RI Clarinet School

06/20/2024

The URI SMA Band Camp registration period has been extended to June 28th!

We are looking for more 7th-12th grade band students to fill our concert band!

Join a spirited group of campers at URI July 21-27, 2024. Play in the SMA Concert Band, chamber groups, participate in workshops and clinics, and even take a field trip day to a local beach! You’ll have plenty of one-on-one attention with our camp faculty. Attend evening concerts such as a faculty recital and a Kingston Chamber Music Festival performance right on campus!

Register before June 28th at this link: https://web.uri.edu/music/sma-band-camp/

Have questions? Contact Artistic Director Allison Lacasse (URI Class of ’07)!
[email protected]

04/19/2023

Start dreaming of check-in day! The band will meet each other in exactly 95 days at and we all can’t wait for the fun to be had! Will YOU and your friends be joining us?! Hope so! 🎶

08/02/2019

Bit through my Eb mouthpiece patch today. Little beast.

06/22/2019

Happy Mozart Concerto Day, indeed! And, check out Jenny Clarinet’s website. The Baermann Boot Camp kicked my butt!

http://jennyclarinet.com

06/21/2019

Just yesterday I was telling a student of mine about how my four year plan got me through college in four years (with two degrees) without missing a class. It was probably one of the most valuable things I’ve learned: make a plan, even if you have to alter it later on.

What advice would you give to upcoming music majors? 🤔

Discover more tips at: https://www.musicnotes.com/now/tips/preparing-to-be-a-music-major-6-things-you-should-expect/

06/13/2019

Always fun to play with this group! Catch us next at the Bristol Fourth of July parade!

09/05/2018

I forgot to name this blog before I posted it. Doesn’t that make you want read it?🤪

Some kids have been back to school since last week, but for me, today really feels like the first day of the new school year. My summer teaching schedule has ended, the long day of teaching on Monday at Rick’s, and then a few lessons on Tuesdays has exploded to take up the entire week.  I d

06/01/2018

The American Band's 2018 Summer Concert Schedule is here! -

The days are getting longer, the temperature is climbing, and the birds are singing outside. Hooray for summer returning after a grey winter! We band members have been rehearsing all winter long to make sure our summer concerts are the best they can be. We hope to see you at one of them soon.  Here...

05/15/2018

http://www.riclarinet.com/new-blog/2018/5/15/clarinet-expo-recap

Last Saturday was the Clarinet Expo at Rick's. And I'm still recovering from it. one crazy busy day of all clarinet. Here's a picture of my D'Addario table, taken before people started to arrive:

05/07/2018

I’ll be talking mouthpieces at Rick's Musical Instruments Saturday from 10-4! Clarinet Expo!!

05/04/2018

Bringing back the blog, after 2 years of silence

May 4, 2018 Katelain Tavares It's Getting Kinda Busy Around Here May 4, 2018 Katelain Tavares I always felt like May and June are months when everything happens all at once. School Musicals, end of the year concerts, recitals, it all happens in these last few weeks before summer vacation. For me, a....

05/04/2018

http://www.riclarinet.com/new-blog/2018/5/4/its-getting-kinda-busy-around-here

I always felt like May and June are months when everything happens all at once. School Musicals, end of the year concerts, recitals, it all happens in these last few weeks before summer vacation. For me, a freelance musician and teacher, it's like getting swallowed into a tornado, and then spat out