Dear Christopher, I have been playing the Rose Etudes now 42 years and I think that your CD is totally awesome. I am going to get all of my students to buy is. I just bought it on itunes. Every year, in Colorado, the high school students are required to play one or two Rose Etudes from the 32, for chair placement as well as auditioning for various honor and all state bands. For years I have hated this, because it monopolizes all of my teaching into making a \"career\" for myself of trying to get each student to practice their particular etude at \"tempo grave\". It wears me out and the kids hate it. Most of them would rather \"pass\" on All State or honor band rather than to be subjected to an entire summer and semester trying to prepare these etudes. This year it is number 20, with the tempo marked at an eighth note = 180. The study of these etudes for 9th and 10th graders was so laborious, that I had wondered if they could actually be played at the band directors\' recommended tempo. Well, I see that they can! Not only that, I can tell by your clarinet playing, that tempo speed could possibly be added by playing each section (starting with the first 4 bars) very slowly, then getting the 4 bar segment up to tempo and playing it for memory, over and over, in a \"loop\" mode. Then off to the next segment, with this \"add on\" type of study and memorization. I know that my clarinet mentor and friend, Jon Manasse, would agree with me. Thanks to your gorgeous CD, I think I may have more fun teaching these etudes to my students. I know that I can now learn how to play them up to tempo. I can\'t wait to order the accompaniment. Great Job!! Annie Lenoir from Manitou Springs, CO

Any serious clarinetist needs to make this CD part of his collection.

Awesome. I play these all the time!

Excellent CD which I received quickly. My son needed to learn a few of the etudes for an audition. It helped him enormously.