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Author: Sylvain
Date: 2001-05-07 20:45
Due to the popularity of the "where are you from?", "what clarinet(s) do you play?", "which piece do you practice?", "who is your teacher?"
I thought I would launch a thread with a few "who are you?" items so we get to know a bit more about each other.
Name:
- Sylvain Bouix
Age:
- 26
Citizen of:
- France
Lives in:
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation:
- PhD student, Computer Science,
McGill University
Started clarinet:
- 18 years ago
Clarinet Idols:
- M. Arrignon, E. Brunner,
R. Marcellus, H. Wright,
M. Portal, L. Sclavis, Don Byron
and many more...
Favorite Pieces:
- Mozart Concerto & Quintet, all of Brahms solo and chamber music, Debussy's rhapsodie, and
most of the things written late 19th early 20th
century
- The swing era and big band frenzy..
Favorite equipment:
- RC prestige Greenline
- Vandoren M15
- V12's 4; 4-1/2
- Optimum lig. (bonade like plate)
Current Teacher:
- Bob Crowley (Montreal Symphony Principal)
Music on my stand:
- Finzi 5 bagatelles, Copland concerto,
Mozart Concerto & quintet
Feel free to add categories,
-Sylvain
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Author: Shelly
Date: 2001-05-07 21:35
My name is Michele (aka Shelly) and I am a 38 year old, stay-at-home mom of 5 children ages 16 to 3. I homeschool the entire herd
We live in central Florida in a very rural area, in the middle of swamp to be exact. We have the assorted wildlife on our property that you would expect to see in FL, gators, a plethora of snakes, gopher tortoises and occasional bobcats, deer and fox.
I am back playing the clarinet after not playing for 10 years. Prior to that, I played for a total of 16 years. I am currently playing a Selmer CL300 with a Leblanc K10M mouthpiece (Thank you Brenda for the MP!!!!!). I bought the clarinet used in excellent condition for a good price. (We live VERY frugally!) Maybe one day I will be able to afford to upgrade.
I am joining the church orchestra the first week in June (after I get through soccer season. I have 3 playing). I play clarinet with my 2nd daughter who plays the piano. Bascially, I play for pleasure I do not belong to a school band or professional orchestra and I do not have a famous teacher guiding me.
As far as music, I like praise and worship music. I like some of the old hymns but I admit they tend to put me to sleep. I like jazz and some blues. I love classical. I am very into music theory (maybe because I was never taught any in school). I also love studying about all the different composer's lives and the different periods of music.
I would love to learn more about composing music. (That's why I am into music theory so much).
Anything else you would like to know?
Shelly
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2001-05-07 21:37
Sylvain - Recently we had threads here entitled "Why the Clarinet" and "Which Clarinet". I retrieved both by searching via "experience". They had lots of the personal info that I believe you are asking for. In mine, I [lengthily !] described my early days, others provided a fine description of "then and now", so you might consider what is now available and ? make out a format ? for your "questionaire". Do you have thots on this, Mark C?? Don
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Author: Sylvain
Date: 2001-05-07 21:45
Don,
I know we had many discussions on our different backgrounds, playing habits, favorites.
I just thought this was the simpliest way to compile most of this info in one thread.
Finding an automatic way of getting the info from the different previous threads and formatting it seems quite the task.
If you already gave all this info, you can always copy/paste or give a link like this http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=42829&t=42705
-Sylvain
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2001-05-07 21:59
Don,
If I put a questionaire on Sneezy then I'm liable for the protection of the information gathered - both the US "minors" law and the EU privacy laws. Rather than get legally involved with age verification et al., I don't solicit or require any of the information.
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Author: joseph o'kelly
Date: 2001-05-07 23:04
Im Joseph William O'Kelly
I am 17 years old and plan on going to college and eventually recieve a doctorate in clarinet performance. I hope to someday be a clarinet soloist but figure I'll be teaching and playing woodwinds in musicals until then. I also plan on minoring in English because many praise my writing.
I started playing clarinet in 5th grade. My favorite clarinet piece is the Copland Carinet concerto.
I find it funny how I was introduced to music through Big Band music. I started clarinet with the goal that I wanted to play someday like BG. I thought classical music was boring. I spent all of middle school playing jazz. I was immediatly hooked on classical at the begining of high school and relized what I was neglecting. I wish I had spent some time in middle school to give classical a chance. Then again I love having the skill of jazz on my side.
I love playing music and teaching it. I recently took on some students that I enjoy seening grow each week. It is truly a thrill.
I think it is great that there is a sight for fellow clarineters to get together a share ideas.
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Author: Danielle
Date: 2001-05-08 00:03
i'm lazy, so i'll use sylvain's outline
Name:
- Danielle
Age:
- ALMOST 14
Citizen of:
- USA
Lives in:
- Westchester, NY
Occupation:
-Student, how fun!
Started clarinet:
- um...about 6 years ago
Clarinet Idols:
- Benny Goodman, and my Grandpa Justin, who gave me his clarinet
Favorite Pieces:
-a sonatina i played recently, the clarinet concerto by mozart, and the copland concerto
Favorite equipment:
-my 64 year old buffet clarinet, my seagull guitar (ok, not really clarinet...but i like it. i've played (classical, i'm a dork) guitar since i was about 7, although i quit taking lessons last year to concentrate on the clarinet
Current Teacher:
- Kristine, at a music store near where i live...i'm getting a new teacher soon, though
Music on my stand:
- mozart quintet, a bunch of bg jazz stuff that i just got, "arabesques" by paul jeanjean (my NYSSMA solo last year, that i still fool around with. it's got a great cadenza)
my new questions!
besides the clarinet, i play:
a little bit of saxaphone (i'm on a campaign to get my dad to buy me one, my teacher's husband who owns the music store where they both work said that he'd set me up with a used one for $300-$350, but dad doesn't believe that it's cheap...grr)
eb clarinet, kind of
guitar
i like the clarinet because:
i like the tone...on really good people, it's like silver. only way to describe it...silver. and it looks awesome...isn't the clarinet such a beautiful instrument?
other people who play the clarinet in my family:
my grandpa justin, who gave me his (i said that before, didn't i?)
my little sister wants to start...
do you want to play/play proffesionally?
i WANT to...i hope that i'm talented enough...
well, that's me!
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Author: Ashley
Date: 2001-05-08 02:56
Name:
- Ashley
Age:
- 18
Citizen of:
- the US
Lives in:
- smack in the middle of Iowa
Occupation:
- HS senior, bass clarinetist, really bad golfer
Started clarinet:
- 8 years ago
Clarinet Idols:
- lots.. my teacher for one, my future teacher for another, anybody else thats better than me. so pretty much everybody
Favorite Pieces:
- Adagio of the Mozart concerto
- The swing era and big band frenzy..
Favorite equipment:
- my cracked Buffet International.. i still like it tho
- Vandoren B45
- V12's 3, 3 1/2
- Rovner lig
Current Teacher:
my high school one, next year Maurita Mead or more likely, a TA.
Music on my stand:
- right now, um, nothing. sorry i'm being lazy. and i broke my finger, so.
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Author: Leanne
Date: 2001-05-08 04:12
My name is Leanne, but until recently I was known as "kontragirl" Why the name change? It's starting to look like my contralto is going back into the storage closet for good.
I'm 17 years old and I am a citizen of the USA. I live in Colorado. I'm a student, but I am planing on majoring in composition. I started playing clarinet about 8 years ago. I don't have any clarinet idols, I relate all instruments to clarinet. I guess I should say my musical influence is the band Creed.
My favorite piece to play on clarinet is one that I wrote myself called "Going Solo". On bass, I have a three movement bass clarinet concerto that I love playing.
My favorite instrument is my Yamaha Allegro (but shh...don't tell my bass guitar I said that). I also love both of my mouthpieces, the Giggioti (sp) and my Hite Premier. I use a Robert Vinson ligature and I play on Mitchell Lurie 4's.
My teacher is a college student who drives 30 minute every Wednesday just to yell at me for not practicing
The music on my stand right now is from the Rose 32 Etudes. I'm working on number 10 and 11 for a section leader audition.
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Author: Sara
Date: 2001-05-08 13:37
Hi, this is my first time on the bulletin board. Here's some info...
Name: Sara
Age: 21
Citizen of: USA
Lives in: Youngstown, OH
Started Clarinet: 7 yrs. ago
Occupation: College student at Youngstown State University seeking a music ed degree(all I have left is my student teaching), teach private lessons, practicing. I'm also a part-time office receptionist.
Favorite Pieces: Debussy's Premiere Rhapsody, Stravinsky 3 pieces, 2nd mvmt. of the Mozart, I also have a thing for french music!
Favorite Clarinet people: Robert Marcellus and his whole approach, Keith Stein, my teacher Bob Fitzer, and my fellow clarinet collegues at YSU. I also like Don Byron.
Other Favorite Music: Bach, need I say more, Ravel, Cannonball Adderly, Copland, and all free live performances!
Teachers: Currently Robert Fitzer, also studied with Clem Zumpella
Equipment: Buffet R13, Greg Smith 1*, and V12 3 1/2's
Music on my stand right now: Cavallini Etudes, Premiere Rhapsody, a mirror...
Besides the clarinet I play: Piano, electric bass, and I really want to learn the recorder!
I think this website is very cool and informational. Keep up the good work!
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Author: Don Poulsen
Date: 2001-05-08 14:06
If you would like, call me paranoid from having read <i>1984</i> many years ago (prior to 1984), but I'm someone who prefers a little privacy. I occasionally reveal bits of my life here, but I don't want to make it easy for some ill-intentioned person to locate and stalk or harass me, determine if my instruments are worth stealing, etc.
I realize that most everyone who frequents this bulletin board is a decent, helpful person. But, on the other hand, anyone who has access to the Internet also has access to this bulletin board.
Every individual has to decide for him/herself what they are willing to post here, but, in my opinion, anyone under age 18 should be strongly discouraged from revealing personal information. The more people know, the more vulnerable you are.
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2001-05-08 15:07
Well put ! , Don P, my concerns exactly! We and prob all of us have received "Privacy Statements" recently, and I have been quite concerned at the widespread availability of our very-personal info/addresses/phone no's which leads to E Mail spam, porn, and hopefully not to violence, theft etc . So without giving away more than is already public, I'm Don in NE OK, nearly 82, retired Chem Eng, still doing patent work for Tulsa Univ., still playing bass cl in comm. bands, sop cl and alto sax in church orchs, trios and Bdwy Musicals and at times symph. Am a minor collector of ww insts, mediocre repair-man and a visitor to musical museums. Favorite music, Bizet "L'Arlesienne" Suites [and "Carmen"], Mendelssohn "Mid-Summer Nights", most any Tschaik, Beeth, Offenbach etc etc, clar jazz, Dixie and German band, musicals, G&S, R&H, Camelot, Brigadoon, Sound of M. All I can think of now . Nuff for now? Don
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Author: Dave Beal
Date: 2001-05-08 18:26
Name:
- Dave Beal
Age:
- 45
Lives in:
- Longmont, Colorado, USA
Occupation:
- Software Engineer
Started clarinet:
- 5th grade, stopped playing after high school, started again a couple months ago
Favorite Pieces:
- Mozart Concerto
Favorite equipment:
- 1969 R-13, recently given an "immersion rebuild" by Larry Naylor
Current Teacher:
- none
Music on my stand:
- Mozart Concerto, Weber Concertino
Also played sax in high school. Recently rented a Yamaha 23 alto,
trying to teach myself to play jazz on it. Any advice appreciated...
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Author: Meri
Date: 2001-05-09 00:08
Name:
Meri
Age: 22
Lives: Toronto, ON, Canada
Current Occupations:
College student and Computer Education Assistant in an elementary school.
Started clarinet:
7th grade, 12 years old. But I wanted to play it since I was 10.
Why clarinet?
Because of my familiarity with it in Macedonian music. Don't remember being attracted to any of the other instruments used in them.
Favorite Clarinet Recordings:
Ralph Manno--Brahms Clarinet Quintet (Arte Nova), Clarinet Evergreens (Naxos)
Favorite Clarinet Performers:
Kalman Berkes, Sabine Meyer, Ralph Manno.
Setup:
I don't think the audience cares, as long as you sound good.
Current teacher:
Why should we really care who someone studied with? As long as you sound good. Also because unless you live in the Toronto area, there's little chance you know him. But write to me if you want to know anyway.
What's in the works:
Pieces most of you have probably not heard of. But if you want to know...
Music Heroes:
My favorite high school music teacher, who is probably the greatest influence as to why I think about music the way I do. She and I still keep in touch with each other regularly!
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Author: Jun
Date: 2001-05-09 16:51
Name:
Jun
Age: 19 going to 20 ......so sad
Lives: Singapore
Current Occupations:
waiting for my finals results....
Started clarinet:
start when i was 13 yrs old....
Hopes:
able to get my degree in musicology or performing or sound engineering
to able to get my grade 8 by next year.....
Why clarinet?
I never knew wat it is ...i trying to make the best out of it....
Favorite Recordings:
Sabine Meyer's mozart concerto, Mahler's symphonies, Strauss's waltzs ( so romantic)..and Brahms's sonate
Favorite Clarinet Performers:
Larry Combs, Sabine Meyer, Robert Marcellus, Geg Smith.
( hope that i can play with them or reach the standards...in my dreams..also can.)
Setup:
YCL-CS
mouthpiece= yamaha custom
lig = BG standard
What's in the works:
still concentrating on my air and tone....
Music Heroes:
everyone is a hero to me...
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Author: Daniel Bouwmeester
Date: 2001-05-09 23:05
Name:
- Daniel Bouwmeester
Age:
- 19
Citizen of:
- Holland, United Kingdom
Lives in:
- Prangins (near Geneva) in Switzerland
Occupation:
- Student in music and future student in Naval architecture at the university of Delft (holland)
Started clarinet:
- 12 years ago
Clarinet Idols:
- Lazarus / Klosé / Stadler
- Jack Brymer / Jacques Lancelot
- Barney Bigard / Benny Goodman / Artie Shaw / Buddy Defranco / Don Byron / Michel Portal
Favorite Pieces:
- too many pieces I like.... but the most influential for me is Mozarts concerto.. I quite like Brahms, Debussy, and then 20th century stuff (Martinu, Poulenc, Lutoslwaski, Stravinski, Milhaud, Kachaturian).. bah... difficult question
Favorite equipment:
- pair of Buffet Crampon RC (took years to find them.. I had to go to Paris to get them)
- Vandoren B45lyre
- V12's 2.5 - 3
- Rovner Eddie Daniels II / Shoe lace
- Yamaha YCL621 bass clarinet
- Selmer C85 mp
-Vandoren Optimum lig
- 2.5 Rico royal reeds
Current Teacher:
- Steven kanoff (excellent recording artist : accord/universal music. Student of Mitchell Lurie and Yona Etlinger). (he's my regular teacher)
Other teachers are occasional :
- John Davies (retired professor of the royal academy London / famous students such Anthony Pay / most principal clarinetists of british orchestras are old students of him / He's the author of the famous study books he write with Paul Harris / the most interesting teacher I've worked with But he's really hard with students).
- Aart Rozeboom (principal clarinetist of the "Orchestre de la Suisse Romande" in geneva / professor of virtuosity classes at Sion conservatory)
- Thomas Friedli (Professor of virtuosity classes at Geneva conservatoire / famous students : Alessandro Carbonare / he's principal clarinetist of Lausanne chamber orchestra)
- Philippe Ehinger (jazz recording and performing artist / studied with Thomas Friedli in Geneva / recording for Altrisuoni, Switzerland)
Music on my stand:
- Brahms Sonata n°2 / Rosé Etudes / Charlie Parker Omnibook / Bärmann tägliche studien / Poulenc, les animaux modèles (for orchestra)
Orchestras, bands ..etc :
- Principal cl. at Geneva symphony orchestra
- Baritone Sax in the "Crassband" (big band)
- free lance gigger
- ex, leader of my fusion/jazz quartet
important music events :
- International honor band and choir festival in Vienna/Austria (as 2nd solo (1999) and 1st solo (2000).
- rank 4 at National Music competition, Riddes 2001 (Switzerland)
- my trip to London to see John Davies
- Playing Mozart's requiem in Anthon's church in Zürich (Switzerland), 2000.
happy clarinetting !
Dan
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Author: Lindsey
Date: 2001-05-10 21:20
Name: Linz
Age: 19
Citizen of: USA
Lives in: Well...it varies. my hometown is in Southern IL in the middle of no where, I'm going to school in a West 'burb of Chicago, and in another week I will be living in Chicago itself.
Started Clarinet: When I was 11 (5th grade)
Occupation: College Student studying Lutheran Music Education (instrumental and choral) and a Cadet in the AFROTC
Favorite Pieces: Sinfonia (or whatever the next publisher around the corner wants to give it) by Bach from Cantata 156, Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach again), Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Mozart)
Music inspirations: Maj. Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, my HS band director
Other Favorite Music: Clair de Lune (Debussy), Allegro and Allegreto (Mozart), American Elegy (Ticheli--by far one of the most moving pieces I have ever played...w/ the CURF Wind Symphony), Salvation is Created (Tschesnokoff), Vesuvius (Ticheli--my personal triumph to be able to play that piece! it's hard!)
Teachers: Jeff Midkiff
Auditioned Groups I've been priveledged to play with: IL District V Honor Band, So. IL All-Area Honor Band, Concordia Wind Symphony
Equipment: Buffet R11 and V-12 reeds
Music on my stand right now: Darned scales, Rose Etude #15 and #2 (from 32), Concerto in G Minor (Handel--just sightreading this now :-/), When the Saints Go Marching In (traditional from Benny Goodman book--I'm not that great at Jazz yet though I want to be better!)
Besides the clarinet I play: a tiny bit of piano (I'm working! I just started), I really really really want to learn how to play the violin as my minor instrument!
What I really want to do: Do conducting or be on band staff for a United States AF band! (the music dept. at my school is fighting me on my degree though because they don't think I can be good enough for music ed after 4 more years of college :-p)
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Author: Christoffer
Date: 2001-05-11 22:14
Name:
Christoffer Gertz Bech
Age:
29
Citizen of:
Denmark
Lives in:
Copenhagen
Occupation:
Student of philosophy and greek + aspiring artist (graphic novels)
Started clarinet:
november 2000
Clarinet Idols:
Ferus Mustafov, Petro-Loukas Halkias, Lazaros Valkanis, Kurt Bjorling, Andy Statman, Mustafa Kandirali
Favorite music:
- classical: Mozart, Shostakovich, Orff, Nielsen, Grieg, baroque/renaissance stuff for recorder (I like playing that kind of music on clarinet, too - sounds great, even though the music was written before the thing was invented).
- jazz: be-bop, cool (too bad that stuff is rarely played on clarinet - but Steve Lacy does a great job on the soprano sax ...).
- folk: balkan gypsy music ("cocek"), Goran Bregovic, rembetika (rarely played on clarinet, unfortunately), macedonian, bulgarian and epirote music.
- - and then there's a lot of pop/rock stuff that i like, but that is not very clarinet related (well, some of the above isnt't either) ... but I think that some of The Doors' songs would sound great with a clarinet playing Ray Manzarek's keyboeard parts. I would love to do that one day ...
Equipment:
Yamaha YCL-26II
Yamaha 4C mouthpiece
V12 #3-3,5; Rico Grand Concert #2-2,5
Music on my stand:
Some etudes that my teacher gave me. Just as important as my stand, however, is my CD player, since I play a lot by ear - mostly rembetika and Goran Bregovic.
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Author: LIZZIE
Date: 2001-05-12 22:43
Elizabeth Doyle
I play on a Buffet R-13
I love playing the Clarinet
just turned 14!
I live in Texas! Go Texas A&M!
~lizzie~
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Author: David Dow
Date: 2002-04-23 02:44
David Dow I play professionally with Symphony Nb in Canada. I studied in france under Guy dangain and robert Fontaine. In USA with Harold Wright for two years... Been playing for over 20 years....Set up /selmer Recital clarinets with B40 Vandoren mouthpieces, as well I use Kanter A facings. Music at the moment; Seven Brightness by Maxwell Davies and Stravinsky 3 Pieces....play quite alot of orchestral work so enjoy any music that is challenging.
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