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Author: Francesca
Date: 2004-03-21 23:10
Hello all!
Well, the reality that my junior recital is quickly approaching has finally set in. The pieces themselves are shaping up well, but now it's time to advertise the event. Any suggestions for clever or humorous flyers? If it helps, I'm playing Hindemith, JS Bach, Stravinsky, and Schumann. I'm turning to y'all for help. Thanks!
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Author: clarinetmajr
Date: 2004-03-21 23:26
Hey... here's an idea, hehe. Just affix a picture of your teacher's face over the body of uncle sam and then put underneath.... so and so Wants YOU!!! to go to ________'s recital!
Or.... sit on the back of a friend's volkswagon with your clarinet and have someone take your picture.
Underneath put: AUDIENCE WANTED etc. etc...
ok they're corny but they are a start. Good luck with your recital!
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Author: claaaaaarinet!!!!
Date: 2004-03-22 00:19
Hey Francesca,
I recommend that you go all out to get as many people at your recital as possible!!! Begin by totally covering your campus with teasers - small pieces of paper in all different colors (maybe 2X2 inches or so in size) that have a mysterious image that will get people's attention. For example, just put a clarinet or music notes on them. Or notes shaped like clarinets! Anyway, put those up everywhere the week before your concert so that everyone is like, "What are THESE all about?"
Two days before your concert, put up the full posters with all of the info (who, when where). Relate the posters to the teasers in some way, either by using the same images/font or the same colored paper. For example, on the teasers you could put your teacher's face as suggested in a previous post, and then on the posters put the same face along with the faces of other famous clarinetists. They could all be looking down on a picture of you playing your recital!
Anyway, that's just an idea for you. I hope that your concert goes really well!!!!
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Author: Covertheholes
Date: 2004-03-22 00:31
Personally, I think that my idea will certainly be the one you choose.
First, you will need to think of three activities that are EXCITING, TERRIFYING, or something just very curious. Next, you will need to gather one photo to describe each of the three activities of choice.
Some examples:
Girl/boy on roller coaster, gardener weeding, or a still photo from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory"
Now, for the clincher! You will need to include one photo of an individual in an auditorium/recital hall seat with a neutral look on his/her face.
On the flyer, you will have the question, "What would you rather be engaged in?" Directly below the quotation, you will have the first two photos, followed by the second two photos underneath. They will be labeled, A., B., C., and D.
Directly under the four photos of choice, you will state, "Choice (Whatever the letter is of the individual in the auditorium/recital hall seat) is CORRECT!"
Then you will include the 'fo underneath.
You follow?
You will have a plethora of happy viewers!
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Author: Micaela
Date: 2004-03-22 02:35
There were some cute senior recital posters up here recently. I'm not sure if this can be transposed to another school, but my college has a web student directory that you can search by name and it gives a picture of the person. This guy had what looked like an entry from the directory on his poster with a picture of Batman where his would be and said at the top "Find out who this man really is," or something to that effect. It was an organ recital, so he had another poster that said "Pulling Out All the Stops."
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Author: sfalexi
Date: 2004-03-22 04:52
How about putting a picture of britney spears holding a clarinet (mix the two with a computer or something) and having a caption advertising "Come see Britney show you what REAL music is." Then underneath, in smaller letters, "In the case of britney not being able to make it, concert will be played by understudy _____" Where your name would be. Or substitute Britney for Fabio. Whatever. YOu get the idea.
Alexi
US Army Japan Band
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Author: allencole
Date: 2004-03-23 06:15
When I was in college, I put together one of those minature comic books like the religious ones you find in phone booths, public restrooms etc. In the tract, some hapless hypotheticals who skipped my recital were run over by a deranged trucker in his thirst to avenge Mary Jo Kopechne.
Predictably, I placed it in phone booths, restrooms, etc. and those who sought to escape eternal damnation attended my recital.
I also found success using something similar to Clarinetmajr's formula. Back in the days where we pasted up flyers on xerox machines, I got good results by re-captioning photos. Photos were gotten from a brochure with some faculty headshots, various issues of Time Magazine, and packets of Star Trek and Movie Star postcards. Start looking at photos and they'll start speaking to you. Often, the Time photos were even funnier with their original captions intact. Just relax and enjoy the process.
Allen Cole
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