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Re: Steve Fox New Creation

Author: MsMullerful
Date: 2010-11-07 12:00

Hello everybody,

it is good to read about the Bohlen-Pierce clarinet in this forum. My name is Nora-Louise Müller, and I am a clarinetist in North Germany, one of two to premiere the Bohlen-Pierce clarinet in Europe. The two instruments we and my colleague Anna Bardeli (due to her moving abroad, Àkos Hoffmann is now my duo poartner) got from Stephen Fox on instigation of Prof. Georg Hajdu (Hamburg) were the first two Bohlen-Pierce clarinets. Stephen made two more for his group tranSpectra in Ontario, Canada. Amy's clarinet actually was the sixth one - the fifth one is owned by a mathematician hobby clarinetist in the USA who is not performing in public.
Stephen's latest creation is the Bohlen-Pierce tenor clarinet, a low-sounding BP clarinet. This by now one-of-a-kind instrument is in my possession, opening the possibilities for us working as a trio here in Germany in the near future.
Currently I am working a lot in the field of BP clarinet multiphonics. The soprano clarinet provides beautiful ones, yet few. When I was giving a lecture at the Conservatory in Montreal last month, Jean-Francois Normand gave me the wonderful idea of adding one or two "useless" keys to the clarinet just to enhance its multiphonic repertoire. Since that day I am in contact with Stephen Fox who is designing a new instrument for me whcih provides the keys that traditionally are known as e'flat and g'# sharp.
I might come back to Montreal in spring 2011. If anyone is interested in the Bohlen-Pierce clarinet I am happy to help, neither in Germany (or wherelse in Europe I might be, please feel free to contact me) or maybe in Canada.
By the way, the next Bohlen-Pierce conference is being planned for 2012 and will take place in Toronto.
You can find more informatin about the Bohlen-Pierce clarinet on my website, http://www.noralouisemuller.de .

All the best,
Nora

Nora-Louise Muller
www.noralouisemuller.de

Post Edited (2010-11-15 10:11)

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