- Flutist Nicole Riner assigns her students repertoire that reinforces skill development (a re-“print” from the 2012 A Flutist’s Handbook: Pedagogy Anthology Vol. 2).
- Oboist Stephen Caplan reconsiders concentration in performance.
- Bassoonist Barry Stees shares a simple but revealing way to test reeds.
- Flutist Jessica Dunnavant discusses her complicated relationship with university teaching.
- David Pierce considers a pedagogical order for the Vivaldi bassoon concertos (a re-“print” from a 1987 article in the Journal of the International Double Reed Society) [update: link dead].
- Oboist Jennet Ingle figures out how to give a good tuning A every time.
- Saxophonist Helen Kahlke avoids germs on the gig.
Woodwinds: Saxophone
Favorite blog posts, January 2018
Hand-picked high-quality woodwind-related blog posts from around the web, January 2018 edition.
Review: “Double Troubles” by Paul Saunders
A few months ago I wrote a review of So You Want to Play in Shows…?, a book of woodwind doubling etudes by Paul Saunders. Recently Paul sent me Double Troubles, a new collection of etudes. Like So You Want, the new volume includes a piano part plus access to downloadable backing tracks. As I said in the previous review: This is … Read more
Favorite blog posts, December 2017
Hand-picked high-quality woodwind-related blog posts from around the web, December 2017 edition.
Favorite blog posts, November 2017
Hand-picked high-quality woodwind-related blog posts from around the web, November 2017 edition.
Jazz recital videos, August 2017
This year I played all jazz at my Delta State University faculty recital. Program and some selected videos are below. I’m very much a part-time jazz player, so it was fun to spend the summer trying to get my chops in shape to play tunes in a variety of styles on a variety of instruments. … Read more
Favorite blog posts, August 2017
Hand-picked high-quality woodwind-related blog posts from around the web, August 2017 edition.
Favorite blog posts, July 2017
Hand-picked high-quality woodwind-related blog posts from around the web, July 2017 edition.
Favorite blog posts, May 2017
Hand-picked high-quality woodwind-related blog posts from around the web, May 2017 edition.
Favorite blog posts, April 2017
Hand-picked high-quality woodwind-related blog posts from around the web, April 2017 edition.