As you can probably imagine because of my lack of blog posts, I have been insanely busy this summer. So a vacation was exactly what I needed. After spending two weeks in Colorado, I have been thrown back into reality and I am back to work…plus I’m starting a new teaching gig at a high […]
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Reinecke Trio
This past week I got to do something that I haven’t had a chance to do since I was in school. I got to play real chamber music! My co-worker, who is a horn player, put together a chamber music recital with a bunch of us from the band. We played the Trio for Horn, […]
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Years of service: 2
So two years ago Thursday I embarked on an adventure that I never dreamed I would take on…joining the military! I can’t believe that its been two years already. It seems just yesterday that I auditioned and signed my life away! (and remember when I had to wait 8 months to leave for boot camp? […]
Ok, so I’ve been really bad about posting anything lately. Oops….time just got away from me. I’ve been extremely busy at work the last month (ish) because of woodwind quintet rehearsals and gigs, wind ensemble rehearsals and a concert last weekend, my two (!) collateral duties, and the biggest thing…the Virginia International Tattoo! We’ve been […]
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My first Navy trip!
Last weekend was my first official overnight trip with the band. I went with the woodwind quintet (which I’m in) and the brass quintet, plus our boss (the band officer in charge of Fleet Forces Band). We traveled several hours south to South Carolina, to a little town called Pawley’s Island, which is just south […]
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Practice tool
I wanted to write a post about a new practice tool that I’ve really come to love…my iPhone. There are several apps that I’ve been using lately to help with my practicing (some have actually replaced other things that I don’t need to lug around anymore), and to make practicing more fun. Its pretty amazing […]
And continuing on to the third part of my warm-up routine! Articulation is an important fundamental every clarinetist needs to become proficient at. For this part of my routine, I actually do a couple different things. I usually switch it up when I get bored with doing one or the other. For the first routine, […]
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Mostly ranting…
Of course, when I decide that I want to practice more, that’s when things get busy! I have rehearsal nearly every day for the woodwind quintet that I am in at work because we’re going on the road to South Carolina in a couple weeks to play a concert with the brass quintet. We are […]
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Resolutions…or something like that?
I’m going to be honest here. New year resolutions kind of annoy me. I don’t think we need to wait for a new year to make good changes in our lives, and most people don’t stick to it anyway. If we want to change, change NOW! Anyways, with that said… I have one thing that […]
Last week I had the pleasure of traveling to Chicago and attending the Midwest Clinic to play a concert with the Virginia Wind Symphony. I have never been to the conference, and playing there was on my bucket list, for sure. The conference is mostly geared towards the music educator/band director type, which I am […]
Sandy Herrera, Clarinet 