Some music students start music lessons with one teacher and remain with that teacher for many years.
Some stay with the same teacher for a year or two before moving on. Continue reading “A note on clarinet teachers”
Posts by Debbie
On joining an orchestra
Last week on this blog I mentioned that I would talk about playing in an orchestra, and as promised, here are my thoughts…
Around July 2010, I decided to supplement my weekly one-to-one clarinet lessons with orchestral sessions.
Sight unseen
I have decided to set myself a new challenge. A practice challenge.
For the best part of a year, my practice sessions have consisted of me doing a brief warm-up (when I remember), my scales, and then one or more of my exam pieces. That’s it. Continue reading “Sight unseen”
Are you getting in enough practice?
During last weekend’s warm weather spell, my daughter and I were sunning ourselves in the garden when a sound grabbed our attention.
It was the sound of scales being played on a woodwind instrument; an oboe.
Week of the squeak
Last week’s blog post failed to materialise.
This was partly due to a combination of poor time management, and the arrival of my latest gadget: a Kindle.