Klarinet Archive - Posting 000398.txt from 2010/11

From: Kathy Williams <kathleenwilliams76@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Sabine Meyer & movement
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 07:13:26 -0500

I'm sure the topic of movement has been done to death in this list, but there is movement and there is excessive movement. As an offender in my younger days, movement can be counterproductive if the excess of it influence the sound. I feel it a great pity that instrumentalists are not afforded the same movement and Alexander classes vocal students do. And I found once I started recording myself visually, the movement reduced dramatically. While some audience members close their eyes whilst listening to music, the vast majority don't and I feel as clarinettists, we need to be as aware of how we look on stage as much as how we sound.

There are so many things in life to be serious about. Music shouldn't be one of them...

Regards, Kathy Williams-DeVries

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