Fundamentals of Clarinet Playing
available as three separate packages ($75.00 each) or as an entire series ($199.00 – Best Value!)
Package 1: Warm Up, Embouchure, and Sound
- Emily describes the importance of the embouchure
- Emily stresses the importance of a good breath
- Emily talks about the importance of good sound
- Emily talks about and demonstrates the warmup
Package 2: Intonation, Fingering, Articulation
- Emily describes her approach to good intonation on the clarinet
- Emily talks about and demonstrates how she achieves quick and accurate fingering
- Emily teaches different articulations
Package 3: Flexibility and Range, Endurance
- Emily talks about flexibility and demonstrates the exercises that she does to gain flexibility
- Emily speaks about range and demonstrates the exercises that she does to build her range
- Emily describes how she gets through long, hard playing days
Emily Bowland
Clarinetist Emily Wasson Bowland maintains a dynamic career as a versatile performer, recording artist, and teacher. Emily currently holds the positions of Principal Clarinet of Orchestra Kentucky, Second Clarinet of the Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra, and Second/Bass Clarinet of the Nashville Opera Orchestra. She has performed with the Nashville Symphony, Huntsville Symphony, and Evansville Philharmonic.
Emily is active in the Nashville studio scene, having performed on many movie and video game soundtracks and recording for publishing companies to solo artist projects. She has recorded with artists Joss Stone, Mandy Barnett, Michael W. Smith, and she can be heard on Jack White’s Grammy-nominated debut solo album, “Blunderbuss”. She is also featured with roots musician Pokey LaFarge, as a part of the film soundtrack for The Lone Ranger (2013).
As a soloist, she has appeared with the Parthenon Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra Kentucky, and on recitals at the International Clarinet Association’s ClarinetFest, University of Oklahoma Clarinet Symposium, and the Society of Composers, Inc.. Emily was a part of several recordings with the Nashville Symphony, a highlight being the release of Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition” under the direction of Leonard Slatkin; and was a part of the world- premiere of Trey Anastasio’s “Time Turns Elastic” with Orchestra Nashville, a performance featured in Rolling Stone magazine.
An enthusiastic supporter of contemporary music, Emily is a core member of Nashville-based new music ensembles Chatterbird and Intersection. Chatterbird collaborated with Leyla McCalla at the 2022 Big Ears Music Festival and with Wu Fei in the premiere of her composition, Hello Gold Mountain. In 2021, Emily commissioned Nashville-based composer, Dave Ragland, to write a piece for solo clarinet/bass clarinet with spoken word, which she premiered on Chatterbird’s Virtual Chamber Music Series in June 2021.
Emily holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and a Master of Music degree from the University of Southern California. Her major teachers have included Yehuda Gilad, Mitchell Lurie, and Richie Hawley. She resides in Franklin with her husband, saxophonist Jimmy Bowland, and children. When not playing the clarinet, Emily loves to hike with her family.