Another premiere band audition down. And another failed attempt. Sigh. Just an FYI, this post includes lots of mentions of breastfeeding and pumping, which may be TMI for some of you. Hashtagsorrynotsorry. Before I get into the audition, I just want to mention that out of all the trips that I have taken to take […]
OK, super honesty time. I’ve actually been fretting about posting this blog entry. I wrote it and it has sat in my drafts folder for the last week or so. I guess I’m just afraid that people will get the wrong idea about my intentions and what my priorities are right now. But, I can’t run […]
As many of you know, Facebook has as “memories” feature that enables you to look back on posts from years past. Apparently I posted this video 2 years ago: Every musician should heed this advice. We all have interests outside of music (well, we should, anyway!) that we want to dedicate time to. For me, […]
Of course having such a life changing event as having a child would change my priorities in life. But when I found out I was pregnant, I wanted to keep things as much the same as possible. I knew things would change, but I wanted my goals in clarinet playing and how I would achieve […]
If you didn’t know, today is Mozart’s 260th birthday. But that’s not the reason why I always remember January 27th. Exactly 10 years ago today I was at Eastman School of Music auditioning for a masters degree program. I had just graduated from CSU a month prior, and I had been working hard practicing […]
Yikes! Time certainly got away from me, huh? Let’s see, last time I posted I had announced that I was pregnant with a little one, due in December. Fast forward to now…I have a 6 week old baby boy named Oscar! He came into the world a few days before his due date in early […]
Yep. Been awhile since my last post. Isn’t that always the case? I get so busy with life that I forget about these things. Living in Hawaii hasn’t exactly helped either. Also… Yes that’s right! We’re expecting a baby boy in December! Not exactly planned, but sometimes life is like that. We couldn’t be more […]
This is a question that I’ve recently asked myself. Is a metronome ALWAYS necessary? Or should we learn to be able to break from it time and again? I’m sure we’ve all been in this situation…we practice diligently with a metronome, and we can play something technically perfect, but then we move away from the […]
I thought I would post a little something since I haven’t in awhile. Things have been a little slow on the clarinet front, although I’ve been practicing a lot for the ICA Orchestral Audition competition. Unfortunately, because things have been really busy at work, I might not have time to make an decent recording before […]
Last Friday, I had the pleasure of being a clinician at a middle school band camp. The gig was through the Navy, which is a first for me. I normally do this on the civilian side, but it was fun to do it in uniform! Anyway, all the students wrote little notes for us, and […]
Sandy Herrera, Clarinet