Yesterday I made the difficult decision to stop playing the Selmer Privilège model clarinets that I loved, and which only last Spring I considered to be the next best thing since sliced bread. My reasons are complex, and I’d like…
Jeanjean 18 Etudes, Original Edition
Here are the first few pages of the original 1928 Andrieu Freres edition of Paul Jeanjean’s Book of 18 Etudes de Perfectionnement pour Clarinette. Richard Hawkins kindly scanned these from the Oberlin library, which owns Gustave Langenus’ personal signed copy.…
Jeanjean 2 Finally!!
It’s been quite awhile since I posted a Paul Jeanjean etude to share my progress on the “Jeanjean Project”. Today I said “the heck with it”, turned on my Flip video camera and started playing. This is the second take,…
Is Perfect Possible?
Is Perfect Possible? I guess those who think so would say so. I don’t think it is. Perfect is an idea, a goal. Getting close is what we strive for. The journey to get close is the reward. But it’s…
Naughty Composer Dec. 5
One of the pieces we played this weekend is Craig Courtney’s Holiday Pops Overture, a standard of our annual holiday program. Near the end of it he wrote an unplayable section for the clarinets. Luckily he doubled it, meaning both…
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A Wow Clarinet and Guitar Jam
Ken Peplowski, clarinet and Frank Vignola, guitar. Now THAT’s what I’m talking about!