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Author: ABerry
Date: 2010-08-05 23:46
Does anyone here know if Carl Long is still the USAF Band Concert Master?
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Author: Tom Puwalski
Date: 2010-08-08 04:25
That's a nice list. lots of good band stuff the way it should be. Agean Festival is such a fun cadenza, always one of my favorites. One of the pieces that I never played in the field band except on a ABA convention was pineapple poll. If I were running the audition the fugue from School for scandal would be on that list. I still think that is the hardest thing I had to play in 20 years on that gig. The School for Scandal, is like the Corvair, unsafe at any speed.
Tom Puwalski, Leblanc clarinet and Rico artist,Former clarinet soloist with The U.S. Army Field Band, clarinetist with The Atonement, and Author of "The Clarinetists Guide to Klezmer"
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Author: Hank Lehrer
Date: 2010-08-08 20:59
A very nice list but I think some of the clarinet parts with Ron Nelson's literature are almost impossible to play. What was he thinking :-).
Yes, David, it would not be right at all.
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Author: DavidBlumberg
Date: 2010-08-08 21:16
Tom - page 5 cadenza Makris:
A# each time (1st line above staff A) not A natural and A# only when printed right?
I can't justify the A# notationally, but sound wise it makes total sense.
Thoughts?? (anyone else too, but Solo Cl Army Field Band has "the" solo.
http://www.SkypeClarinetLessons.com
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Author: Blake Arrington
Date: 2010-08-09 01:54
David,
I've always played the A# as there is no bar line to cancel out the previous A#...but what do I know...I just listen as the solo is played.
Heck...I can't remember what to play...A or A#...oh well.
Post Edited (2010-08-09 01:55)
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Author: ABerry
Date: 2010-08-09 04:13
Blake,
Thanks for the information. If you tell him the Allan Berry says "hi" that would be great.
Carl and I played the band at Hanover H.S. back in the mid 70's. Only I played baritone sax then...
Thanks again,
Allan
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Author: LesterV
Date: 2010-08-09 17:02
Regarding the music download: There seems to be an obvious error in the Mendelssohn Scherzo in that the third measure in the third line has 5 sixteenth notes - half a beat is missing here. Not being a competent player I am certainly no expert in such things, but to be musically consistent I suspect the first note should be a staccato eighth note.
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Author: jparrette
Date: 2010-08-09 18:45
I've always played A#.
John Parrette
CLARION MUSICAL SERVICES
john@clarionmusical.com
914-805-3388
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Author: DavidBlumberg
Date: 2010-08-09 19:46
Thanks John!
I played it in Regional Band in High School (10th grade) and the Director was a Clarinetist (Daniel DiCicco) - I played the A natural when it didn't have the # next to it and the director never corrected me. (nor did my private teacher Leon Lester catch it).
Listening to it with the A# it sounds a whole lot more "greek" in character and completely makes sense.
Like I'll ever play it again in my lifetime..........
http://www.SkypeClarinetLessons.com
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Author: clarinetist04
Date: 2010-08-10 02:04
A# for sure. That's how I've played it and was taught.
Funny thing you mention the School for Scandal Overture -- I have the recording of the Navy Band playing that....awesome piece, awesome part! I can imagine how tough it must be!!!
One of my favorites.
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Author: A Brady
Date: 2010-08-12 19:16
I played the solo clarinet on Aegean Festival as an undergraduate with Arnald Gabriel guest conducting, and played A sharps in the cadenza, which sounded correct to me (and evidently to Colonel Gabriel, as he complimented me afterwards.)
Interesting to see the orchestral excerpts on the list for a band audition; as vital as they are, aren't there sufficiently challenging wind excerpts available to demonstrate proficiency for a wind ensemble?
AB
AB
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