Bret Pimentel, woodwinds

Here are some of the things that went on here at your favorite woodwind blog during the past year, and some things to look for in 2017. My biggest “hits” in terms of site visits and social media response were Please stop telling you clarinet students to tighten their embouchures, A few thoughts on the new Roland Aerophone ...

Hand-picked high-quality woodwind-related blog posts from around the web, December 2016 edition.

Here are some sample scripts for phone calls or emails about "gigs" that pay nothing, or not enough.

Believe it or not, some of my college students make mistakes that seem somehow familiar. If I could go back to college (and graduate school) and do it all over, here are a few things I might choose to do differently. Embrace my teachers’ approaches. As readers of this blog know, I tend to be a bit ...