Klarinet Archive - Posting 000974.txt from 1998/01

From: Gary_VanCott@-----.com
Subj: Re: Concert Band - Favorite Clarinet Parts
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 20:05:43 -0500

>I'm reading through all these e-mail messages (135 to be exact!) and am
wondering as to the level of your community band. Suggestion are
ranging from grade 2 to the sky's the limit! Great music though!<

A good point, although I don't think this should limit anyone's
suggestions. The band I play in is probably typical (with one exception).
It has an age ranges from 14-70+. The exception is that we have about 6
working professional musicians that play in the band regularly and a few
more on occasion plus some school music teachers that are pretty good.

The director is rarely inhibited by the band's skill level and will try
almost anything. On Tuesday, the first meeting of the semester, he
apologized that he hadn't put out anything easy so we started with Holst #2
which he figured was the easiest thing on the stand. He also conducts a
professional group, the Nevada Symphonic Wind Ensemble.

Since I started this thread, I will try to put together a summary of the
suggestions.

Gary Van Cott
Las Vegas, NV