Suggestions for high school musician

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4. Is there a four-year college in the vicinity with a music department?

If so, try to find an upper-level undergrad or a grad student majoring in clarinet or violin who gives private lessons.

Music majors have to practice a lot, and there is an art to practicing. They don't just play a piece over and over again hoping to improve. They have to figure out what and WHY certain passages are stumbling blocks, and then learn how to fix 'em. These are skills every musician needs and they are specific to each instrument.

I'm suggesting a college student as a teacher because they are close to your daughter's age and remember having the same problems just a few years earlier. Lessons don't have to be weekly. Even once a month with a good teacher is a better investment than software, in my experience.

(I started music lessons at age five but I was a freshman in college before I had a teacher that taught me good practice techniques. It made all the difference.)