Klarinet Archive - Posting 000376.txt from 2004/10

From: Adam Michlin <amichlin@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Daniel Bonade and Rose
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 11:29:59 -0400

Forest brings up one of my biggest annoyances. Honor groups.

To get into, well, name your favorite world class orchestra you must play
Mozart well. A few years ago, the powers that be in California decided that
Mozart was too easy for the students applying to all-state and they would
instead use, I kid you not, the cadenza from the Copland Clarinet Concerto.

Artur Schnabel said it best:

"The sonatas of Mozart are unique: too easy for children, too difficult for
adults. Children are given Mozart to play because of the quantity of
notes; grown ups avoid him because of the quality of notes."

Sadly honor groups have become, without exception to my knowledge, about
the quantity of notes.

-Adam

At 10:02 AM 10/14/2004 -0500, Forest Aten wrote:
>In the U.S., students often have their first encounter with Rose in 8th or
>9th grade as the band programs use excerpts from Rose for auditions into
>"all-city", "all-region" and other honor groups (even chair position in
>bands). In many States these etudes are the standard repertory selection for
>the "all-state" auditions.

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