Klarinet Archive - Posting 000881.txt from 1998/06

From: "RJ Carpenter" <emerald1@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Re: I'm Back!
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 10:51:26 -0400

Maybe I just wasn't paying much attention earlier; but where was this music
camp? What was the cost of tuition and the requirements for acceptance?
This sounds interesting; I'd like to hear more about it!
Thanks,
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Tristan Carpenter- Clarinetist, Saxophonist, and Bassist.
emerald1@-----.net
www.geocities.com/bourbonstreet/bayou/2048
"...music is the voice of the soul."
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>
>Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 22:42:44 EDT
>To: klarinet@-----.org
>From: <Maestro645@-----.com>
>Subject: I'm Back!
>
>Well, everyone, I am back from my music camp. It went great! I made first
>chair out of 24 clarinets, and got first chair clarinet in the orchestra
(they
>selected two). Then I made the piano chair in jazz band and sang tenor I
in
>the choir. I had a lot of piano solos, as well as solos in clarinet. I
was
>particularly fond of orchestra. We performed "L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1" by
>Bizet, movements I, III, and IV. The winds sat out for "The Prayer of
Saint
>Gregory" by Hovhaness. Then we did "March to the Scaffold" by Berlioz
(gotta
>love that clatrinet solo at the end!), and finally (God forbid) "Fiddle
>Faddle" by ANDERSON!
>But I broke my Gennusa mouthpiece after one orchestra rehearsal; it just
>slipped out of my hands and hit the ground and broke. I almost cried. So
the
>clarinet prof gave me the only mouthpiece he had - an M13 lyre. I hated
it.
>The sound was too bright and thin for my liking. It did not get along with
my
>Opus. But those in emergencies can't be too picky.
>Anyhow, I just wanted to say I'm back, and let y'all know how it went. I
look
>forward to participating once more!
>Chris Hoffman
>
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