Klarinet Archive - Posting 000409.txt from 1997/03

From: Alan Stanek <stanalan@-----.EDU>
Subj: William O. Smith
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 12:44:48 -0500

Dear Klarinet Readers:

Indeed, William (Bill) O. Smith is alive and well. He continues to
reside in Seattle, Washington. His presentation at the '96 ClarinetFest
in Paris, France, was one of the highlights of the many performances
given. A quote from the review in THE CLARINET, Vol. 24, No. 1 by
Mich=E9le Gingras, Doug Story and Jean-Luc Blasius: =

"The evening came to an amazing end with compositions and improvisations
by William O. Smith. In the 'Alleluia for Clarinet and Audience' Smith
improvised while the audience sang the syllables of Al-le-lu-ia. In
'Forest for Solo Clarinetist', he used different parts of two clarinets
in each of the seven movements."

Bill is an innovative clarinet artist and composer - incredibily
musical.
-- =

Alan Stanek, Professor of Music at Idaho State University
Phone: 208-236-3108; Fax: 208-236-4884; E-mail: stanalan@-----.edu
http://www.isu.edu/departments/music

President, International Clarinet Asociation http://www.clarinet.org
Come to the ICA 1997 ClarinetFest at Texas Tech University, July 9-13
http://www.ttu.edu/~music/clarinetfest