Author: BethGraham
Date: 2021-04-30 17:42
I feel your pessimism, Matt. As for recorder playing, check out Team Recorder on YouTube. Sarah posted a video not long ago about various play-along websites.
A good friend of mine from my recorder quintet swears by Helen Hooker, who you can find online. I haven't tried her out, because I'm concentrating on clarinet right now.
My nephew in California played clarinet through high school in the concert band, but hasn't even touched the instrument since graduation a year ago. The sad thing is that he's attending a community college with excellent music and theatre departments but, because of the pandemic, hasn't been able to take advantage of these opportunities. It just sucks: kids, especially, need community to encourage their music.
Of course, adults need community, too. I know I'm not alone in struggling to continue to practice -- against the day that I'll be able to rehearse in groups again. It's been hard (off and on) to maintain momentum. Word was that my concert band might resume in September; with the way the pandemic's going here, that's looking increasingly unlikely.
I haven't practiced clarinet in a group setting since mid March 2020.
On another note, I hope you can hang in there with your tech dreams. Personally, I've been to my tech several times in the past year.
Beth
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