Ok so I bought a bunch of stuff (mostly music) this morning. First I picked up Contra-Piece by Walter S. Hartley, and Pyrrhic Suite by Kevin H. Gray. Richard Faria of Ithaca College is going to play the Suite tomorrow morning. But it turns out I was the first one to buy a copy of it. I figured since it had won the ICA composition competition it was worth taking a risk on! I also found Abdo Dagher’s “New Egyptian-Arabic Sufic Art Music” transcribed by Adam Lesnick. These are a collection of solo pieces for either clarinet or trumpet and can be played with or without percussion. Then I ran into Eric Mandat and got a copy of his etude book which has studies for the right and left hands separately. I also spoke with Scott McAllister about his piece Bling Bling. He’s giving a talk tomorrow but it’s at the same time as Dr. Faria’s performance so perhaps I’ll get to both but I may not be able to.
The only gear I bought were a set of reed cases (cl and bcl) made by Wiseman. There’s so much STUFF here it’s pretty overwhelming. I may have to write a whole post about GAS (or Gear Acquisition Syndrome). Fortunately for my savings account it doesn’t seem to be affecting me too badly. I’ll update this if I get time later. Right now I’m waiting to hear Anthony Taylor perform John Adams’ “Gnarly Buttons” at 1.
