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Optimal Air Support for Wind Players

Learn to breathe better for your performing and your life.

Performing at High Altitude

How to do your best at higher elevations and to use these lessons to optimize performance at sea level.

Five Tips to Start Playing Clarinet Better Today

Add these tips to your clarinet practicing today to see real results.

Ten Questions on Musician Health with Ultramarathon Runner and Clarinetist Joshua Mietz

Joshua Mietz, clarinet faculty at Casper College in Wyoming, is also a competitve ultramarathon runner living at 5,643'. With numerous...

Healthy Habits From High Altitude Clarinetists

Ten questions on musician health and wellness with the clarinet faculty of the University of Northern Colorado Dr. Lauren Jacobson,...

Obstacles and Open Doors: Female Clarinet Pioneers in the Mid Twentieth Century

A Brief Comparison of Opportunities and Impediments. Dr. Anne Elisabeth Piirainen, Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki Dr....

Lessons from High Altitude for Wind Instrumentalists

Playing wind instruments under extreme circumstances reveals everyday tips for performing under normal conditions. Throughout my...

Photographic Chromatic Fingering Chart from Altissimo G#6 to C7

When we start getting into the highest registers of the clarinet, there are almost infinite possibilities for fingerings. Here are some...

Photographic Chromatic Fingering Chart from Altissimo C6 to G6

The Tension-Free Clarinetist

Stress and negativity don't have to be part of a performer's life. You have heard it a million times. That exquisite moment when the...

Teaching Your First Clarinet Lessons

One of the greatest joys of my professional life is when my students ask me how they should approach teaching their first lessons. This...