Author: clarinetist04
Date: 2010-07-13 02:48
Here here, Alex, on the orchestral excerpt monologue.
I can't remember how many times I walked past the music building at my college and heard the horns practicing Til Eulenspiegel (AND the clarinets for that matter), flutes on Midsummer Night, or any number of instruments practicing, or as you said, woodshedding, these parts.
It's important to learn them at some point, but in my summer I'd be playing more fun literature. Play the Copland. Explore some of the oddities of the literature like Shulamit Ran or Persichetti's Parable. Enjoy yourself. Trust me, there'll be plenty of time for you to learn Weber 2, Tchaik 4, and others in the standard repertoire. You're in. No pressure 'til September.
That said, I'd definitely look at the Baermann. It truly is the Bible of the clarinetist. If you want to look at Rose, make sure you don't just flub through the notes. They only work when you make them musical. Not just the slow ones, the fast ones too. That's what make these difficult. It's not necessarily the notes, it's what you do with them.
Other fun pieces: Check out the Copland (alright, that's a classic), listen to some new concerti (relatively speaking) like those of Heins, McAllister, Wachner, Daugherty, Hartke, etc.
All I'm saying is what I think Alex is saying -- enjoy this time in your life while you have the time to explore. Come school time you'll be practicing standard literature and excerpts like they're going out of style. While you don't have to do that right now, I'd warm up and begin on scales and etudes, but don't forget to branch out into those things that are unfamiliar to you.
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