Klarinet Archive - Posting 000536.txt from 2000/02

From: Shouryu Nohe <jnohe@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 09:06:25 -0500

On Sat, 12 Feb 2000 Astrojelly@-----.com wrote:

> Chester Leaps Out?
>
> When we debuted it spring of 98 it was called Chester Leaps In. And that's
> the way it was printed in our CD. I remember we didn't much care for the
> piece either... not very clarinet friendly on the last page... especially not
> in unison. Sounds good on the CD though. Ahh... the magic of editing.

Ah, whatever. You're probably right - recall that we just prefer to call
it Chester Drops Acid, because that's what it sounds like. I'm lucky I
EVER get titles correct, as when we rehearse, we don't refer to pieces by
title but by composer. "Okay, we'll start with the Bryant today."

This sometimes leads to interesting quips, if the timing is write. Three
semesters ago, we played the James Barnes Third Symphony, and my
counterpart bassist, Dave, and I took it to a new level.

DrVan: "Okay, now on to the Barnes."
[pauses]
"James Barnes."
Winds: [groans]
Dave: "I bet he has a licence to trill."
DrVan: "Ha ha."
Shour: "Vodka martini, staccato, not slurred?"
Oboist: "Will someone run over our bass clarinetists with an Aston Martin,
please?"

J. Shouryu Nohe
http://web.nmsu.edu/~jnohe
Professor of SCSM102, New Mexico State Univ.
"If I wanted a 'job,' I'd have gone music ED, thank you very much!"

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