Klarinet Archive - Posting 000124.txt from 1995/05

From: Tom Izzo <tji@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: The Clarinet For a Late (fwd)
Date: Wed, 3 May 1995 23:02:23 -0400

From: Tom Izzo <tji@-----.edu>
Subject: Re: The Clarinet For a Late

Jon,
On Wed, 3 May 1995, Jon Delorey wrote:

> I also returned to playing after a long absence (about 15 yrs). I rented an
> instrument for a while since my old horn was unplayable and not worth
> I've found that the equipment choices are trivial compared to getting enough
> time to play and finding ensembles to play with. I played in a community
band
> for a while and am getting together with some friends to play. With friends
> it's always difficult to find music for the odd assortment of instruments
that
> become available. I recently got asked by someone with an piccolo and
someone
> with a trumpet. I can't imagine the result. I always look forward to the
> answers on this List for recommendations for different music for different
> combinations. Actually a more interesting question than what is your
favorite
> note is what unusual combinations of music and instruments have you found
that
> are fun and entertaining to play.
>
This sounds like it might be a fun thread. About 60 million years ago,
when I was in HS, we had an ensemble made up of
Bass Flute,
Bass Clarinet
Bassoon (Bass Oon)
Bass Trumpet
Bass Trombone
Bass Tuba
String Bass
Bass Sax
Contrabass Clarinet
Bass Accordian

Believe it or not we called ourselves the "Basics". It was a lot of fun.
Fortunately we were all very good high school musicians, so music was
never a problem, as we could all read at sight in any key or any clef or
any transposition. so any 5-10 part music worked.
Most of us are still playing professionally (& of course we also play
other things).

Have fun with this thread.

Tom
tji@-----.edu