02 September
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Originally published in The Clarinet 46/4 (September 2019). Printed copies of The Clarinet are available for ICA members.  Music Reviews: September 2019 STUDIES AND COLLECTIONS La belle aventure, Vols. 1–3. “Miniature works for great musicians in the making.” Three volumes of short pieces by composers Michalis Andronikou, Simon Bertrand, Éric Champagne, Hope Lee, Robert Lemay, Jean Lesage and Bruce Mather, compiled by Jean-Guy Boisvert. Doberman-Yppan, 2018. Vol. 1: $9.00 PDF, $10.00 print; Vol. 2: $11.70 PDF, $13.00 print; Vol. 3: $11.70 PDF, $13.00 print Clarinetist Jean-Guy Boisvert has made it his mission to promote works by fellow Canadians. To that end, he has commissioned nearly 20 composers to writeRead More →

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.  Music Reviews STUDIES AND WORKS FOR SOLO CLARINET Carl Baermann. Complete Method for Clarinet, Part 3, Op. 63. Arranged by Andrew Sprung. Alea Publishing, 2018 $20.00 Carl Baermann’s Complete Method for Clarinet, Part 3, Op. 63, is a nearly indispensable study for all clarinetists. This edition by Andrew Sprung is a reorganization and expansion of Baermann’s classic method to fit the bass clarinet with extended range to low C. Sprung is not the first to release such an adaptation. His edition draws parallels to an earlier release by Jack Snavely, formerRead More →

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Originally published in The Clarinet 46/2 (March 2019). Printed copies of The Clarinet are available for ICA members. Book and Music Reviews: March 2019 BOOKS Bret Pimentel. Woodwind Basics. Meaty Fresh Press, 2017. 152 pp. PDF E-book $12.99, hard copy $19.99 Bret Pimentel is associate professor of music at Delta State University, where he teaches applied oboe, clarinet, bassoon and saxophone. He has extensive experience teaching woodwind methods, and this volume, the succinctly titled Woodwind Basics, is a small but thorough excursion into the fundamentals of woodwind playing. The book is separated into 15 short chapters including embouchure, finger technique, articulation, tuning, and posture and playing position, among others.Read More →

03 December
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Originally published in The Clarinet 46/1 (December 2018). Printed copies of The Clarinet are available for ICA members.  Reviews   RECORDINGS Double Concertos by Atli Ingólfsson, Adriana Hölszky and Nikolaus Brass. Das Klarinettenduo: Beate Zelinsky, clarinet; David Smeyers, clarinet; Caput Ensemble, Guðni Franzson, conductor; SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden and Freiburg, Arturo Tamayo, conductor; Munich Chamber Orchestra, Alexander Liebreich, conductor. A. Ingólfsson: Orgoras Speaks; A. Hölszky: Flugmanöver; N. Brass: Zeit im Grund. NEOS Music NEOS 11708. Total time 65:12. Amazon and iTunes This album by Beate Zelinsky and David Smeyers, together known as Das Klarinettenduo, is a challenging yet rewarding collection of three double concertos that explore the possibilities ofRead More →

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Originally published in The Clarinet 46/4 (September 2018). Printed copies of The Clarinet are available for ICA members.     Music Reviews – September 2018   BASS CLARINET Juan de Dios López-Maya. The Stick and the Mask for unaccompanied bass clarinet. Cayambis, 2017. Duration 5’30” $18.90 Juan de Dios López-Maya (b. 1962) is a Venezuelan composer and musicologist. His medium-difficulty four-movement work The Stick and the Mask can be played on a bass clarinet without extended low range. The upper range is modest too, only reaching to clarion A. The four short movements portray in music the grisly plot of a novel by José Manuel Briceño Guerrero. Full ofRead More →