Favorite blog posts, August 2023
- Jennet Ingle | Oboist: Get Clear on the Money
- The Flute Examiner (Jessica Dunnavant): Quitting Time
- oboealli (Alli Gessner): 4 Sound Experiments for Oboists
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Favorite blog posts, September 2025
- Best. Saxophone. Website. Ever. (Doron Orenstein): How to Growl on the Sax Like a Pro
- earspasm – read. (Michael Lowenstern, bass clarinet): Steve Williamson Can Play a 5. You Can’t.
Favorite blog posts, February 2026
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- The Flute Examiner (Patrícia Pires): Recovering from an injury: a retrospective around a flutist’s individual experience
- Tammy Evans, flutist: Why You’re Running Out of Air on the Flute (and How to Fix It)
- oboealli (Alli Gessner): Oboe 101: Do I need a third octave key?
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Favorite blog posts, June 2016
- Jenny Maclay gets a little judgy (not really) about deadly clarinet sins.
- Flutist Meerenai Shim explains the “tongue ram” extended technique.
- Clarinetist Denise Gainey shares somes memories of Kalman Opperman.
- Jessica Valiente shares a chapter from her dissertation on charanga flute music.
- Oboist Jennet Ingle submits her report from the International Double Reed Society conference. (Stay tuned for my own report.)
Favorite blog posts, January 2022
- International Clarinet Association: Clarinet Music by Black Composers
- The Flute Examiner (Kelly Wilson): Performance Space
- Jade Bultitude (flute): 6 ways to stop you having a bad tone day!
Favorite blog posts, August 2020
- International Clarinet Association (Berginald Rash): In Discussion: The Clarinetists of Chineke!
- The Flute Examiner (Kelly Wilson): The Importance of Exercise
- ProneOboe (Jennet Ingle): Micro Rests
- Joffe Woodwinds: The Art of Slurring
Favorite blog posts, January 2018
Just a few to share this month:
- Betsy Sturdevant shares some key ways to improve your bassoon playing.
- Oboist Christa Garvey gives advice on reedmaking, especially for students in a reed class setting.
- Saxophonist Sam Newsome offers tips on developing a personal “brand” as a musician.