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lisadevlinclarinet
Mar 14, 20211 min read
michael lowenstern
If you play bass clarinet, or even if you don’t, you should go and listen to Michael Lowenstern, because he's amazing. He’s got new music...
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lisadevlinclarinet
Feb 22, 20219 min read
steps to better sightreading
Sight-reading - performing a piece having never seen it before - is often the most feared part of any music exam for inexperienced...
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lisadevlinclarinet
Feb 17, 20217 min read
five at five
For student clarinettists, Grade 5 is where it starts to get really interesting both in terms of technique and the things we get to play,...
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lisadevlinclarinet
Feb 16, 20211 min read
Arrr.
Apparently when you’re nine, turning your teacher into a pirate for your Zoom lesson is the best thing ever. So says clarinet student...
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lisadevlinclarinet
Feb 15, 202112 min read
abrsm performance grades - are they worth it?
Recently, ABRSM introduced an alternative exam pathway: the remotely-assessed Performance Grades, some may cynically say to recover lost...
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lisadevlinclarinet
Feb 11, 20211 min read
obligatory lockdown quartet video...
Not the tidiest of endings, but who's tidy in lockdown?!
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lisadevlinclarinet
Feb 10, 20211 min read
Eric Whitacre - Sleep
Bass duties with the LGSW Clarinet Choir for the 2020 virtual chamber concert back in November, when they finally let us out to play,...
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lisadevlinclarinet
Feb 10, 20211 min read
Brahms. Bass Clarinet. How hard can it be?
Most of the standard classical clarinet repertoire is meant to be performed on the Bb clarinet (and sometimes the A clarinet). But what...
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lisadevlinclarinet
Feb 8, 20211 min read
What i Do At The Weekends - by Leese, Aged 46 and a Half
Proof that band music isn’t stuffy and boring – I thoroughly enjoyed being a part of this! London Gay Symphonic Winds perform Bowie’s...
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lisadevlinclarinet
Feb 7, 20211 min read
Festive Cheer
Bass clarinet duties with London Gay Symphonic Winds at our Christmas concert, performing André Jutras festive medley ‘C’est Noël’. I’m...
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lisadevlinclarinet
Feb 2, 20214 min read
it takes two
A few weeks ago during a break in rehearsal, the music director of one of my symphonic wind bands asked me if it would be possible to...
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lisadevlinclarinet
Feb 1, 20215 min read
Scales, And Why We Should Love them
Scales. Some love ’em, some hate ’em, and one of the things I get asked most often by my (usually younger) students is “But whyyyyy do I...
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lisadevlinclarinet
Jan 31, 20217 min read
Beginning Clarinet Without Breaking The Bank
I received an enquiry today from a potential student who asked me “Do I actually need a clarinet of my own to take lessons?” While the...
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lisadevlinclarinet
Jan 22, 202111 min read
a bass called brenda
In many respects, instruments are a bit like cars. Sometimes they’re simply a tool to get you from A to B – reliable and exactly what you...
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