Lessons
Daniel has taught the clarinet for over ten years (Royal College of Music Junior Department, Northwood College, West London Free School, workshops for BBC Symphony Orchestra...) and is passionate about helping keen clarinettists of all ages and levels discover their talent and enjoyment. From total beginner to conservatoire level, from 6 to 80 years old. Lessons are available at private studio at home or at the students'. Email me to get started!
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"Theo is beginning to be really inspired by your teaching; he's starting to understand the real possibilities of the clarinet I think, if you know what I mean. We're both feeling very lucky we found you!"From a student's father
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"I thoroughly enjoyed lessons this semester and learned so much - I honestly don’t think I’ve had better teacher."From a college level student from America
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"I have had clarinet lessons with Daniel Broncano on an approximately fortnightly basis since March 2014. I play, as well as B flat and A clarinets, E flat, basset horn and bass clarinet, and I chose Dani as a teacher because I had heard him play in a concert and I knew that he had the versatility to help with all of these and to the standard – advanced amateur – to which I aspire.
It was clear at my first lesson that Dani’s input was going to be extremely helpful. His initial approach was to focus on issues of posture and breathing – something which I had not experienced with previous teachers. This has helped me to think about relaxing as well as technique as a means of achieving tricky technical passages of playing.
Beyond this two things in particular stand out about Dani’s approach:
His musicality – in his own playing, and in the way in which he conveys what’s important, from details about phrasing, emphasis and focus up to a real understanding of the context of the piece and its place in the composer’s output; and
His enjoyment of the clarinet repertoire and his ability to pass that on to his students – lessons include of course work on technique, but they are structured in such a way that they are always a pleasure.
In the last few months we have worked on a wide range of repertoire – the Brahms clarinet quintet, the first basset horn part in the Mozart Gran Partita, the Hindemith Sonata and most recently the clarinet/bass clarinet obbligato parts in Argento’s song cycle ‘To be Sung upon the Water’. In all of these Dani has helped me to see the clarinet contribution in the wider context of the piece as a whole, to work on details of phrasing and emphasis, and to work through tricky technical passages, and above all to relax and enjoy playing. He is shortly to coach myself and the string players in preparation for a performance of the Brahms quintet, and I am sure his input will be valuable to all five of us."
It was clear at my first lesson that Dani’s input was going to be extremely helpful. His initial approach was to focus on issues of posture and breathing – something which I had not experienced with previous teachers. This has helped me to think about relaxing as well as technique as a means of achieving tricky technical passages of playing.
Beyond this two things in particular stand out about Dani’s approach:
His musicality – in his own playing, and in the way in which he conveys what’s important, from details about phrasing, emphasis and focus up to a real understanding of the context of the piece and its place in the composer’s output; and
His enjoyment of the clarinet repertoire and his ability to pass that on to his students – lessons include of course work on technique, but they are structured in such a way that they are always a pleasure.
In the last few months we have worked on a wide range of repertoire – the Brahms clarinet quintet, the first basset horn part in the Mozart Gran Partita, the Hindemith Sonata and most recently the clarinet/bass clarinet obbligato parts in Argento’s song cycle ‘To be Sung upon the Water’. In all of these Dani has helped me to see the clarinet contribution in the wider context of the piece as a whole, to work on details of phrasing and emphasis, and to work through tricky technical passages, and above all to relax and enjoy playing. He is shortly to coach myself and the string players in preparation for a performance of the Brahms quintet, and I am sure his input will be valuable to all five of us."