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Articles

Articles by Michael Webster in The Clarinet, official magazine of the International Clarinet Association, may be found at www.clarinet.org.

 

Issue

1. Vol. 25, No. 3
2. Vol. 25, No. 4
3. Vol. 26, No. 1
4. Vol. 26, No. 2
5. Vol. 26, No. 3
6. Vol. 26, No. 4
7. Vol. 27, No. 1
8. Vol. 27, No. 2
9. Vol. 27, No. 3
10. Vol. 27, No. 4
11. Vol. 28, No. 1

12. Vol. 28, No. 2
13. Vol. 28, No. 3
14. Vol. 28, No. 4
15. Vol. 29, No. 1
16. Vol. 29, No. 2
17. Vol. 29, No. 3
18. Vol. 29, No. 4
19. Vol. 30, No. 1
20. Vol. 30, No. 2
21. Vol. 30. No. 3
22. Vol. 30, No. 4
23. Vol. 31, No. 1
24. Vol. 31, No. 2
25. Vol. 31, No. 3
26. Vol. 31, No. 4
27. Vol. 32, No. 1
28. Vol. 32, No. 2
29. Vol. 32, No. 3
30. Vol. 32, No. 4
31. Vol. 33, No. 1
32. Vol 33, No. 2
33. Vol. 33 No. 3
34. Vol. 33 No. 4
35 Vol. 34 No. 1
36 Vol. 34 No. 2
37 Vol. 34 No. 3
38 Vol. 34 No. 4
39 Vol. 35 No. 1
40 Vol. 35 No. 2
41 Vol. 35 No. 3
42 Vol. 35 No. 4
43. Vol. 36 No. 1
44. Vol. 36 No. 2
45. Vol. 36 No. 3
46. Vol. 36 No. 4
47. Vol. 37, No. 1
48. Vol. 37, No. 2
49. Vol. 37, No. 3
50. Vol. 37, No. 4
51. Vol. 38, No. 1
52. Vol. 38, No. 2
53. Vol. 38, No. 3
54. Vol. 38, No. 4
55. Vol. 39, No. 1
56. Vol. 39, No. 2
57. Vol.  39, No. 3
58. Vol. 39, No. 4
59. Vol. 40, No. 1

60. Vol. 40, No. 2
61. Vol. 40, No. 3
62. Vol. 40, No. 4
63.  Vol. 41, No. 1
64.  Vol. 41, No. 2
65.  Vol. 41, No. 3
66.  Vol. 41, No. 4
67.  Vol. 42, No. 1
68.  Vol. 42, No. 2
69.  Vol. 42, No. 3
70.  Vol. 42, No. 4
71.  Vol. 43, No. 1
72.  Vol. 43, No. 2
73.  Vol. 43, No. 3
74.  Vol. 43, No. 4
75.  Vol. 44, No. 1
76.  Vol. 44, No. 3
77.  Vol. 45, No. 2
78.  Vol. 45, No. 3
79.  Vol. 46, No. 1
80.  Vol. 46, No. 3
81.   Vol. 47, No. 1
82.  Vol. 48, No. 1

83. Vol. 48, No. 4

84. Vol. 49, No. 4

Dates

May/June 1998
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Title

Introduction
By Note or by Rote
Notation and Intonation
One Thing at a Time
Introducing the Right Hand
Ear Training (To Half & To Whole)
The Architecture of Technique
Tonguing; Hasty at Eighty
Finding the Right Tonic
New Fingerings; New Friends
Prodigies and Probabilities; Process and Progress
Master Class: Copland Clarinet Concerto
Tongue and Lung
Banish “The Break”
Registers and Keys
Rainbows & Bridges (Banish the Break, Part 2)
Tongue and Lung (Part 2)
Orientation, Modulations, Celebration
Gaining Speed (a new kind of interval training)
We Got Rhythm
Living in Harmony
Partial to Partials
Partial to Partials, Part 2
Clarinethnicity
Songs: With and Without Words
Partial to Partials, Part 3
Them’s the Breaks!
Banish the Break, Part 3
Beyond Baermann
Mining for Minors
Promise Her Anything, But Give Her Arpeggios
Etuduets
Seventh Heaven
Seventh Heaven–The Journey Concluded
The Trill of Victory
The Home Stretch Part 1
The Home Stretch Part 2
Practicing Successfully
How Dry Am I?
It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t got that Swing
Keep Your Temper!
Keep Your Temper, Part II–Fingering the Fundamentals
Keep Your Temper, Part III–Basics
Keep Your Temper! Part IV
Go Ahead. Lose Your Temper!
When Should You Lose Your Temper?
Early Music for Early Players, Part 1
Early Music for Early Players, Part 2
Fa La La & Sha Na Na
Gimme Five!
The Continuum of Articulation
Breathe Well, Be Well, Part 1
Breathe Well, Be Well, Part 2
No Visible Means of Support
“Gee Whiz!”
Seventh Heaven Revisited
Simplify, Simplify, Simplify
Transposition
Don’t Flip Out	
Go for the Gold
In Memoriam Stanley Gaulke (1934-2012)
Compound Interest
Rest Assured
Gimme Five, Part 2
Mix and Match, Part 1
Mix and Match, Part 2
Beyond Baermann, Part 2
Who’s on Bass
Holding Pattern
Air-ticulation, Part 1
Air-ticulation, Part 2
Hemiola is Not a Disease
Hemiola is Still Not a Disease
Bracketology
Pinky Power, Part 1
Pinky Power, Part 2
Pinky Power, Part 3
Alternate Register Keys
Couples Therapy
From Tyro to Pro
Reed Redemption, Part 1
Reed Redemption, Part 2
Reed Redemption, Part 3
Transposition, Part 1

Transposition, Part 2

Two Pandemics

 

Distinguished Students

 

Steve Williamson

 

Principal Clarinet, Chicago Symphony; former Principal Clarinet, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Alan Kay

 

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra; faculty, The Juilliard School

William Helmers

 

Milwaukee Symphony

Lee Livengood

 

Utah Symphony

John Friedrichs

 

Syracuse Symphony

Patti Dilutis

 

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

Andre Dyachenko

 

Principal Clarinet, Memphis Symphony

Michele Verheul

 

Principal Clarinet, Orchestra London (Ontario)

Steven Jackson

 

Boston Lyric Opera; Monadnock Festival; Principal Clarinet, Nashua Symphony; substitute, Boston Symphony and Boston Pops

Gary Gorczyca

 

Boston Musica Viva; Fromm Chamber Players; Chameleon Arts Ensemble of Boston; substitute, Boston Symphony

Song Tu

 

Former Principal Clarinet and Personnel Manager, Guangzhou Symphony; Current Personnel Manager, Hong Kong Philharmonic

Jan Halloran

 

Principal Clarinet, Boston Lyric Opera; Dartmouth University; Boston Conservatory; Portland (ME) Symphony; Opera North

Carolyn Agria

 

U.S. Marine Band “The President’s Own”

Rochelle Oedemann

 

Air Force Band, Tech. Sergeant (retired)

Barbara Haney

 

U.S. Marine Band “The President’s Own,” Master Sergeant (retired)

Louis DeMartino

 

Principal clarinet: Hawaii Symphony Orchestra, Portland Opera, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Colorado Music Festival at Boulder

Dr. Kelly Burke

 

Associate Vice-Provost, UNC-Greensboro; Principal Clarinet, Greensboro Symphony

Dr. Linda Cionitti

 

Professor of Clarinet, Georgia Southern University

Dr. Shannon Thompson

 

Professor of Music, Western Carolina University

Dr. Maiko Sasaki

 

ROCO Chamber Orchestra, Houston

Sergei Vassiliev

 

Principal clarinet, Colorado Springs Symphony

Dr. Brian Viliunas

 

Associate Professor of Clarinet and Orchestra Director, Samford University, AL; Fulbright Scholar in Norway 2006-2007

Dr. Matthew Nelson

 

Associate Professor, University of Louisville

Elizandro Garcia-Montoya

 

Clarinetist of Fifth House Ensemble, Chicago; principal clarinetist, New Hampshire Music Festival

Natalie Parker Mowbray

 

Former Principal Clarinet, San Francisco Ballet; Associate, Holland & Knight LLP

Daniel Goldman

 

Principal Clarinet, Dallas Opera Orchestra

Eric Jacobs

 

Bass Clarinet and Clarinet, Seattle Symphony

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