Klarinet Archive - Posting 001171.txt from 1999/04

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: section deafness
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 22:07:01 -0400

At 05:22 PM 4/28/99 EDT, you wrote:
>Clark Brody told me he experienced exactly this. Apparently he toured with
>the Goldman Band for a summer (in a section that included a lot of monster
>players from NYC, including Gino Cioffi). After playing crappy band music in
>the middle of a loud situation for a whole summer, not being able to listen
>properly to his own playing during performance, he discovered that he really
>needed to rebuild his playing. He said it was like starting all over again.
>
>So much for symphonic band being 'educational.'
>
>David Hattner, NYC

The Goldman Band was legendary for playing too loud - low brass edgy and
brassy, cornets edgy and brassy. The clarinets had no choice but to play
similarly or not be heard. It was much worse under Richard Franko - Edwin
Franko kept it a bit more sonorous.

The Michigan Band under Revelli and later under Reynolds never had this
problem. I would assume neither did U. Illinois with Hindsley or (later)
Begian. There are many university bands that played magnificently.
______
Roger Garrett
Professor of Clarinet
Director, Concert Band/Symphonic Winds/Titan Band
Advisor, Recording Studio
Illinois Wesleyan University
Office: (309) 556-3268
Fax: (309) 556-3411

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