Klarinet Archive - Posting 000294.txt from 2002/01

From: Alexander Brash <mactrek@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] The "Report" from the Marine Band Audition
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 19:53:18 -0500

Well that's not entirely true,
The NYSSMA manual states "in A or Bb." Many high school students do not
have A clarinets.
Personally, I advise staying away from Weber and Mozart for ANY high
school students on this list auditioning for all state. Even though most
manuals state that they only judge your playing and not your selection of
music, when the 20th kid comes in and plays the Pollaca from Weber 2,
they're gonna be sick of it. Play something off the wall that the
adjudicator has to cross his eyes to read the score, and he'll appreciate
the wake up call (usually). My abnd director, who has been adjuciating for
20 years, has only given 1 perfect score on the Mozart concerto.

~Alexander

> From: charette@-----.org
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> Date: 11 Jan 2002 22:33:30 -0000
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] The "Report" from the Marine Band Audition
>
> OK, I'll bite ...
>
> Why would you think that anyone would play it on anything _except_ an A
> clarinet at an audition of this importance? All auditions I've ever heard it
> played at ( including High School solo & ensemble festivals) require it to be
> played on an A.
>
> Mark C.
>
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