After completing the Baermann Bootcamp, I found myself still motivated to keep working on fundamentals, but I was very “scaled out”. I was recently re-introduced to the Jeanjean Vade-Mecum during the Virtual Clarinet Warmups, and decided it would be a good option for another challenge. Vade-Mecum (noun): a handbook or guide that is kept constantly […]
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So here we are again at the end of one year and the start of another. I can’t help looking back at 2019 and reflecting on what I accomplished this year. 2019 was a year of transition for me and my family and trying to adjust to a new home thousands of miles away from […]
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Week 10 assignment
I’m lucky in that I get a four days off this weekend! So since I have a pretty strict policy of not practicing on my days off, I went ahead and recorded my video for week 11 this afternoon. Aaaaaaaand of course I left my camera at work! So I will have to wait to […]
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Ch-ch-ch-changes!
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 […]
Honestly, I can’t believe its been three years since I shipped myself off to navy boot camp. It feels as if the three years I’ve actually spent in the Navy has gone faster than the eight months that I had to wait to go to boot camp. Crazy how that is. I’ve never truly regretted […]
A few weeks ago, I clicked on an ad on Facebook about getting some samples of reeds. I’m always up for new reeds, and I’m always up for trying something new. I entered my address and info, and promptly forgot about it, until a few days ago, when I got a package in the mail. […]
As of my last post, my schedule was pretty ridiculous…I was not looking forward to being so busy. Well, since my last post, our awesome congress decided to let the government shut down. Luckily, we are still being paid, but there’s no money for gas for our vehicles to get to gigs! So we are […]
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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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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 […]
Sandy Herrera, Clarinet 