Author: as9934
Date: 2015-07-25 05:46
Some advice from clarinet legend Ricardo Morales for you; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2zayflFV-8
I had a very similar situation to yours. Our section leader (also named Emily!) was the best clarinetist we had by her sophomore year. She had a great teacher and an amazing Buffet R13. She consistently made all-district and all-state bands and won numerous awards. She will be going on to study clarinet performance at Florida State. I never had a problem playing under her, because she was laid back , but was ALWAYS willing to help you on a piece you were working on. In fact she was the one who gave me my copy of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto to work on (which sounds much better btw so thank you all for your advice). Make yourself available to those who want to learn and they will come. Play cool music. Just be generally chill.
Now I play first or second chair in my band and play all sorts of different parts. Not going to lie, A lot of time the second a third parts suck (it is high school music after all). But I play them to the best of my ability and have some fun with them too. And when I do get to step up to principal, I relish the opportunity and play some kick ass music.
Try your best with the people who really can't play (there will be some). It's all you can do and hopefully your good practice habits and work ethic will rub off on them. Try and give them really challenging things to play and do, whether that's what your playing in band class or what your playing at home. They will get so much better and you will be gratified by their improvement.
Best of luck on your section.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Wind Ensemble
Buffet E11 clarinet , Vandoren Masters CL6 13 series mouthpiece w/ Pewter M/O Ligature, Vandoren V12 3.5
Yamaha 200ad clarinet, Vandoren B45 mouthpiece, Rovner ligature
Post Edited (2015-07-25 05:59)
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