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Favorite blog posts, February 2015

July 20, 2022March 2, 2015 by Bret Pimentel

I’m running a little behind, but here are some of my favorite woodwind blog posts from last month:

Jean-Francois Charles provides a roundup of some interesting music using saxophone with electronics in various ways.
Bassoonist William Short (of the Metropolitan Opera) focuses on fundamentals, but just for a few minutes.
Saxophonist Sam Newsome discusses mouthpiece obsession.
Cate Hummel shares a few thoughts on the flute’s low register.
Patty Mitchell deals with oboe reeds and attitudes.
Lynne Krayer-Luke of Flying Flutistas discusses inclusive attention in practicing and performance [update: link dead].

Favorite blog posts, July 2014

January 1, 2018July 31, 2014 by Bret Pimentel

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

Favorite blog posts, September 2013

January 1, 2018September 29, 2013 by Bret Pimentel

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 … Read more

Favorite blog posts, July 2013

July 21, 2022July 31, 2013 by Bret Pimentel

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 … Read more

Favorite blog posts, April 2013

January 1, 2018April 30, 2013 by Bret Pimentel

I currently have over 400 woodwind-related blogs in my feed reader, and try my best at least to skim the new posts. In the past I’ve occasionally passed along recommendations about some of the blogs that I think are especially good. I’m considering moving toward something like a monthly list of some of my favorite … Read more

Sam Newsome on not doubling

March 15, 2017July 30, 2011 by Bret Pimentel

Sam Newsome asks the question, “Can You Double And Still Be A Great Soprano Saxophonist?” As I see it, if you play the soprano using a set-up that’s comparable to a much larger horn, you’re not dealing with the soprano on it’s own terms. It’s being treated as an extension of a much larger horn, … Read more