Klarinet Archive - Posting 000118.txt from 2010/06

From: "Dan Leeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Alto Clarinet Solo
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:11:29 -0400

As a teenager living in Suffern, New York, I used to go to West Point on
Sundays to hear the band give concerts. I was often overwhelmed with how
magnificently the band played.

Later, when I went into the army during the Korean conflict, I won an
audition to be part of the band, but I did not want to sign up for a three
year tour and this resulted in automatic rejection.

I remember the way the band played, "The George Washington Bicentennial
March." It was an absolute killer. I think that Larry Combs was one of the
players in the first clarinet section, and maybe many other players who I
eventually got to know.

That was some band!!

Dan Leeson

----- Original Message -----
From: "William Foss" <billfoss47@-----.net>
To: "The Klarinet Mailing List" <klarinet@-----.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2010 1:02 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] Alto Clarinet Solo

> This must be the Ken Shaw that played in the West Point Band. I am
> the Bill Foss that was an arranger in the West Point Band and played
> tenor sax in the first Golden Knights under Paul Charavelli.
>
> Hi ! ! !
>
> Bill Foss
> U.S. Army Retired
> USC Aiken, Retired Woodwind Professor
> Director of Bands, Aiken Prep
>
>
>
>
>
> On Jun 6, 2010, at 3:14 PM, K S wrote:
>
>> In Grainger's Lincolnshire Posey, the third movement, Rufford Park
>> Poachers, is a canon, originally written for piccolo and alto clarinet
>> in octaves, followed two eighth notes later by oboe and bassoon in
>> octaves. Grainger wrote an alternative for piccolo and Bb clarinet,
>> followed by Eb clarinet and bass clarinet, and since few bands have
>> solo alto clarinetists, it's usually done that way (even on the famous
>> Fennell/Eastman Wind Ensemble recording). In the West Point Band, we
>> tried it both ways, and everyone agreed it worked better with the alto
>> clarinet.
>>
>> By the way, the lyrics to the songs Grainger used are at
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincolnshire_Posy
>>
>> Ken Shaw
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