Klarinet Archive - Posting 000175.txt from 2003/09

From: "Abraham Gamboa" <abraham.gamboa@-----.br>
Subj: Re: [kl] "Gargalhada", a great CD of the Paulo Sergio Santos Trio
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 22:27:54 -0400

Hi Anne, hey let's talk more about you coming to Brasil. Where do you live
in the States? And what do you do for a living, just play and teach
clarinet? I'm about to move this month to another city (Curitiba) in another
state (Paraná) but just a couple of hours from where I live now (Joinville,
Santa Catarina, way in the deep south of Brasil).
I live in a town of about 1/2 million people and will move to a city of over
2 million. But that's good because I like life in the fast lane actually.
This new city is more known for a classic music scene since there are lots
of German, Polish and Italian descendents there. But folks play all the
Brasilian stuff too.
I should get to know the pros around town and let's see what happens. São
Paulo is like NYC and I know a lot of folks there and there is a city called
Campinas about an 1 hr inland from São Paulo with a good musical school at
one of Brasil's largest universities, a couple of friends are teaching there
now (drums and acoustic guitar)!! Let's see what we can get together.
Abraham
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anne Lenoir" <AnneLenoir@-----.net>
Subject: Re: [kl] "Gargalhada", a great CD of the Paulo Sergio Santos Trio

> Dear Abraham,
> I have thought about taking a vacation to Brazil many times. I have
> no idea where I would go. If I could figure out how to plan a vacation
> to Brazil that involved studying and playing lots of "Choros", then
> maybe I would. I wish I was brave enough to just pack up and go live
> down there for a few months. I might be able to pick up the music and
> Portuguese by osmosis if I were there long enough.
> Last night I was listening to track #5 from "Gardalhada", "Bebe"
> and I thought to myself, "I am not going to write this out on staff
> paper, and I am not going to play it on the C clarinet. I am going to
> learn it and memorize it as I learn it." I was able to get through the
> first section, which repeats itself. I went to teach my first student
> today, a 6th grader, and I taught the first section to her. It is the
> kind of music that lends itself to memorization. Actually, that
> particular tune, "Bebe" is a very cool way to teach a young student how
> to strike their low F# key seven times in a row with nice, relaxed, but
> exact movement of the pinkie. ANNIE
>
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