In addition to private instruction, I also offer small ensemble coaching. Playing in a ensemble is a lot of fun and a great addition to private lessons. Students learn skills including:

• leading the group - giving the downbeat and cut-off, giving cues and setting tempos
• reading from a score
• blending and balancing their individual parts within an ensemble
• tuning their instrument and intonation tendencies
• listening and responding to others in the ensemble

The clarinet ensemble is a true chamber music experience - not a group lesson and not band. Students will be playing individual parts of a small ensemble. We will play a variety of music from Mozart classics to Joplin Rags to Beatles tunes. Ensemble will perform on my studio recitals.