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You may have read some of my pedagogical articles in

  • "The Clarinet" (U.S.)
  • "Canadian Winds/Vents Canadiens" (Canada)
  • "The Instrumentalist" (U.S.)
  • "Clarinet and Saxophone" (U.K.),
  • "Australian Clarinet and Saxophone" (Australia)
  • "Le Musicien" (Quebec, Canada)
  • "NACWPI Journal" (U.S.)
  • "Flute Talk" (U.S.)
  • "Winds" (U.K.)
  • "Bandmasters Review" (Texas)
  • "The International Music Catalog" (U.S.)
  • Rico International website

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Read: “I Want to Play Klezmer, So Where is the Music? ”
Clarinet and Saxophone, Summer 2006 (U.K.)

Read: “I Want to Play Klezmer, So What CDs do I Listen To? ”
Clarinet and Saxophone, Autumn 2006 (U.K.)

Read Will Cicola's (Miami grad) continuation of my klezmer series:
“I Want to Play Klezmer, So How do I Form a Band?”
Clarinet and Saxophone, Winter 2007 (U.K.)

Read Will Cicola's
“I Want to Play Klezmer, So How Did it All Start?”
Clarinet and Saxophone, Spring 2008 (U.K.)

Coming soon: Will Cicola's
“I Want to Play Klezmer, So What About Ornamentation?”
Clarinet and Saxophone, Summer 2008 (U.K.)

Read: "Klezmer for Klarinettists"
(Australian Clarinet and Saxophone)

Read: “Work Ethics and Job Retention—20 Tips On How To Be An Indispensable Employee In Music”—Winds, Winter 2006 (England)

Read: “Step-by-Step Circular Breathing for Wind Players”—Winds, Spring 2007 (England)

Read: “Braving Stage FrightUsing the Right Brain to Combat Performance Anxiety”—Winds, Summer 2007 (England)

Read Positive AttitudeA Job for Keeps”—Australian Clarinet and Saxophone, March 2007

Read: "Giora Feidman-Clarinet is the Microphone of My Soul"
-Australian Clarinet and Saxophone, Dec. 2003

Read: "The Tarogato: A Forgotten Instrument?"
(The Clarinet-ICA)

Read: “Secret 16: Natural Finger Motion”
Clarinet and Saxophone, Winter 2006 (England)

Read: “Secret 44: Vibrato”
Clarinet and Saxophone, September 2004 (England)

Read: “A Clarinet Secret about Rapid Tonguing”
Australian Clarinet and Saxophone, March 2004

Read: page 2 of: "Clarinettists Get Turned On"
(Britains' Clarinet and Saxophone-CASS)

Read my article about Rico International's History

Read Secrets 1 and 2 from by book Clarinet Secrets:
The Rocket-Speed Tonguing Exercise
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Read: Bilingual article (in English and in French): "Clarinet Secret 13: The Chin Exercise for Intonation-À propos de l’intonation: Secret no. 13: L’exercise du menton"—Canadian Winds-Vents Canadiens, Fall/automne 2005 (Canada)

Read "Express-Speed Reed Balancing" (Secret 40 from book Clarinet Secrets) reprinted in Bandmasters Review (Texas) March 2007 and featured on their website

Read "Secret 13: The Chin Exercise (to improve Intonation)Rico International Website, 2007