08 March
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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 →

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Originally published in The Clarinet 46/2 (March 2019). Printed copies of The Clarinet are available for ICA members.   Audio Reviews: March 2019 RECORDINGS Clarinet4. Clarinet4: Anni Tolvanen, clarinet; Anni Björk, clarinet; Sirke Tynskä, clarinet; Esko Lång, bass clarinet. P. Hiketick: Charanga di Xiomara Reyes and Dansa Latino di Maria del Real; J. Van der Roost: Arghulesques; J. Pisto: AD 2017 – Three Pictures of the Time; H. Hödl: el vaivén. Artist produced CL4001. Total time 36:48. Amazon and CDBaby Clarinet4 is a Finnish clarinet quartet made up of clarinetists Anni Tolvanen, Anni Björk and Sirke Tynska with bass clarinetist Esko Lång. The group was initially formed in 2008Read More →

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      Crossroads: Twenty-First Century Music for Clarinet. Kip Franklin, clarinet; Robert Holm, piano; Mina Son, piano. D. Biedenbender: Synchronicity; K. Husa: Three Studies for Solo Clarinet; D. Maslanka: Eternal Garden: Four Songs for Clarinet and Piano; K. Opperman: Un Seul. Artist Produced. Total time 64:00. CDBaby, iTunes and Amazon Crossroads opens with energy, verve and great attention to detail in a well-balanced and engaging disc of contemporary clarinet repertoire. David Biedenbender is the only composer on Kip Franklin’s disc who will spend the majority of his life in the 21st century, but nearly all of the compositions, with the exception of Kalmen Opperman’sRead More →

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Originally published in The Clarinet 46/1 (December 2018). Printed copies of The Clarinet are available for ICA members.  Reviews MUSIC STUDIES Nora Shaffer. Scales and Harmonic Studies for the Intermediate Clarinetist. EHM Publishing, 2017. $22.95 Nora Shaffer is an in-demand freelancer and private instructor in the Chicago area. She graduated from DePaul University where she studied with Larry Combs and Julie DeRoche, earning both a Performer’s Certificate and a Master’s in Music (with distinction). Shaffer completed her B.A. in music at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. She has also studied with Stephen Williamson, Bil Jackson and Andrew Stevens. Shaffer created this method book specifically for the intermediate clarinetist. SheRead More →

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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 →