Klarinet Archive - Posting 001129.txt from 2000/02

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Pit Orchestra -- The Sound of Music
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 01:23:35 -0500

At 08:54 AM 2/28/2000 -0800, Jim O'Briant wrote:
>There is a possibility that I may be asked to conduct some performances of
>"The Sound of Music" next fall. My own familiarity with the music comes
>only from the movie and from the "Highlights from ... " concert band
>arrangement. Can anyone give me some information, thoughts and opinions
>(either on the list or privately) about the show's level of difficulty, size
>of orchestra, importance of strings vs. winds, etc.? (We seem to have
>difficulty recruiting string players in this area, but we can generally get
>an "all brass & woodwind + piano & drums" pit band together.)
>
I just played this show recently. Based on the first clarinet book, it is
one of the easier shows around. You WILL need the strings, though, at
least a couple of violins. Or if push comes to shove, and I really hate to
say it, keyboard players with string sounds. String recruiting is always
hard! There are two clarinet books (ONLY clarinet - no doubling!), and as
I recall, a flute/piccolo book, an oboe/alto sax, two trumpets, trombone,
tuba, french horn, guitar (acoustic), bass.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive http://www.concentric.net/~bhausman
Essexville, MI 48732 http://homepages.go.com/~zoot14/zoot14.html
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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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