flow of fluidity and focus

Aug 14 | Scales, Studies, and s p a c e

Aug 7 | How did you get started on your path in music?

Jul 31 | Time waits for no one... or does it?

Jul 24 | How did you start your practice routines?

Jul 17 | Why should we practice scales?

Jul 10 | Need to breathe?

Jun 26 | Frustrated with your fingers? Try this!

Jun 19 | Flexibility in the altissimo

Jun 12 | How the heck do they DO that?

Jun 5 | THE fundamental practice plan formula I use with my students!

May 29 | Articulation + articulation endurance: 3 key ingredients

May 22 | What's the half-hole technique? + an exercise for you to try!

May 15 | the 3 phases of improvement

May 8 | What're you doing this summer?

May 1 | Who's got time for that?!

Apr 24 | Wait, you want me to do what now??

Apr 17 | Notes from a reformed negative motivation addict + a Cosi fan tutte assignment for you

Apr 10 | Happy National Siblings Day to the clarinet siblings!

Apr 3 | Recital Do's and Don't's

Mar 27 | Spring clean your intonation

Mar 20 | What's on the other side of fear? A story from last week

Mar 13 | Are you blocking your air?

Mar 6 | Play Clarinet with more Power and Breath Support 

Feb 28 | 6 Tips for Starting on the Bass Clarinet!

Feb 21 | How to put the play back into bass clarinet!

Feb 14 | How to 2002 Winter Olympics Helped Me Audition

Feb 7 | How you walk on stage matters!

Jan 31 | It's time we had a little talk about intonation

Jan 17 | Top 10 Practice Tips + 3 Ways to Get Unstuck

Jan 10 | It's time for an embouchure audit!

Jan 3 | Repetition in practice is good...but this is even better!

Dec 20 | tips for the the holiday season ❄️ 🎄 

Dec 13 | 6 things crucial to your success as a clarinetist

Dec 6 | juries, exams & what makes a true hero 🦸🏻‍♀️

Nov 29 | 8 things to do to prepare for an audition!

Nov 22 | displaced thirds + our obsession with talent 

Nov 15 | A lesson about connecting the dots

Nov 8 | feel it in your nose! 👃

Nov 1 | What I learned in Freiburg, Germany

Oct 25 | 3 Tips to be more efficient in practice

Oct 18 | The Power of Subtraction 

Oct 11 | The phrasing trick that always works! 

Oct 4 | Tips to beat the practice room blues!

Sept 27 | After Class Got Serious + My Warm-up this week

Sept 20 | the one "hack" you need + 15 links for success this fall

Sept 13 | 5 ways you're sabotaging your practice & a story about self doubt

Sept 6 | On air support, redefining success, and a workshop you don't want to miss!

Aug 30 | Scherzo Practice Techniques plus...

Aug 23 | 2 small shifts that can make a world of difference

Aug 16 | 3 audition practice tips + finding your sound

Aug 9 | Some sound advice + an exercise for sonority

Aug 2 | chromatic scale download + clarinet brain 🧠

Jul 26 | Stop practicing this way! + 3 Ideas for success (and happiness) on the job

Jul 19 | Smiles, Tennis & Active Air 🎾

Jul 12 | 3 ideas for your scale practice & more A+ content!

Jul 5 | 3 Practice Techniques You Need!

Jun 28 | Legato your way to staccato + a story from my NY Phil days

Jun 21 | Slay the dragon of practice distraction

Jun 7 | 3 Resources Worth Revisiting

May 30 | Flipflops, frameworks, and a freebie!

May 24 | Articulation games and a new car

May 17 | A very big BUT!

May 10 | Basketball and Clarinet

 May 3 | Free tracker & Summer programs ARE HERE!

Apr 19 | A change of pace

Apr 12 | 3 Practice Ideas, less than 30 minutes!

Apr 5 | 7 Pieces of Advice We Will Never Stop Giving!

Mar 29 | Crushing it or Failing?

Mar 22 | A To-Don't List + Baermann + Breath 

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