Rehearsing the Room
I photographed Orchestra Hall, pasted a bored audience into it, put my family in the front row, and practiced in front of it on a television in my basement.
Articles
On practice, audition prep, and orchestral playing
Long-form writing from a working principal clarinetist. New posts roughly twice a month.
Why I built Play Fast Notes
I'm a clarinetist, not a programmer. I built a practice app to fix the fast passages that have scared me since I started playing. Here's why.
The 48 hours before an orchestra audition
The mistakes I see in the last two days are almost all mental. What to do with the hours when there's nothing left to fix.
How I divide an audition list
A two-day rotation that keeps every excerpt warm, including the easy ones. The system from Behind the Screen, distilled from 20 years of auditioning.