Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2017-08-11 18:44
One of the community orchestras I play with is opening the season with Shostakovich 5, so I’m going through the same thing you are right now, Karl, except that, rather than going through old boxes of reeds, I decided to experiment with V21s and cut down White Masters. Both seem to be working better than anything I've tried in the past.
FWIW, the first paid musical (and probably the second musical) gig I ever played was reed 3 in the Music Man. This was back sometime in the mid 90s. The book called for Eb clarinet and soprano sax. I remember because I used the play as an excuse and the money as a means to buy a soprano.
Greg Pimintel lists three versions of the show on his website, “Rental,” “2000” and “Alternate Orchestration.” The “Rental” version is the one you have now. The “2000” orchestration also calls for both instruments though not in the same book -- Reed 2 plays the eefer (along with clarinet, bass clarinet and alto sax) while Reed 3 has the soprano sax. The “Alternate Orchestration” is probably the version you’ve played in the past. It only calls for 4 reed players, none of whom is asked to play either the Eb or the soprano sax.
Have fun with the show. I’ve played it a couple of times now and have a lot of fond memories -- though not, as I recall, of the Shipoopi dance.
Best regards,
jnk
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