Klarinet Archive - Posting 000440.txt from 2001/05

From: Neil Leupold <leupold_1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] RE: Clarinetfest 2001 ... a few comments
Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 13:08:33 -0400

What's a traductor?

--- Susana Garcia <kahuma@-----.uy> wrote:
> Why the ClarinetFest doesn´t have any kind of traductor for the people like
> me that not understand english very well, but want to be there ?
> You are an international organization. You must to have any traductor like
> the international conferences in the world !!!!
>
> Susana
> ----- Mensaje original -----
> De: J. Michael Norsworthy <mnorswor@-----.net>
> Para: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Enviado: Lunes, 07 de Mayo de 2001 01:42 a.m.
> Asunto: [kl] RE: Clarinetfest 2001 ... a few comments
>
>
> >
> > > Oh, they're doing it again...having Ricardo open the festival. Could
> > > they have possibly chosen a tougher act to follow?
> >
> > I have to say that I agree with you Niel. Ricardo is a tough act to
> follow.
> > He's a great player, however, I'm frequently bothered that the Clarinet
> > Festivals in past years have been centered around certain people, i.e.
> > Morales, Daniels, Combs, Sabine Meyer, etc... These are certainly GREAT
> > players and I respect them all VERY much, but I think that there are a LOT
> > more clarinet players out there who would love the opportunity to play at
> > some of these and I feel that they're not really given the chance because
> of
> > the preoccupation with these few great players.
> >
> > I would like to see a more varied ClarinetFest, and one that focuses more
> on
> > the music of our time. At the various flute and saxophone conventions,
> over
> > a dozen premieres usually occur. The ORGANIZATION actually does the
> > commissioning for a good number of these pieces, as well as the annual
> > competition (which the ICA DOES have). The works of Weber, Brahms,
> Mozart,
> > Spohr, etc... are all exceptional and they form the backbone of our
> > literature but there's SO MUCH MORE out there.
> >
> > What about having players like David Smeyers, Alain Damiens, Ernesto
> > Molinari, Hans Deinzer, Mike Lowenstern, Paul Meyer, and Eduard Brunner?
> (to
> > name just a small few) What about having the ICA commission works to be
> > premiered at the festival? What about a new music competition done my the
> > ICA? What about a chamber music competition? Anybody else have any more
> > ideas?
> >
> > I'm just amazed at the differences between our organization and say the
> > National Flute Association or the Saxophone conferences, not to mention
> > those of the string or vocal world. Isn't there something we can do to
> > spruce these things up?
> >
> > Just a few thoughts and all said IMHO. I don't mean to offend anyone, but
> > nothing gets done by closing your mouth.
> >
> > --Michael
> >
> >
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