Let’s talk about my musical life before the pandemic. I knew that I was coasting but I didn’t know how much. What do I mean by coasting?...

Warm Ups Ep 1 – Beginners In my new Lessons in Lockdown video I give some tips on how to warm up geared toward beginner students. I focus...

Teaching in a Pandemic As is to be expected most of my students are not taking lessons right now. I have a couple video lessons but...

It’s been a rough couple of weeks for me. Between work, lessons, blog, YouTube, rehearsals and other family obligations I have definitely...

It’s been a couple of weeks since this first rehearsal of 2019 but it took me that much time to process my thoughts about it. My first...

Now that the holiday season is over and the new year as come and gone,  I find myself reflecting on this season, not only as a person who...

I recently traveled to Washington to see Seattle Opera’s performance of Benjamin Britten’s Turn of the Screw. Normally when I travel to...

It’s been a crazy busy week! I meant to post this last Monday after I finished performing this set but as you’ll see in the next post...

So I spoke in one of my last blogs that I was frustrated with the A clarinet that I was borrowing for the Salem Philharmonia concerts....

T Minus 8 days til the concert Ok. We’re in single digits to the concert now. I’m feeling pretty confident about my part but I still have...

Playing clarinet hinges in being able to do one thing, breathe. You think it’d be easy right?! Well it might be….but learning to breathe...

T Minus 12 days until the concert Today I focused my energy on the Strauss. I listened to my favorite recording on YouTube. Today I...

This blog series is going to be a little different from my normal blog posts. Normally I post about tips and tricks for clarinet...

So you’ve been handed a piece in band or orchestra with a note that looks like this… Learning new altissimo notes doesn’t have to be all...

Whether you’re a beginner or a pro, your warm up is extremely important before starting your practice session. Why? I’m glad you asked!...

Not all practice has to happen in the most ideal setting but it’s best to at least try to have the right tools for the job. I know...

Have you ever wondered what an ideal practice set up would be? If anyone else has issues with practice location? What should you be...

Now that you’ve got your instrument, your reeds, accessories, and music, what’s next? Well what’s next is actually playing, practicing,...

Now that you’ve acquired your instrument, reeds, and accessories its time to get playing! So let’s talk about books! Books for...

There are so many different types of accessories out there. Some are necessity, you must have them to care for and protect your...