Michael Dean's Resources

• Practice Routines. We live in world of routine. Developing and following a good practice routine that includes a warm-up, scales, sight-reading, etc. will greatly speed up your progress. The following are my practice routines.
  Clarinet Practice Routine(.pdf)*
  Saxophone Practice Routine(.pdf)*
  
• Practice Tips. Here are some ideas I have found useful with my students and in my own practicing. These tips are presented in two versions. The first is a simple one page presentation that I often put on the reverse side of one of the Practice Routines above. The second is an expansion of the tips into an article that was published in a journal. The bibliography for the article is also below.
  Practice Tips (One Page)(.pdf)*
  Practice Tips (Complete Article)(.pdf)*
  Practice Tips (Bibliography)(.pdf)*
  
• Performance Anxiety. Successfully dealing with the concerns of playing or singing in stressful situations, such as recitals, contests, auditions, etc. is an important part of being a good musician. I have found the following tips useful with my students and in my own performing.
  Performance Anxiety Tips(.pdf)*
  
• All-State Auditions. Noted Texas clarinet professor Dr. Carol Jessup shares practical ways to prepare audition materials in the article below.
  Preparing for All-State Auditions(.pdf)*