Klarinet Archive - Posting 000025.txt from 2000/10

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Silly things with Clarinets
Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2000 19:14:30 -0400

At 11:07 AM 10/1/2000 -0700, William Wright wrote:
> All morning, a little voice inside my head has been telling me that
>I needed to say something here, but I couldn't remember until now:
> Last night I saw STOMP! which has 'silly things' that make real
>music. Their routine with cigarette lighters challenges the meaning of
>'music' and 'musical language' because the stage goes dark and as the
>flames from the lighters pop on and off, you perceive -- if you're
>willing to open up your mind -- that the shifting patterns of light
>create a spatial melody over time, complete with intervals and rhythm.
>Spatial coordinates replace pitches. (But is it language?)
> I suspect that most of you have seen the show, but they even play
>the kitchen sink, and they control its pitch by changing the water level
>(while carrying it around the stage). At the end of the kitchen sink
>routine, the audience was laughing hard and my 13-yr-old daughter asked
>me what was so funny about shaking the sink. I declined to answer that
>one.
> They played a symphonette (?) with tuned pieces of rubber tubing
>while tap dancing the percussion, they played match boxes and
>newspapers, and even plastic bags -- which they wave in the air and
>'rustle' at first, but then they inflate one of them and add some melody
>by controlling how tight they compress the bag.
>
> Okay, we've all seen it, but it deserves mention here anyway. If
>any of you haven't seen it, it's worth driving 3-4 hours in order to do
>so.
>
I second that! When I was first dragged to "Stomp!" I was not so sure that
I would care for it, but within the first two minutes I was completely
hooked. The grin never left my face for the rest of the evening!

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive http://homepages.go.com/~zoot14/zoot14.html
Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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