Klarinet Archive - Posting 000851.txt from 2004/01

From: Tim Roberts <timr@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Re: Orchestral Rep Suggestions
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 16:38:55 -0500

On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 11:32:22, Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com> wrote:

>I play in an orchestra at our community college. The orchestra has a new
>director (they just were authorized two additional full-time positions) who
>has not conducted an orchestra before (he is a professional bass player).
>
>Because the orchestra currently meets in the late afternoon, instead of the
>evening, the instrumentation is not ideal. The strings are reasonably well
>balanced and are mostly better high school players with a few adults. The
>winds (all adults) are pretty limited (they get more people to come in just
>before a concert). For most rehearsals we have 2 clarinets, 1-2 flutes,
>oboe, and horn.
>
>Does anyone have some suggestions for repertoire that would be worth
>reading with this group? Not all the parts would necessarily have to be
>covered. I would hope we could find a few things from the 19th and 20th
>centuries.
>
>

Gary, I suggest you pop over to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/c-m/ and
join the community-music mailing list. It is oriented specifically
towards questions like this from community-based groups, both band and
orchestra.

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