Foundations
What a glissando is made of, a warm-up exercise or two, and your first glissando.
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Master the Clarinet Glissando, Step by Step
A flawless glissando sounds like magic, but it’s built one step at a time. Expanding on my Instagram series, this four-part course takes you from basic interval connections straight through to mastering the legendary Rhapsody in Blue solo.
- Jerusalem Symphony Orchestraassistant principal clarinet since 2012
- Meitar Ensemblemember since 2024, clarinet and bass clarinet
- Zubin Mehta, Kirill Petrenkoplayed under their baton
- 431K viewson the glissando series
431K views on the glissando series
13 short videos, each on a single interval. Here are four of them. Counts as of October 22, 2026.
Listen first
Before you learn with someone, it helps to hear them play. These are from my YouTube channel.
What you'll learn: from your first glissando to the Rhapsody in Blue solo
Four lessons for clarinetists past the beginner stage. Each one ends with a real excerpt from the repertoire, explained from the score.
Small intervals, high register
Where it is easiest to feel how the fingers slide.
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G, Boléro
Large intervals up high, small ones down low
Large intervals in the high register, then small intervals in the low register.
Across the break
A glissando that crosses registers, through the clarinet's break (the switch between the low and high registers).
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue. Widmann: Fantasie. Berio: Sequenza IXa
- FreeLesson number 1By email, for everyone on the waitlist.
- $59The full courseFour lessons. For the waitlist: $49 in the first week after launch.
- $89Course with personal feedbackSend me a video of your glissando and I reply with a video of my own.
Changed your mind? Write to me within 3 days of buying and I'll refund you in full.
My setup
People ask me what I play on. This is the setup I use on stage, in the orchestra and with Meitar.
- ClarinetLuis Rossi
- MouthpieceB40 HD
- LigatureBonade
- ReedsVandoren V12
Recommendations for students, by level and budget: Coming soon
About me
I'm Nir Marom, a clarinetist, conductor, and music educator. Alongside my performance career with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra and the Meitar Ensemble, I have a deep passion for guiding the next generation of musicians.
For over a decade, I’ve been heavily involved in music education across Israel. I conduct the youth orchestra of the Administration for Rural Education and Youth Aliyah, direct ensembles at Blich High School and the Arava Community Center, and serve as the musical director for the Central Arava youth summer camp.
I studied clarinet with Eugene Yehudin at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, Tel Aviv University, then conducting and music theory with Evgeny Zirlin at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, and earned a music teaching certificate at Givat Washington College. Master classes with Sharon Kam, Sabine Meyer, Giora Feidman, Anthony Pay, Håkan Rosengren and Eli Eban shaped how I play to this day.
- Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra since 2012: assistant principal, second clarinet and E♭ clarinet
- Concert tours with the orchestra to Japan, the United States, Dubai and Azerbaijan
- Meitar Ensemble since 2024, on clarinet and bass clarinet and as a soloist. The ensemble has given more than 400 premieres
- Soloist and guest player with the Israel Philharmonic, the Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion and the Jerusalem Wind Quintet
- Played under Zubin Mehta and Kirill Petrenko
- Master classes and mentoring at the CEME contemporary music festival
- Conductor at the Klezmer Festivals in Safed and Jerusalem since 2021
- Music director of the IDF Orchestra alumni ensemble and the Ramat HaSharon municipal orchestra
- Volunteers regularly, playing for evacuees, in hospital rehabilitation wards and in care homes
Questions
Is the glissando course right for me?
If you can already play comfortably across the clarinet's range, yes. Lesson number 1 is free for everyone on the list, so you can see for yourself before you pay.
Does a Zoom lesson really work for sound?
Yes. With a stable connection and an ordinary smartphone or computer, Zoom lessons are a great tool: they let me give you clear advice and the information you need to improve your playing.
What if the course isn't for me?
Write to me within 3 days of buying and I'll refund you in full.
Which language do you teach in?
English or Hebrew, whichever is easier for you.
How do I book a master class?
Write to me with the dates, the level of the players and what you'd like to focus on. I'll reply with a suggested plan.
Let's talk
For lessons, audition prep or a master class, write to me. I answer personally.
Write to me nirmaromclarinet@gmail.com