private studio and online teaching resources.

You can contact me by email at gwie@solscope.com for information about private lessons. My studio is located in the heart of Irvine, California and I teach violin, viola, clarinet, and saxophone students of all ages and ability levels. My former students are on scholarship at and graduates of Stanford, Oberlin, Indiana, UCLA, UC Irvine, CSU Long Beach, CSU Fullerton, San Francisco State, and many other major music programs. I believe that talent is not innate, but learned, and anyone can play any instrument at any age given the right motivation and instruction, all things being equal.

I think this is the most important part of my site. Here is a collection of resources that I make use of as I teach students of all ages and all ability levels, both privately and in ensemble/group settings. For commercially available material, I have linked to where I usually purchase them (Amazon.com, Sharmusic.com, and Sheet Music Plus). Public domain and other freely distributable material is available directly here in Adobe Acrobat PDF format, or linked to their source sites, which may include the Werner Icking Music Archive, the Internet Music Score Library Project, and the Mutopia Project.

 

Everyone

 In Search Of by William Fitzpatrick (free PDF download)
Rhythmic Training by Robert Starer
How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony (and Why You Should Care) by Ross Duffin
Lies My Music Teacher Told Me by Gerald Eskelin
Zen in the Art of Archery by Eugen Herrigel
The Inner Game of Tennis by W. Timothy Gallwey
 

Violin

Basic Major Scales (G, A-flat, A, Bb through F-sharp, 24 Note 3 Octave) [PDF]
    These scales should be practiced 1/2/3/4/6/8/12/24 notes per whole bow with a consistent bow speed.
Melodies for the Young Violinist by William Fitzpatrick

Antonio Vivaldi - Violin Concerto in A Minor (Movement I) [PDF]
Jean-Baptiste Accolay - Violin Concerto in A Minor [PDF]
Pablo de Sarasate - Maleguena [PDF]
Ludwig van Beethoven - Beethoven Romance Op. 50 in F Major [PDF]

J.S. Bach (ed. W. Icking) - Six Sonatas and Partitas [PDF]
J.S. Bach (International, Galamian) - Six Sonatas and Partitas
J.S. Bach (Barenreiter Urtext) - Six Sonatas and Partitas

 

Viola

Basic Major Scales (C, D-flat, D, Eb through B, 24 Note 3 Octave) [PDF]
    These scales should be practiced 1/2/3/4/6/8/12/24 notes per whole bow with a consistent bow speed.
Melodies for the Young Violist by William Fitzpatrick

Georg Phillip Telemann - Concerto in G Major [PDF]
Max Bruch - Romance Op. 85 [PDF]
J.S. Bach (ed. W. Icking) - Six Suites for Viola [PDF] | Corrections [TXT]
J.S. Bach (ed. Rowland-Jones) - Six Suites for Viola

 

Clarinet

Chromatic Warmup and Extensible Exercises [PDF]
H. Klose - Celebrated Method for the Clarinet: Complete Edition [PDF]
Carl Baermann - Complete Method For Clarinet: Third Division
Cyrill Rose - 32 Etudes for Clarinet
Ernesto Cavallini - 30 Caprices
Paul Jeanjean (ed. Hite) - Sixteen Etudes Modernes

Weber, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Brahms - Masterworks for Clarinet and Piano
W.A. Mozart - Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra [PDF]
Carl Maria von Weber - Clarinet Concerto No. 1 [PDF]
Carl Maria von Weber - Clarinet Concerto No. 2 [PDF]
Louis Spohr - Clarinet Concerto No. 1 [PDF]