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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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