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RE: Clarinet Muting

Author: Mario
Date: 1999-11-18 20:31

There is a Canadian based in Vancouver (Francois Houle) who is currently expanding the accoustics possibilities of the clarinet in an amazing fashion. I had the chance of seeing him last year at the Ottawa Jazz festival. He played a hour hour concert of duets with a like-minded piano. The music was at the very leading edge, avant-guarde to say the least, but amazingly musical and creative. The audience (by no means amateur of clarinet or avant-guarde music) was simply breathless.

During this concert, he muted his instrument many ways (inserting things, putting the clarinet in bags, etc.). He even played at some point with two clarinets at the same time, used it as a percussion instrument, actually strummed the piano strings with it, etc. It does sound a little bit weird as written on this post, but the overall effect and musicality was amazing.

I am trying to get him to appear at the Stockholm clarinet fest.

Listen to him and expand your horizons.

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