Klarinet Archive - Posting 000694.txt from 2000/07

From: rgarrett@-----.edu
Subj: Re: [kl] enthused musings upon Mozart Concerto
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 11:00:37 -0400

At 10:33 AM 07/20/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>It is in how you present the music.
>I keep running into high schoolers who pick the 2nd movement "it looks
>easy" or the ones who might be ready to begin work on it "it's only a
>grade level ---, i want something harder." these come to me for one or
>two lessons two weeks before contest--not enjoyable.
>This has been a MOST interesting discussion.
>annhall
>Ann Satterfield
>clarinetist and teacher

Ann,

You are so very correct in your statements above. Go to the article,
"Where do I Start" in the articles section of OCR and you will find a
description of this very thing! It is the most frustrating part about
teaching - the quick fix - and the "how can I win at
contest/all-state/etc." mode of thinking.

Sincerely,
Roger Garrett

Roger Garrett
Professor of Clarinet
Director, Symphonic Winds
Advisor, IWU Recording Services
Illinois Wesleyan University
School of Music
Bloomington, IL 61702-2900
(309) 556-3268

A Clarinetist's Revenge is sometimes personified by the following excerpt
from the London Daily News, circa 1926:

"The saxophone is a long metal instrument bent at both ends. It is alleged
to be musical. As regards markings, the creature has a series of tiny taps
stuck upon it, apparently at random. These taps are very sensitive: when
touched they cause the instrument to utter miserable sounds suggesting
untold agony. Sometimes it bursts into tears. At either end there is a
hole. People, sometimes for no reason at all, blow down the small end of
the saxophone which then shrieks and moans."

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