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Apr 2 | Three Exercises for Finger Agility
Mar 26 | Your sound is in your mind
Mar 19 | Get the wind going!!
Mar 5 | You can't "think positive" good clarinet playing
Feb 26 | the art of breathing
Feb 19 | Auditions are over...now what?
Feb 12 | Fast + Loud...= relaxed?!
Feb 5 | 4 Tips for Scale Practice + Tools for an Uncertain World
Jan 29 | Maria Du Toit's advice for clarinetists + the 28 Day *group* Reset
Jan 15 | What the Japanese art of Kintsugi teaches us + 3 ideas for scale practice
Jan 8 | Hold Up! It's challenge time!Â
Dec 25 | A holiday message and a challenge for you
Dec 18 | Will you reach your goals?
Dec 11 | What if the work...isn't working?
Dec 4 | How you can *actually* get a good practice in when you're short on time!
Nov 27 | A đ to scale practice + 3 ways to press â¸ď¸
Nov 20 | How to plug your fundamentals into your rep!
Nov 13 | A story from when I was a student at Aspen
Nov 6 | PDF download to deal with those butterflies
Oct 30 | The best audition preparation
Oct 23 | Avoid this embouchure mistake!
Oct 16 | Chromatic download inside! And some fall reminders
Oct 9 | Shake the altissimo blues!
Oct 2 | Resonance and a voicing exercise
Sept 25 | A key to articulating faster and 7 things to consider before you apply!
Sept 18 | The Art of Relevance + An Air Exercise You'll LOVE
Sept 11 | Can you feel it in your nose?
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 |Â 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 SupportÂ
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 âď¸ đÂ
Dec 13 |Â 6 things crucial to your success as a clarinetist
Dec 6 | juries, exams & what makes a true hero đŚ¸đťââď¸
Nov 29 | 8 things to do to prepare for an audition!
Nov 22 | displaced thirds + our obsession with talentÂ
Nov 15 | A lesson about connecting the dots
Nov 8 | feel it in your nose! đ
Nov 1 | What I learned in Freiburg, Germany
Oct 25 | 3 Tips to be more efficient in practice
Oct 18 | The Power of SubtractionÂ
Oct 11 | The phrasing trick that always works!Â
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 |Â 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 |Â 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 đ§
Jul 26 | Stop practicing this way! + 3 Ideas for success (and happiness) on the job
Jul 19 | Smiles, Tennis & Active Air đž
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 + BreathÂ
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