Klarinet Archive - Posting 000121.txt from 2005/06

From: <cjarrett1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Marc Tree (was Clarinet Concerto progress)
Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2005 07:55:26 -0400

Anyone who has earned a DMA from Iowa or any other respected music school
knows exactly how much research is necessary to earn a doctorate. It is no
cakewalk. Three recitals, original research paper ( thesis), etc. etc. etc.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matthew Lloyd" <matthew@-----.uk>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 3:39 AM
Subject: RE: [kl] Re: Marc Tree (was Clarinet Concerto progress)

>I may be being dense here, but how on earth can you be a "Doctorate of
> Percussion?"
>
> A doctorate is an academic (higher) degree earned by research.
>
> Playing percussion (or any instrument) is a practical skill.
>
> They are simply incompatible.
>
> Matthew
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bear Woodson [mailto:bearwoodson@-----.net]
> Sent: 04 June 2005 07:40
> To: Klarinet List
> Subject: [kl] Re: Marc Tree (was Clarinet Concerto progress)
>
>> Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 10:59:37 -0700
>> To: klarinet@-----.org
>> From: Tim Roberts <timr@-----.com>
>> Subject: Re: Clarinet Concerto progress
>> Message-ID: <42A09A89.6010504@-----.com>
>>
>> > On Thu, 02 Jun 2005 14:41:37 -0700, Bear
>> > Woodson <bearwoodson@-----.net> wrote:
>> > (A "Marc Tree" is a "set of hanging metal
>> > tubes, each being a little longer than the next".
>> > They hang side-by-side, for a total of 20 to 40,
>> > or more of them. The percussionist moves his
>> > hand across them, to yield a quiet 'magical'
>> > zing, and they are now common to Rock
>> > Bands, TV and Film Scores. In fact I hear
>> > them in some TV commercials. It should add
>> > to the tenderness of the Second Lullaby for
>> > the Clarinet and Harp.)
>> >
>> In the band world, at least, this instrument is
>> referred to as "wind chimes".
>> --
>> Tim Roberts, timr@-----.com
>> Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
>
> In University and Professional Classical
> Symphonic Standards, the term "Wind Chimes"
> is simply too vague. You could get ANY kind of
> "Wind Chimes", made of glass, pottery, sea shells,
> plastic, bamboo or whatever. In the last 10 years
> I've been getting a lot of Percussion Advice from
> SIX different University Professors of Percussion
> at 2 universities, and each holds a Doctorate in
> Percussion.
>
> For 30 years I've been so exacting about my
> music, that I even mark the Bowings for the
> String Players into my scores! Based on what
> I've learned from some wonderful percussionists,
> I've been marking the exact Kinds of Mallets, and
> changes to which next Percussion Instrument in
> my scores for the last 15 years. (For tricky
> passages, I always get experts to check my
> String, Percussion, Harp, or whatever instrument
> part, and then give them Credit as an Editor of
> the Score.) So far, when other percussionists see
> my scores to play them, they're just as surprised
> and pleased as the string players are!
>
> Plus I also get more Percussion Advice from
> 2 relatively recent orchestration books, also by
> Doctoral Professors.
>
> During the 20th Century, Percussion
> Instruments, Equipment and Playing Techniques
> have made amazing progress! It's the job of
> university-educated composers to try to keep up
> with their standards. The best way that I know
> to do that, is to stay in contact with the university-
> trained players, (which I do for all other
> instruments, also).
>
> I think I'll stick with the more precise,
> professional level advice, and leave the vague,
> less-exacting standards to high school kids,
> thank you.
>
>
> Bear Woodson
> Composer in Tucson, Arizona, USA
>
> Home: 520 - 881 - 2558
> "Bear Woodson" <bearwoodson@-----.net>
>
>
>
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