Tag: Christa Garvey

Favorite blog posts, January 2018

Jan 31, 2018

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for Bassoon, Oboe, Saxophone

Hand-picked high-quality woodwind-related blog posts from around the web, January 2018 edition.
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Student-selected online woodwind pedagogy articles, 2016 edition

Nov 22, 2016

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in Woodwind playing and pedagogy

for Bassoon, Clarinet, Flute, Oboe, Saxophone

What I want my class to get from the assignment is a sense of how to sift through the information (“information”) available online, taking into account the author’s credentials or sources, a common-sense evaluation of ideas, and applicability to a particular teaching situation. Be careful out there.
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Favorite blog posts, June 2014

Jun 30, 2014

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for Bassoon, Clarinet, English horn, Flute, Oboe, Saxophone, Wind controller

Hand-picked high-quality woodwind-related blog posts from around the web, June 2014 edition.
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Favorite blog posts, April 2014

Apr 30, 2014

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for Clarinet, Contraforte, Oboe, Piccolo, Saxophone, Woodwind doubling

Hand-picked high-quality woodwind-related blog posts from around the web, April 2014 edition.
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Favorite blog posts, September 2013

Sep 29, 2013

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for Bassoon, Clarinet, Oboe, Saxophone, Woodwind doubling

Here’s what I liked on the woodwind-related blogs this month: From Casa Valdez, some utterly fascinating recordings (with scores!) of Joe Viola playing overdubbed woodwinds. A must-see for doublers. I have been seeing this incredible video of Samuel Barber with the classic Philadelphia Orchestra Wind Quintet all over blogs and social media lately, but Donax Music was the first …
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Favorite blog posts, August 2013

Aug 31, 2013

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for Bassoon, Clarinet, Flute, Oboe, Saxophone, Woodwind doubling

Read these excellent mostly-woodwind-related blog posts from the past month, and thank me later: Bassoonist David Wells shares and comments on early 20th-century recordings of the Weber Andante e Rondo Ongarese by William Gruner and Fernand Oubradous. Multi-instrumentalist Mark Catoe shares some clear thinking about teaching the concept of time signature. This will benefit even some of my …
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Favorite blog posts, July 2013

Jul 31, 2013

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in Favorite blog posts

for Bassoon, Clarinet, Flute, Oboe, Piccolo, Saxophone

Required reading: Christa Garvey reports on this year’s John Mack Oboe camp, and shares some masterclass notes. Her post about the fallacy of “doing more with dynamics” is really excellent, too. Christa wrote several other top-quality posts this month, but I’m going to just mention those two to avoid embarrassing everybody with my gushing. In other conference …
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Favorite blog posts, May 2013

May 31, 2013

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for Bassoon, Flute, Oboe, Saxophone, Woodwind doubling

Here are some high-quality woodwind-related blog posts from May, in no particular order. Mark Catoe and Tim Gordon discuss music education, careers, and, of course, woodwind doubling: Interview with Tim Gordon Flutist Meerenai Shim opens up about success, failure, pursuing your dream, and dealing with the practicalities: To Each Her Own Jennet Ingle is always one of …
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