Klarinet Archive - Posting 000609.txt from 2000/12

From: "Patricia Smith" <pattiesmith@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Performance [was, Peplowski continued]
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 19:32:24 -0500

That's because I want a point of beginning that is sufficiently rich, but
not an interference with my own way of making it come alive. I won't change
what the
composer has written, but I'm capable of following that to the letter
whilst making it alive in a way that is my own. (If I get stuck, of
course, I might consult them.)

This is the point of view that is so sadly lacking in many college and
university players today, IMHO. There seems to be a lack of willingness to
take the risk of going beyond mere technical competence and making the music
live. Technical competence is a means to an end, not the end in itself.

Patricia A. Smith

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