Klarinet Archive - Posting 000489.txt from 1997/02

From: Jacqueline Eastwood <eastwooj@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Quintet seating
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 13:49:32 -0500

Maybe I had mine backwards! Although I think I remember walking all the
way around the backs of the chairs to get to my spot .... but from which
side? I think what you put is what I meant, because the flute would need
to project out, right?

TGIF!

On Fri, 14 Feb 1997, Edwin V. Lacy wrote:

> I've been surprised that no one has suggested the following seating
> arrangement, which I have used for many years, and which I have seen so
> often that it seems to me to be on the way to becoming a standard -
> although one with many exceptions, obviously:
>
> bassoon clarinet
>
> horn --------------> audience
>
> oboe flute
>
> *****************************************************************
> Dr. Edwin Lacy University of Evansville
> Professor of Music 1800 Lincoln Avenue
> Evansville, IN 47722
> el2@-----.edu (812)479-2754
> *****************************************************************
> On Fri, 14 Feb 1997, Jacqueline Eastwood wrote:
>
> > oboe flute
> > horn audience
> > bassoon clarinet
> >
> > On Thu, 13 Feb 1997, Burch Johnson wrote:
> >
> > > horn oboe
> > >
> > > bassoon---------> audience
> > >
> > > clar flute
>

Jacqueline Eastwood
University of Arizona/Arizona Opera Orchestra
eastwooj@-----.edu