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Author: Clarinetgirl06
Date: 2006-03-15 19:14
I joined the ICA back in late December, and I still haven't received any Clarinet magazines yet. Was I supposed to get 1 or 2 already?
Thanks!
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Author: Terry Stibal
Date: 2006-03-15 20:51
The issue rate is one a quarter, so you are at the most one issue behind. I'd not sweat it too much, since I've gotten them late (a twenty five year ICS member here) but never have missed a one.
Also bear in mind that the staff of the ICS is "voluntary" in that they are all academics first and ICS staffers in their spare time. With the distribution of the members all over the map (editor is in North Texas, membership coordinator is in (I think) Kansas, and so on) there are going to be delays just due to administrative matters.
leader of Houston's Sounds Of The South Dance Orchestra
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2006-03-15 21:32
Terry Stibal wrote:
> Also bear in mind that the staff of the ICS is "voluntary" in
> that they are all academics first and ICS staffers in their
> spare time.
The executive director is now a full-time paid position. exec-director@clarinet.org
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Author: donald
Date: 2006-03-16 04:52
i thought that the March one had already been mailed out (based on an email from So Rhee), and that the reason i didn't have it yest was because 1) international post takes a while 2) i've just moved and the postal redirection had "delayed" things.... i'm sure it will arrive any day now.
donald
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2006-03-16 05:41
What exactly is the ICA, and should I consider becoming a member?
Thanks.
Post Edited (2006-03-16 05:42)
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Author: Terry Stibal
Date: 2006-03-16 14:18
The degree to which the International Clarinet Society (or whatever the name has morphed to in recent years) will be helpful to you is related in part to your degree of involvement in clarinet playing.
Most members are either academics or students of those academics, with professionals and enthusiastic amateurs making up the bulk of the rest. The armature that holds it all together is made up of two main components:
• The Clarinet
This is their quarterly publication. About one-tenth advertising, one third "clarinet news", one quarter "feature pieces" on personalities, one quarter "master class" type articles, and the rest divided up between history, announcements and miscellany, it is a glossy magazine that comes to you in a heavy gauge plastic Zip-Loc bag.
The articles can vary dependent on the author's abilities and the content. I find the interviews the least useful, and only some of the master class items of interest. If you are majoring in clarinet, you will get a lot more out of the latter.
You will see more serious writing on the clarinet here than in any other location.
• The International Clarinet Society Conference
These are held yearly, with locations alternating between North America and elsewhere in the world. Usually, they will be held on the campus of a major university, with discounted housing in dormitories for those who don't mind the rather spartan accommodations.
At the conferences, you in effect get a concentrated version of the magazine with the added benefit of live performances, albeit one that you have to travel to enjoy. I've been to five or six of them, and on balance I'd have to say that it was worth the money.
From the equipment standpoint, you get to see and use all of the hardware from all of the manufacturers, all in one place and all at one time. Sure, it's not the best environment to be trying things out in, but if you are meticulous and make the arrangements, you can spend a hour on properly set up versions of each instrument (loaned by the manufacturer and regulated before the trial) in a practice room or other secluded venue. It's likely the only opportunity that most will have of doing this kind of comparison. It's almost certainly the only opportunity that you will have to try something like an A bass clarinet.
You also get to meet and interface with the likes of Fred Weiner and Charles Bay up close and personal. Tom Ridenour used to go to them, and many of the mouthpiece folks will show up as well.
From the performance standpoint, you'll get to hear more clarinet playing (and, by and large, good clarinet playing) at a conference than you will anywhere else for the same money. Some of it will be not to your liking (I personally cannot abide the "moderne" school, with the dancing about, squeaks, pops and key clicking that it involves), but all will be well done and presented "professionally").
From the participation standpoint, every conference that I have has this sort of opportunity. It may only be a massed performance of some thrown together item, or it may be something special, but it will be there. There are also master classes for those who enjoy them, and various symposia on a variety of topics.
From the social standpoint, we found that we enjoyed this part the best of all. Whether when it was with the two of us spending social time with the likes of Eddie Daniels, Annie Luyben, Anthony Giglioti, Charlie Bay, John Denman or Leon Russianoff, or just with meeting other people in the industry, it was fun to hear their thoughts and feelings on a variety of topics.
The best time that I had at one was at a pig roast held on the former estate of the Harrison family (built by the great-grandfather and grandfather of the presidential Harrisons), over in the Tidewater area of Virginia. The food was excellent (even if the large black flies were a constant annoyance), the music was tolerable (a clarinet choir if I recall it correctly) and talking things over with John and Eddie while stripping the meat from the bones made it all the more entertaining. No Kosher was kept that day, I tell you. (There was even an element of musical history to it all, for the performers set up on the very site where Dan Butterfield wrote the bugle call that is now known as Taps.)
One other benefit of the ICS is the extensive library of clarinet related items that they maintain for the benefit of their members. If there is sheet music for a particular piece, it's very likely that they will have it and that you (as a member) can borrow it.
Some have complained about too many of the meetings being located overseas, missing the point that a good part of the membership is located overseas. Some have carped about the classical orientation of the society, totally missing the point that (for the most part) the clarinet is a classically oriented instrument. I even recall one comment about there not being enough alto clarinet coverage (probably from an agent of Satan). However, the Society (and the magazine's long time editor) do a pretty decent job of servicing the needs of the serious clarinet player, and the conferences try to present more than endless presentations of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto.
There are three tiers of membership (I think), including a student rate that eases things a bit for the younger player.
leader of Houston's Sounds Of The South Dance Orchestra
info@sotsdo.com
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2006-03-16 15:44
Terry Stibal wrote:
> The degree to which the International Clarinet Society (or
> whatever the name has morphed to in recent years)
International Clarinet Association, not so recently - at least a decade ...
> • The International Clarinet Society Conference
ClarinetFest &tm;
> These are held yearly, with locations alternating between North
> America and elsewhere in the world. Usually, they will be held
> on the campus of a major university, with discounted housing in
> dormitories for those who don't mind the rather spartan
> accommodations.
Held yearly, no alternation anymore, not being held on univesity campuses so much anymore, so housing will be more often at hotels. Started a few years ago w/ the New Orleans festival.
> There are three tiers of membership (I think), including a
> student rate that eases things a bit for the younger player.
2 tiers.
The other information provided is more or less accurate.
For more recent information, visit http://www.clarinet.org
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Author: Clarinetgirl06
Date: 2006-03-16 21:16
So, Donald said that So Rhee said in an email that the Clarinet was being sent out. Do all members get this email? The only email I've ever gotten from the ICA was my confirmation email with my ID #, etc. I just hope that they didn't lose my information because I want my magazines!
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Author: Bill
Date: 2006-03-16 23:39
The March issue is late going to the printer. I joined in November and have received no issues of "The Clarinet." The Director was very helpful when I emailed.
Bill.
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Author: Clarinetgirl06
Date: 2006-03-17 03:03
Thank you for the info, Bill! Hopefully we'll get them soon! I'm anxious for my first copy!
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Author: donald
Date: 2006-03-17 04:32
Carrie- i had emailed So Rhee in relation to my change of address and another unrelated matter... in her reply why she made the comment re magazine already mailed out.
donald
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Author: Old Geezer
Date: 2006-03-17 04:40
When I first subcribed I got impatient for my first issue so I ordered five back copies to tide me over.
Maybe you could try that?!
Clarinet Redux
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2006-03-17 06:09
"Held yearly, no alternation anymore"
By that you mean it is held in different places randomly or that it is now always in north america?
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2006-03-17 10:43
clarnibass wrote:
> "Held yearly, no alternation anymore"
>
> By that you mean it is held in different places randomly or
> that it is now always in north america?
Randomly. There's no 2 years North America, 1 year outside North America rotation anymore.
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Author: donald
Date: 2006-03-28 07:27
has anyone actually received their magazine yet?
donald
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Author: BG ★2017
Date: 2006-03-28 08:07
I did receive my copy yesterday, Monday, March 27.
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Author: donald
Date: 2006-03-28 10:27
oh great- that means i only have another week to wait
donald
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Author: Ralph G
Date: 2006-03-28 16:41
Got mine Thursday, March 23, along with my ESPN magazine. Good weekend readin!
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Author: Terry Stibal
Date: 2006-03-29 17:10
M. Charette wrote:
>> There are three tiers of membership (I think), including a
>> student rate that eases things a bit for the younger player.
>2 tiers.
Three tiers, at least according to the current issue of the magazine. Student, "normal" and institutional
In that issue (already discarded, I have to say - we were traveling when we got our mail forwarded by the boy, and I didn't want to have to haul it around once finished), there was also a report on the bass clarinet meeting in The Netherlands. The thought of 150 bass clarinets playing all at once boggles even this bass clarinet-friendly mind, but apparently they did just that. One hopes that lengthy series of sixteenths were not involved.
leader of Houston's Sounds Of The South Dance Orchestra
info@sotsdo.com
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2006-03-29 17:30
YES, mine came a few days ago. I at least eye-ball everything including ads, read Debbi Reeves "Historically Speaking" and others of today's pertinency, its all very good, BUT, before long moving to a retirement complex, how much library can I bring along ??? Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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