ICA Plays On! was the International Clarinet Association’s first virtual event, held June 26-28, 2020 through a series of Zoom webinars. During each panel, we collected all resources mentioned and have compiled them into the list below for you to access after the event.
If you would like to re-watch this panel, you can view it on the ICA official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R32ggDPoMrM
Disclaimer: Any products, pieces, websites, or other resource mentioned during this panel are the opinions of the panelists.
Panelists (listed alphabetically):
Michelle Anderson
Deborah Andrus
Alan Woy
Reduced ICA membership rate of $25 for New Horizons members: https://clarinet.org/membership/
PDF of resources created for this panel by the three panelists: Resources for Adult Clarinetists
Websites:
- https://www.clarinetmentors.com/
- https://www.youtube.com/user/ClarinetMentors
- www.clarinetmastery.com
- clarinetguide.com
- https://newhorizonsmusic.org/
- http://www.ridenourclarinetproducts.com/ed-guide.html
- http://taplinweir.com/
- http://www.clarinet.dk/content/show_content.php?id=101&cont=eu&lang=en&instr=cla
- https://www.returningclarinetist.com/
- Hand and arm stretches for musicians: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-jyvDNJqAc
- Zoom audio settings tutorial: https://youtu.be/mEAb4G063sM
- Deborah Andrus play along exercises video during Clarinet Connections 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQRiVNsjGQk
- Color is the Piano YouTube channel with piano parts to repertoire: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZEPTgdn3dszuvNzDfjteTg
- How to change YouTube playback speeds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7jFS7NXS14
- Play With Shams YouTube piano play along tracks: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxqHVAmP3yUlWo3uQ-gZHN_PNWLXncoP9
- https://clarinet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/christopher_ayer2011.pdf
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26VnRcLNRSI
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A41u2lzc4vw
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A41u2lzc4vw
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5936989/ (science of articulation)
Equipment and other resources
- Plateau key clarinet (Available from Lohff and Pfeiffer http://www.clarinet.dk/)
- Ton Kooiman thumb rest
- Find a good neck strap
- Classical Fingers
- Floorstanding tripod to rest bell: https://www.interstatemusic.com/211118-ROBERT-JAMES-WEIGHT-LIFTER.aspx
- Facebook Etude of the Week clarinet group
Books:
- John Holt – Never Too Late
- Time for Tone by Eva Wasserman-Margolis
- 21 Chalumeau Studies by Randall Cunningham
- https://www.lulu.com/search/?adult_audience_rating=00&contributor=Dr.+Deborah+Andrus&page=1&pageSize=10
