Music
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Teeth
July 1992: The summer before my junior year of high school, I was in a very bad bicycle accident. I’m not sure exactly what happened, but the gist of it is I was riding down a curve in the middle of town, and my bicycle’s front tire seized up. It stopped, I didn’t. I literally bit the pavement, knocked out my left front tooth, chipped the incisor next to it, and broke the right front tooth. I had bad road rash on all my joints and almost half of my face. Thanks to some family friends in a car behind… [read more]
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Year 12
Just finished a day of clarinet (and 2 oboes) judging. It’s my favorite non-dayjob job. ❤️ [read more]
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Seeking Equipment Recommendations
I am asking for equipment suggestions. I’m ok with my sound but feel like it could definitely be better. Being so far removed from the college scene, I feel I’ve been somewhat stuck in a rut (not really) using the same equipment recommended to me by my absolute favorite clarinet professor, the late Dallas Tidwell, but that was 2006-2008. Even so, I feel it’s time to upgrade. [read more]
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Solo & Ensemble – Reflections
I love being a judge for solo & ensemble. As someone who is no longer immersed in the music education world, this is one of my few chances left to experience music on the middle school and high school level. [read more]
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Why Play Clarinet?
Dallas Tidwell was an inspiration. I think of him every time I get out my clarinet or step foot on UofL campus. [read more]
