​Instrumentalist - Inspiration!

Band: 

FLUTE

• James Galway (Danny Boy)
• Jeanne Baxtresser 
• Georges Barrère 
• Matt Molloy (Irish – biographical information/playing demonstration)
• Bobbi Humphrey(Jazz) 
• Jean-Pierre Rampal 
• Emmanuel Pahud 
• Jasmine Choi (Carmen Fantasy)
• Herbie Mann (Jazz) 
• Gareth Davies 
• Ian Anderson (Rock) 
• Greg Patillo (Beatboxing) 
• Marine Band (Flute/Bassoon Duet) 
• Hariprasad Chaurasia 
• Yusef Lateef 

OBOE

• Albrecht Meyer (Berlin Philharmonic) 
• Nathan Hughes (MET) 
• Elaine Douvas (MET) 
• Cleveland Orchestra (Educational- Choose Your Instrument) 
• Eugene Izotov (Oblivion by Piazzolla)
• Maurice Borgue
• Elizabeth Priestly Siffert 
• Keisuke Wakao (“Playing for Life” TEDx) 
• Liang Wang (NYPhil) 
• Kathryn Greenbank (Oboe Caprice)
• James Caldwell 
• Humbert Lucarelli (Schumann Romance No. 1, Op.94)

BASSOON

• Bernard Garfield (Philadelphia orchestra)         
• Daniel Matsukowa (Educational Masterclass)
• Gustavo Nunez (Rite of Spring Bassoon Solo)
• Kristin Wolfe Jensen 
• US Marine Band (Bassoon Instruction)
• Judith LeClair (NYPhil)  
• Archie Camden 
• Lindsay Cooper 
• Leonard Shaw  (Mozart Bassoon Concerto)
• Albrecht Holder
• Luc Loubry 
• Klaus Thunemann 
• Bill Douglas (Boulder Bassoon Band) 
• Julie Price (Mozart Sonata for Bassoon and Cello)
• Minnesota Orchestra Bassoon Section  (The Sorcerer’s Apprentice)

CLARINET

• Ricardo Mirales 
• Karl Leister  (Classical)
• Claude Debussy: Première Rhapsodie. Eric Abramovitz 
• Leshnoff Clarinet Concerto with USMB and Ricardo Morales (Tracks 6-8)
• Brahms’ Third Symphony with the Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam 
• Wenzel Fuchs w/Berlin Philharmonic (Mozart Concerto slow movement) 
• USMB Lincolnshire Posy (4th movement, “The Brisk Young Sailor” starts and 16:10) 
• United States Marine Band (Perpetual Motion) 
• Nielsen Clarinet Concerto (with USMB principal clarinetist) 
• Andreas Ottensamer with Berlin Philharmonic (Weber 1, final movement excerpt) 
• Wenzel Fuchs (Debussy Premiere Rhapsodie) 
• Nicolas Baldeyrou (Carmen Finale) 
• Berlin Philharmonic Playlist feat. Beethoven’s 7th Symphony, Tchaikovsky’s 6th Symphony, etc. 
• Sorcerer’s Apprentice (Berlin Philharmonic and James Levine conducting)
• Philadelphia Orchestra Live (Beethoven Symphonies 5 and 6 (1:05:30)
• Saturday’s Berlin Clarinet concert  (free with trial)

BASS CLARINET

• US Marine Band- Low Clarinets 
• Bennie Maupin (Jazz)
• Eric Dolphy (Jazz)
• David Murray (Jazz) 
• Louis Sclavis 
• Adison Evans (Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Lady)
• Harry Carney (Jazz)
• Cornelius Boots 
• Josef Horak (Classical)
• Jason Alder 
• Rudi Mahal 
• Michel Pilz 
• Chicago Clarinet Ensemble-Michael Lowenstern 
• Bobby Mintzer 
• Jerome Simas (San Francisco Symphony) 

SAXOPHONE

• Jean-Yves Formeau 
• Otis Murphy (Fantasia by Claude T. Smith)
• Kenneth Tse (Classical)
• Eugene Rousseau 
• John Coltrane (Jazz)
• Charlie Parker (Jazz) 
• Attillio Berni (Sub-contrabass sax) 
• Amy Dickson (Soprano Sax)
• Marcel Mule 
• Sigurd Rascher (Rhumba by Maurice Whitney)
• John Harle (Debussy)
• Arno Bornkamp (Classical)
• Jess Gillam (TEDx) 
• James Houlik (Tenor Sax) 
• Raaf Hekkema 
• Jack Montrose(T.S)/Bob Gordon (B.S.)
• Hamiet Bluiett (Bari Sax) 

TRUMPET

• Arturo Sandoval 
• Wynton Marsalis (Amazing Grace) 
• Alison Balsom (Classical)
• Chris Botti 
• Roy Hargrove (Jazz)
• Ingrid Jensen
• Doc Severinson (Johnny Carson clip)
• Allen Vizzutti (The Carnival of Venus)
• Miles Davis (Jazz)
• Tine Thing Helseth (Libertango by Piazzolla)
• Maurice Andre  (Telemann Trumpet Concerto in D)
• Wayne Bergeron 
• Bobby Shew (Quintet, performing Skylark)
• Adolf “Bud” Herseth (Interview & Performance Clips)
• Louis Armstrong (Jazz; Performing “Someday”)
• William Vacchiano (Petroushcka Trumpet Solo)
• Maynard Ferguson (Jazz; “Take the ‘A’ Train”)
• Phil Smith

FRENCH HORN

• Radek Baborek (Horn Concerto)
• Dale Clevenger (Mahler 5)
• Herman Baumann (Ave Maria)
• Stefan Dohr (Strauss’ Horn Concerto No.1)
• Sarah Willis (Classical)
• Berlin Philharmonic Horn Quartet 
• Dennis Brain (Beethoven Horn Sonata)
• Philip Farkas (“Intermezzo”)
• Barry Tuckwell (Educational- Horn Lesson)
• Alan Civil (Stravinsky’s Firebird Horn Solo)
• Froydis Ree Wekre (Concerto for Horn & Orchestra) Additional Interview 
• John Clark (Jazz) 
• Tom Varner (Jazz) 
• Gail Williams (Horn Festival Recital)
• Sharon Freeman (Jazz- Article); NPR Interview & Performance
• Willie Ruff (Jazz) 
• Helen Kotas Hirsch (CSO) (article/recording) 
• John Cerminaro (“Romance”- Saint Saens)

TROMBONE;

• Joe Alessi (‘Claire de Lune’)
• Bill Watrous and Paul the Trombonist (Two Trombone Duo) 
• Trombone Shorty (NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert) 
• Gunhild Carling (TedX- Jazz trombone) 
• Melba Liston (Jazz)
• Al Grey (Jazz) 
• Ian Bousfield (Trombone Choir) 
• Arthur Pryor (Blue Bells of Scotland)
• J.J. Johnson (Jazz)
• Glen Miller (Jazz) 
• Bonerama 
• Christian Lindberg (Full Recital)
• Helen Jones Woods (history of her life)
• The International Sweethearts of Rhythm (Jazz)
• Vanessa Fralick (International Trombone Festival)

EUPHONIUM 

• David Childs  (Carnival of Venice)
• Brian Bowman 
• Euphoniums of The President’s Own US Marine Band (Educational- Masterclass)
• David Werden (Excerpts)
• Bert Sullivan 
• Byron Fulcher (Educational & Excerpts)
• Lyndon Baglin (“Rule Brittania”)
• Trevor Groom
• Nicholas Childs 
• Stephen Mead (Encore Performance) 
• Demondrae Thurmon (Barfield Concerto)

TUBA

• Chester Schmitz (Boston Symphony)
• Dave Kirk (Houston Symphony) 
• Melton Tuba Quartet (William Tell Overture)
• Steve Curtis (Grigoriev Etude #26) 
• West Point Band Tuba Players (Duet)
• Patrick Sheridan (Tuba Concerto)
• Øystein Baadsvik (Czardas)
• Roger Bobo (Carnival of Venice)
• Carol Janstch (with the University of Michigan Symphony Band)
• John Fletcher (Flight of the Bumblebee)
• Yasuhito Sugiyama (Low Brass Seminar)
• Gene Pokorny (Over The Rainbow)
• Alan Baer (Cappriccio for Solo Tuba)
• Velvet Brown  (Incantation for Tuba and Piano)
• Charles Daellenbach (Tuba Tiger Rag)
• Floyd Cooley (Strauss Horn Concerto in Eb)

PERCUSSION

• Cindy Blackman Santana (Drum solo)
• Buddy Rich 
• Cynthia Yeh (CSO- Vibraphone) 
• Christopher S Lamb (NyPhil) 
• Martin Grubinger (Planet Rudiment II)
• Matthew Howard (with LAPhil Percussion Section) 
• Evelyn Glennie (Educational- Ted Talk)  
• Neil Peart (Drum Solo)
• Dave Grohl (Drum Solo)
• Keiko Abe (4 Mallet Marimba)
• Ruth Underwood (Zappa Sound)
• Elvin Jones (Drum Solo)
• David Corkhill (Educational- Instrument Introduction) 
• At Home with the BBC Orchestra 
• Christoph Sietzen (Thirteen Drums- Multipercussion Piece)
• Hillcrest College Marimba Band (Zimbabwe) 
• Lionel Hampton (Jazz marimba)
• Susie Ibarra (Philippines)

Other Wonderful Performances:

• Yo-Yo Ma (Tiny Desk Concert)
• Dallas Symphony Brass 
• Matti Salminen (Bass Vocalist)
• Canadian Brass (Tiny Desk Concert) 
• Black Dyke Brass Band ​

Orchestra: 

VIOLIN

• Hilary Hahn 
• Lindsey Stirling 
• Damien Escobar (Hip Hop Violinist)
• Caroline Campbell 
• Sumina Studer
• David Garrett
• Midori
• Black Violin (Hip Hop Violin/Viola)
• Mark Wood (Rock Violinist)
• Mari Samuelsen
• Mark O'Connor (Fiddle/Blues)
• Itzhak Perlman
• Vanessa Mae
• Andre Rieu
• Jascha Heifetz
• Isaac Stern
• Fritz Kreisler
• Joshua Bell​

VIOLA

• Henri Vieuxtemps 
• Mikhail Glinka
• Katherine Perry
• Anuschka Pedano
• Jeremy Green (Pop)
• Otoha Tabata
• Jennifer Stumm
• Rebecca Clarke
• Yura Lee
• Michael Hall (Mr. Rais' viola/violin professor)
• Marco Misciagna
• Lawrence Power
• Irina Yonkova
• Marina Thibeault
• Lech Antonio Uszynski 
• Kate Holzemer
• Grazyna Bacewicz
• Atilla Aldemir
• Eddie Nicholson

CELLO

• Yo-Yo Ma
• Dr. David Eccles (Mr. Rais' string professor)
• Mark Summer
• Zoe Keating
• Konstandinos Boudounis
• Sebastian Baverstam
• Yuriy Leonovich
• Aurore Dassesse
• Nathaniel Taylor
• Jacqueline du Pre
• Daniel Muller-Schott
• Ophelie Gaillard
• Sheku Kanneh-Mason
• Hee-Young Lim
• Coleman Itzkoff
• Hadas Kleinman 
• Eman Chalshotori
• Pablo Casals
• Vesislava Todorova
• Hauser

DOUBLE BASS

• Gary Karr
• Edgar Meyer
• Michael Rais (Jazz)
• Michael Rais (Classical)
• Lauren Pierce
• Mikyung Sung
• Derek Weller (Mr. Rais' past bass teacher)
• Donovan Stokes
• Jason Heath
• Francois Rabbath
• Rinat Ibragimov
• Dominik Wagner
• Barry Lieberman
• Alexander Verster
• Aleck Belcher
• Katie Thiroux (Jazz)
• Adam Ben Ezra (Improv)
• Brian Bromberg
• Fernanda Acosta

Other Interesting Videos

• Why Stradivarius violins are worth millions

Guitarist

• Ana Vidovic
• Clara Ciliberti
• Brandon Acker
• Ben Woods
• Stanley Jordan
• Achim Kohl
• Vera Danilina
• Tommy Emmanuel
• BB King
• Chris Buck
• Brian May
• Guthrie Govan