Klarinet Archive - Posting 000703.txt from 2004/10

From: Adam Michlin <amichlin@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] K622 - to beat or not to beat
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 15:29:58 -0400

At 03:10 PM 10/24/2004 -0400, Patricia A. Smith wrote:
>No judgments as to "good or bad", just making a distinction between
>transcription and arranging, which, to my mind are two different things.

Absolutely. While different things, neither is sacrilegious (well,
excepting a few of the church gigs I've done...).

>I do respect where you are coming from with this, which is to say, that
>sometimes you do what you must to get students' attention, short of
>dropping a Steinway concert grand on them. (Out of tune, of course)

I just want to know the name of school you are teaching at which has the
Steinway concert grand and whether or not they have any job openings!

>Somehow, as one who has been forced to attempt a classical saxophone
>sound, and could not produce such successfully, and has heard someone who
>DID produce such VERY successfully, I don't find orchestral use of
>saxophone the travesty most find it to be. Much of that has to do with
>the skill of the performer, which, if you listen to what is in the
>classical sax world today, is in great abundance.
>
>Good or bad? "Beats" me. ;-)

Just for the record:

I absolutely love orchestral saxophone. And yes, I know I'm weird.

-Adam

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