I have been playing the clarinet and bass clarinet for 16 years, and teaching for 7. I am a professional clarinetist playing contemporary music, and so I like to introduce students to the new and exciting challenges involved in playing the music of today, but also recognize the importance of playing older music. Techniques such as circular breathing, double tonguing and slap tonguing are vital in performing new music and I think it is important to start thinking about these things from the ge...