Session Proposals

Dr. Alexandra Doyle is the Assistant Professor of Clarinet at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, where she serves as the resident music historian, Taylor Swift-ologist, and director of the NSU CommUniversity Band. Previously, she taught at Sinclair College, Thomas More University, and the Stivers School for the Arts in the Cincinnati-Dayton area. Dr. Doyle is both a clarinetist with and marketing director for the Taneycomo Festival Orchestra, as well as an author and musicologist, with bylines appearing in The Clarinet Magazine, Vandoren WAVE, and Oxford’s forthcoming Handbook of Wind Music. She has performed with a variety of symphony orchestras, including the Tulsa Symphony, Arkansas Symphony, and Illinois Symphony. She earned her graduate degrees from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and her bachelor’s degrees from the University of Houston. Dr. Doyle is a Vandoren Artist-Clinician and Buffet Crampon Artist.

In this presentation, I will present my tips for helping clarinetists of all ages learn to cross the register change on the instrument smoothly. This includes recognizing and correcting common issues and demonstrating exercises to help students overcome this potentially challenging skill. The tools I will demonstrate will be useful for both middle and high school band directors and clarinet instructors.

This presentation will be largely based on my forthcoming article on the same subject from the Vandoren WAVE, which can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PKUhtk3dYhVOUTq2dHOQrsg4AHftQDQL5KxNpHpfwhM/edit?usp=sharing

• Band - Middle School
• Band - Secondary
• Mentorship/Beginning Teachers