Klarinet Archive - Posting 000289.txt from 2002/12
From: Stacy-Michelle <clarinetistvibe@-----.com> Subj: Re: [kl] Clarinet Solo by African American Composer Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 09:27:56 -0500
That is a good CD. I speak to Marcus regularly and is
a great person and clarinetist.
--- Ken Bryson and Nancy Sulfridge <kbryson@-----.com>
wrote:
> Sorry that this response is somewhat belated. I
> have an interesting CD
> called "Welcome Home: A Colletion of American Works
> for Clarinet and
> Piano" recorded by Marcus Eley (clarinet) and
> Lucerne DeSa (piano). My
> impression is that several of the pieces on the CD
> are by African
> American composers, but I'm not sure (except, that
> is, for Eley's
> arrangement of Harry Thacker Burleigh's "Deep
> River". The other pieces
> on the CD are "Blues and Dance" by John Elwood
> Price, "Sonata for
> Clarinet (orig. Alto Sax) and Piano" by Oliver
> Edward Nelson, "Sonata
> for Clarinet and Piano" by Thom Ritter George,
> "Sonata for Clarinet and
> Piano" by Alec Wilder (Alexander Lafayette Chew), ,
> and "Sonata for
> Clarinet and Piano" by David Nathaniel Baker.
>
> The CD liner notes said that Eley is a graduate of
> Indiana University,
> an artist/clinician for Buffet-Crampon, and a
> marketing specialist for
> Rico International, so those organizations might be
> able to help put you
> in touch with him if you wanted to learn more about
> these composers or
> others. The notes also say that he has given
> lecture/performances on
> African American contributions to American music, so
> he should be a good
> resource on this topic.
>
> Nancy
>
>
>
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