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REVIEW ON AMAZON.com
REVIEW ON AMAZON.comWhile the clarinet pedagogy is full of some excellent works that build the player's fundamentals and skills, they pretty much all, barring Tom's book, are subject to one major limi ........
Nielsen Clarinet Concerto
The Concerto for Clarinet by Danish composer Carl Nielsen is a "Most Advanced" work. Composed in 1928, it was his final large scale orchestral work. It is 10 pages - one long movement with four distin ........
BOREAL BALLAD
Boreal Ballad is a two page advanced unaccompanied clarinet solo by Tom Heimer. It is very expressive, with a wide range and some extremely difficult passages. The form in general is slow-fa ........
WESTCHESTER BAND NOTABLE MEMBERS
Since joining the WB in 1985 I’ve been fortunate to have played with many notable musicians who are past or present members and soloists who have played with the band. Dr. Joseph (Joe) ........
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Yonkers Philharmonic Orchestra (1972-77). Asst. Principal Clarinet & featured soloist. Jerome Sala, Conductor. Saint John and Area Orchestra (New Brunswick, Canada-1982). Co-Principa ........
FROM THE CLINICS
As mentioned, my clarinet clinics at the Northern Manitoba Band Festivals were a main source of information for the book. I also developed my basic jazz techniques soloing at the Northern Ma ........
MY INSPIRATION FOR WRITING THE BOOK
From about 1995-2006 I went through a period of buying all the advanced method books I could find in music stores in Canada and the U.S. I would thumb through books as to whether I’d spend t ........
HISTORY IN WRITING OF THE MOST ADVANCED CLARINET BOOK
I was first asked to be a clarinet clinician in the early 1980s for the Northern Manitoba Band Festivals. In 1982 I was asked to be a soloist at the 3rd Annual Northern Manitoba Jazz Fest ........