Klarinet Archive - Posting 000769.txt from 2000/07

From: Karina Johnson <karinajohnson@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] enthused musings upon Mozart Concerto
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 03:54:48 -0400

I am new with the listing and can somebody tell me what
OCR is?

-KMJ
--- rgarrett@-----.edu wrote:
> 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."
>
>
---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Unsubscribe from Klarinet, e-mail:
> klarinet-unsubscribe@-----.org
> Subscribe to the Digest:
> klarinet-digest-subscribe@-----.org
> Unsubscribe from the Digest:
> Additional commands:
> klarinet-help@-----.org
> Other problems:
> klarinet-owner@-----.org
>

Do You Yahoo!?
Get Yahoo! Mail – Free email you can access from anywhere!
http://mail.yahoo.com/

---------------------------------------------------------------------
Unsubscribe from Klarinet, e-mail: klarinet-unsubscribe@-----.org
Subscribe to the Digest: klarinet-digest-subscribe@-----.org
Additional commands: klarinet-help@-----.org
Other problems: klarinet-owner@-----.org