Author: Bill Patry
Date: 2011-05-13 00:00
A new project to increase the bass clarinet literature has been launched, the Bass Clarinet Commission Collective. The idea is to "crowd-source" the funding of new pieces for bass clarinet. Rather than relying on traditional arts organizations, or government hand-ours, we clarinetists should take things into our own hands, and wallets. Working with an IRS approved arts organization, Fractured Atlas, the project is a non-profit, charitable donation project, patterned after Jeremy Eig's wonderful Clarinet Commission Collective and other similar efforts. The Artistic Advisory Board consists of Lawrie Bloom, Henri Bok, Rocco Parisi, and Jeff Anderle of Sqwonk. We have commissioned two new pieces, one by Marc Mellits for bass clarinet duo, as a sequel to his "Black"; the other piece will be by by Jonathan Russell for bass and orchestra. You can get all the information at the website, which is launched and ready for donations. Here it is:
https://sites.google.com/site/bassclarinetcollective/
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