Klarinet Archive - Posting 000342.txt from 1994/11

From: Garrett Fitzgerald <gfitzger@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Contemporary music
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 1994 13:43:36 -0500

>
> The recent comments about contemporary music and bands were particularly
> interesting to me as I just attended at band concert at California State
> University at Hayward last night. The oldest piece was written in 1928, and
> the newest in 1993. The audience was small and probably consisted mostly of
> friends and relatives of the performers.
>

A couple of days ago, the UMaine Symphonic Band played a concert at a
local middle school, to a full house (of relatively, I'm sure. :-) ).
We played "The Master of the Sword" from _Pagan_Dances_ dated 1992,
_Sang_ dated 1993, and several older pieces, including
_George_Washington_Bridge_. IMHO, the Symphonic Band is much better
than the Orchestra, which I don't believe has a full complement of
players. FWIW....

Garrett

   
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