Clarinet Secrets: 100 Performance Strategies for the Advanced Clarinetist (Music Secrets for the Advanced Musician) - Softcover

Gingras, Michele

Softcover

ISBN 10: 144227655X ISBN 13: 9781442276550

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2017

Synopsis

The second edition of Clarinet Secrets provides techniques, tips, and guides based on Michele Gingras' 30 years of experience teaching in the clarinet studio. Discussed in a straightforward way, the concepts are explained clearly and illustrated with photos, diagrams, and musical examples—perfect for students, professionals, and instructors.

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About the Author

Michele Gingras is Distinguished Professor Emerita of clarinet at Miami University (OH), where she was named Curry Distinguished Educator and Distinguished Scholar of the graduate faculty. She has performed and taught masterclasses worldwide, released more than a dozen CDs, and written 200 articles and reviews for numerous international publications as well as two books: Clarinet Secrets (2004) and More Clarinet Secrets (2011). She is past secretary of the International Clarinet Association and is an artist clinician for Buffet Crampon and Légère Reeds.

Review

Gingras provides thoughtful insight into the idiosyncrasies of clarinet performance for advanced clarinetists. This is an invaluable contribution to literature on clarinet pedagogy. She tactfully addresses problematic issues clarinetists encounter and gives personal experience about clarinet performance. Gingras discusses the multitude of technological resources available and how the modern student can use them to address weaknesses in clarinet performance. This book is a complete compendium of how teachers and students should approach learning the clarinet in the 21st century. Many books focus on one or two aspects of clarinet playing. It is rare to find a clarinet guide that goes into such detail about all facets of clarinet performance. The explanations Gingras provides are straightforward and interesting. She combines logical solutions in a personal and engaging way for the reader. This book is highly recommended. (The Clarinet)

Michele Gingras’s newest book contains many insightful and useful pieces of information on a wide range of topics about the clarinet. It reads like a ‘Clarinetist’s Almanac’—very handy and entertaining (Ricardo Morales, principal clarinet, Philadelphia Orchestra)

Just when you thought Michele Gingras had covered every possible topic in her previous Clarinet Secrets books, she comes up with additional niche subjects that we all just have to know about! With a slightly contemporary slant for those things (range, playing techniques, control) that make our literature so challenging, she and her guest contributors bring a myriad of helpful insights to bear. This new and improved version breaks new ground in useful and important ways. (Howard Klug, Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University, Bloomington)

The second edition of Clarinet Secrets is a treasure chest of useful and interesting information for clarinetists of any ability level. It is greatly expanded from the original version, containing a wide range of new material—from the super altississimo register to slap tonguing and from multiphonics to transposition. Chances are you will find a little secret here that can make a big difference in your playing! (Robert Walzel, past president, International Clarinet Association; dean, University of Kansas School of Music)

Edition details

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 144227655X
• ISBN 13: 9781442276550
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 222