Klarinet Archive - Posting 000150.txt from 1996/09

From: David Blumberg <reedman@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: I need help/Eastman
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 21:42:49 -0400

Ben,
How about the "Howard Hanson Symphony for Solo Clarinet" (just kidding). What
a ridiculous egotistical requirement for the school to impose on it's
students! Good luck in finding your piece. John Beck wrote a piece for
Percussion that was listed (by mistake) in a Clarinetist's competition piece
(he was actually playing the Weber Concertino (that really happened). Or,
maybe you could say that Babin drove through Rochester once.
Do you know Elizabeth Fleming (DMA program)? We go way back.
David C. Blumberg
Reedman@-----.com

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From: Klarinet - Clarinettist's Network on behalf of Benjamin Maas
Sent: Friday, September 13, 1996 5:56 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list KLARINET
Subject: I need help

I have a rather peculiar request for everybody on the list. I will be
giving a senior recital this semester (if I can get a hall) and the Eastman
School has imposed a new requirement on our repertoire that we can play.
All recitals need to have a work by a composer that has been associated with
the school. My current program includes: Weber, Grand Duo, Babin Hillindale
Waltzes, and the Othmar Schoeck Bass Clarinet Sonata. I could really use
either an unaccompanied piece or some sort of a chamber work. I know about
the works that Sam Adler wrote, but I am not too thrilled with them.... I
don't know, but they just don't excite me.

If anybody out there in Klarinet-land knows of anything out there that might
fit this requirement, I would love to hear about it. Thanks in advance!!!!!

Benjamin Maas

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