Klarinet Archive - Posting 000674.txt from 2001/09

From: Alexander Brash <mactrek@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Glissandi/Cage
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 21:56:14 -0400

Hi Guys,
My Bonade upbringing has finally caught up with me. I need to do the
solo from Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue in a few weeks and I can't glissando
for c&^%! It's odd I've gotten around to other extended techniques like
multiphonics but never glissansi! Help!
About Cage, at a music festival this summer I "arranged" it for the
talent show for vocalist piano cello and violin. The rules of the talent
show were that you couldn't play your own instrument (i was the vocalist :)
I thought it was an extremely interesting experience...even to the point
where some obnoxious kid in the audience counted down the last 10 seconds
for us (he was off and looked dumb). The mixture of ppl who knew what was
going on and those who had no clue was fascinating, as those who knew what
it was about whispered excitedly to their neighbors, trying to show off how
smart they were. In many ways, I think that the piece is making fun of
minimalism...ok that's all for now

~Alex

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