Klarinet Archive - Posting 000473.txt from 1995/10

From: Kenneth Alan Douglas <kad12@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Wind Ens
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 23:00:16 -0400

Lou,

I am grateful you took time to reply, I am equally as grateful that your
reply was thoughtful and not some psycobabble that I seem to get from far
too many people.

When I performed Tears it was in an alumni band, where local teachers
were invited to dust off their horns to play in a wind orchestra. What
we did was use the Cal State WE as the core of this group and just add
chairs for whoever wanted to play. Three guest conducters were invited
one of which conducted Tears. There were only two rehearsals and then
the performmance, and all I can tell you is: as a performer it was quite
captivating. I will agree with you that the form is unoriginal, and
maybe if we had worked on it for one our regular WE concerts it would
have lost its appeal. I will also agree that there is far too much
"copying" from more predominant composers, maybe I'm becoming numb to it. I
don't remember the essay so I can't respond to that.

Perhaps this is just one creative difference that you and I have, (there's
nothing wrong with that, is there?)

Ken