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When practicing a difficult technical passage, be sure to fragment. Play the first four notes ten consecutive times without errors. Then practice the next four notes the same way. Fuse these two groups together and continue working in this manner. Use a metronome.

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Barlow Prize Announced

The Barlow Endowment competition for composers was a success! Mr. Benjamin Ellin has won the Barlow Prize. He will be composing a new work for me which will be premiered with the Brigham Young Philharmonic. More information about Mr. Ellin can be found by cliking on the link below. Joseph Alessi is looking forward to working with Mr. Ellin on this wonderful project.
www.benjaminellin.com
http://mckinley.byu.edu/barlow/Pages/index.html

Posted: Wednesday August 12, 2009

New Alessi Mouthpieces

Joseph Alessi is developing a new signature mouthpiece series with Griego Mouthpieces which will be introduced in the near future. Stay tuned.
http://www.griegomouthpieces.com

Posted: Monday July 6, 2009

Naxos Podcast

Raymond Bisha interviews Joseph Alessi about the recent Naxos release of "Return to Sorrento"
http://www.naxos.com/podcasts/Joseph_Alessis_Return_to_Sorrento.mp3

Posted: Sunday April 15, 2007

Alessi Interview with Bob Elkjer

Bob Elkjer, my arranger and good friend called me one day to talk about my history. Visit this link to go to Bob's page to hear the interview.
http://home.pacbell.net/melkjer/SheetMusicMainPage8.html

Posted: Thursday May 25, 2006