No this isn’t a post about embouchure pain. I can’t believe I never came across this before, but go visit John Adams’ blog. Fantastic writing from one of America’s [...]
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As I mentioned before, I’m working on videos of Ron Caravan’s Polychromatic Diversions for Clarinet which I think make a solid introduction to contemporary clarinet techniques. So, here’s the second video in the series – the etude 2. Digital Etchings. As you might imagine this etude places continued emphasis on micro-tonal and timbral fingerings. However, these [...] For people who want to try some contemporary music, it can be a little daunting to figure out a place to start. After all the notation, instructions, and techniques can all be unfamiliar and difficult to understand. Recently I pulled out a copy of Ron Caravan’s Polychromatic Diversions for Clarinet. Despite the slightly strange sounding name, [...] As I get my digital life back together, here’s a great video from that I received a few weeks ago from Jean-François Charles. I really enjoy his energy and presence. If you haven’t seen them here’s a link to the videos I posted earlier. You can expect either later today or tomorrow a post about voicing. [...] I read an interesting article in the Washington Post by Anne Midgett about how operas are programmed during the year and whether or not it’s good for opera companies to stick by the “standards” or branch out and try something more modern. This got me to thinking about what constitutes “the Classics” and where contemporary music [...] |
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