Klarinet Archive - Posting 000701.txt from 1997/08

From: "Craig E. G. Countryman" <cegc@-----.net>
Subj: Re: Copland Concerto -- follow-up
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 1997 11:05:53 -0400

I definitely agree with you!! And hopefully I would get a judge that
agrees also.

What really bugs me is the fact that the Florida Bandmasters Association
Music Committee (which don't get me wrong, they do an overall fabulous
job) puts a piece that is seventeen minutes long on their list, and on
top of that puts a star next to it, denoting that it is recommended
literature, while going on to say that the time limit for a solo
presentation is six minutes! It's almost like the people who put the
piece on the list just put it there because it is a major part of the
repertoire and not because they actually looked it over.

Is anyone on this list a member of FBA? Because I would be very
interested in learning if there were some way to circumvent this time
restriction.

You really can't do the job the piece deserves in only six minutes.

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