Klarinet Archive - Posting 000345.txt from 2003/10

From: "Lacy, Edwin" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: [kl] RE: who speaks?
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 17:45:03 -0400

From: ormondtoby@-----.net:

<<A performance wherein the performer doesn't intentionally put
something of him/herself into the music is an oxymoron, as far I can
see.>>>

It isn't our job as performers to become too much emotionally involved
in what we are playing. It's our job to make the *listener* "feel" the
music. If you play in such a way that you bring yourself to tears, you
will probably fail to elicit a similar reaction from an audience. In my
opinion, many players confuse this issue. Becoming greatly moved by the
music we perform or by the beauty and emotionalism of our performance
ensures nothing about the response of the listener.

Ed Lacy
University of Evansville

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