Klarinet Archive - Posting 000858.txt from 1995/05

From: Bill Hall <billhall@-----.NET>
Subj: Re: The Clarinet Polka
Date: Tue, 30 May 1995 19:32:03 -0400

>Bill Hall says:
>
>>My church has a small "orchestra" that consists of piano, organ, guitar,
>>electric bass, alto saxophone, trumpet, and trombone. Our minister of music
>>calls the sax, trumpet, and trumbone "the brass." (His doctorate is in
>voice.)
>
>Funny, since in that particular orchestration, all he had to do
>was call them the 'Winds'. It's funny that so many people
>think saxophones are part of the brass section just because
>they are made out of brass.
>

Perhaps that's why he majored in voice. ;-) (He does have a good voice,
is an excellent teacher, and writes nice arrangements for our wind section.)

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Bill Hall (billhall@-----.net) Dallas