03 June
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Originally published in The Clarinet 46/3 (June 2019). Printed copies of The Clarinet are available for ICA members.  Pedagogy Corner Teaching Effectively: Suggestions for Applied Lesson Teachers by Paula Corley, ICA Pedagogy Chair What is highly effective applied teaching? There are many approaches but no predetermined models for perfect private instruction. Whether at the college level or middle school level, one-on-one instruction is complex and multidimensional. Students must learn to relate to the teacher without the support of classmates, while teachers try to build skill, self-esteem and motivation, one student at a time. In short, a teacher’s musical knowledge and artistic ability may not be enough to facilitate studentRead More →

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Originally published in The Clarinet 46/1 (December 2018). Printed copies of The Clarinet are available for ICA members.   Pedagogy Corner by Paula Corley, ICA Pedagogy Chair   Leonard Bernstein’s Sonata, Movement II: A Practice Duet for Two Clarinets In an interview with Paul Laird, Leonard Bernstein described himself as an “eclectic” composer, saying his eclecticism created “the magic factor which is the individuated thing called Bernstein.” This eclecticism is evident in the second movement of his sonata for clarinet and piano. Bernstein began the Sonata in 1941 while visiting Key West, Florida, and it would become his first published work. The ongoing syncopation, rhythmic energy and instrumental interplay reflectRead More →