Favorite blog posts, January 2021
- Jennet Ingle | Oboist: On FLOW
- Indy Flute Shop (Erin Nichols): Flute history crash course
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Favorite blog posts, April 2026
- Jenny Maclay (clarinet): How to choose the best clarinet fingerings
- At the Woodwindfixer’s Bench (Jeff Dening): Help! My instrument got stolen!
- oboealli (Alli Gessner): Chronic Octave Key Water
- The Flute Examiner (Keith Hanlon): Flute Olympics: Tactile Dissonance When Doubling
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, June 2022
I usually try to avoid sharing multiple posts from the same blog in the same month, but here are a couple of woodwind blogs that produced multiple high-quality articles in June:
- Northwoods Oboe (“Kaitlyn”): How to Practice an Instrument (Without Wasting Time); How to Make an Oboe Reed Responsive
- International Clarinet Association: (Rachel Yoder) Clarinet Playing During and After Pregnancy; (Shannon McDonald) Accommodating Learning Differences in the Clarinet Studio; (Sarah Manasreh) Equipment Matters: Women in Clarinet Repair
Favorite blog posts, October 2021
- Jennifer Cluff (flute): Top Ten Secrets of Great Flute Playing pdf
- Aaron Lakota (oboe): Reed Knife Sharpening, A Guide For Reed Makers
- The Flute Examiner (Jessica Dunnavant): Lights, Camera, Flute, Action!
- Everything Saxophone (Ben Britton): Learning Altissimo: From Low B♭ to Over Four Octaves Up
- Northwoods Oboe: Avoid My Reedmaking Mistakes: Not Adjusting With the Seasons
- The Flute View (Alan Medak): The ABCs of Music Stand Lighting
Favorite blog posts, January 2019
- Joffe Woodwinds: Practicing on the Gig
- JQ Flute: Rough times happening? Oh look, there you are making gold out of it. Here’s 3 heartfelt observations about your playing to get you through the storm
- Oboemotions: Promising Research
- Kristopher King (bassoon): Low A
- The Flute View: Creating and Refining Better Habits in Your Practice Room by Rena Urso
- Wayne Leechford: Auditioning for All-District
- Jenny Maclay (clarinet): My Winter Warm-Up Routine For Cold Days
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.)