Why Study with Ms. Bley?

• I am 100% dedicated to the success of every one of my students.  I provide detailed and specific feedback in a positive and supportive way that promotes mutual respect between me and my students. 

• My students are routinely selected as first chair players in their upper level school bands, All-District Bands, Senior Regional Orchestras, Youth Orchestras, Youth Wind Programs, and All-State Bands and Orchestras.  My students are consistently selected as clarinetists and bass clarinetists in the NAfME All-National Honor Band, as well as the Music For All Honor Band of America.  In 2019, my students were selected as Principal Clarinetists in both the Virginia All-State Orchestra and the Virginia All-State Band.  In 2020, two of my students were selected for the Virginia All-State Orchestra, including the Principal Clarinet.

• When you join my studio, you receive access to my personal music library that includes a vast collection of solos, duets, ensembles, etudes, orchestral excerpts, scale studies, altissimo studies, technique studies, recordings, and technology.  

• I am the Principal Clarinetist in the Loudoun Symphony, and I perform regularly with the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Greater Washington, Washington Sinfonietta, OneWorld Symphonic Festival Camerata, and the Virginia Grand Military Band.  

• I frequently demonstrate correct performance techniques during lessons, so students can hear excellent tone quality and develop their own concept of good clarinet sound.

• I am a Vandoren Artist-Clinician, so my students benefit greatly by having access to a wide range of high quality yet affordable mouthpieces, reeds, ligatures, accessories and instruments that help them achieve their best possible sound .