I want to give you guys a free tour of my repertoire catalogue. I'm going to give you a link for each piece so you can check them out if you like. I'm also going to give a brief explanation of them. Sit back and enjoy! This is what I'm working on at the...
Olli Leppäniemi is one the leading clarinetists of our time. His solo career kicked off after he won the 1st Prize in the 2009 Carl Nielsen Clarinet Competition in Denmark. The audiences love him and he has already held 3 principal clarinet positions...
Last week we had a video task where I had to find a short video about music and teaching. Here is the video I found and my thoughts on that. She mentions Rico reeds and tells that it's a good brand for beginners because the reeds are so thin. I personally...
A professional clarinetist may face unexpected and fast-paced modifications to his/her timetable. I'm about to face a situation like this very soon and it makes me nervous. Luckily it also makes a great story for my blog. We have this small student ensemble...
Hiya! Today I'm going to showcase Nurmes Summer Academy 2016. I'm attending this summer music camp this year for the very first time and I'm super excited for it! The camp has tons of stuff to do, great teachers and masterclasses and it isn't too far...
Hiya! Today I'm going to compare these 2 very well-known clarinet brands. There has always been a war between the two and a constant struggle to decide which one is the best and everyone seems to have different opinions and experiences with them. I know...
I got my first clarinet student 5 years ago. It was a whole new world for me and I was pretty lost. I didn't have any friends who taught their own students and I was still in high school so I also didn't have any education or qualifications to teach....
Hiya! This is going to be my very first blog post in my brand new blog: Clarinet Carousel! I figured that combining the word clarinet with some other random word would make a great title for my music blog and guess what.. IT WORKED! I guess carousel actually...
Hiya! Today I'm going to talk about reeds. Reed is the beating heart of the clarinet which generates the sound so it's no surprise how important it is to find the right reed to play with. There are tons of brands nowadays and even more models and levels...
Hiya! I got my first boy student last fall. Before that I had only taught girls so it was pretty exciting for me. Naturally I had a ton of presumptions, fears and hopes on how it would turn out. Here are the questions I asked myself back then: - How he...
