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1998-11-18

 
list                           Wed, 18 Nov 1998           Volume 1 : Number 29

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Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 11:49:55 -0500
From: "Ryan Kaus" <rkaus@baynet.net>
To: list@contrabass.com
Subject: Re: thanks

>   I just finished playing the Reed 4 book
> for Music Man (flute, clarinet and bass clarinet). My breath control was
> fine until the last 2 performances.  Guess that baby is just taking up too
> much space.

Congratulations on performing it with a baby on the way, must have been
difficult.  The baby may have caused your breath control, but maybe it was
because it was taxing on your system.  I remember playing the Reed 5 book for
The Music Man which is clarinet, bass sax, basson and I was using a baritone
sax because there was no basson or bass sax.  I found it quite challenging
between managing my breath control and sight transposing almost the entire
book.  After rehearsal and performances, I was quite out of breath and
sometimes would nearly collapse.  But that is nothing compared to performing
with a baby on the way, congratulations on such a feat!

Ryan Kaus

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Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 12:00:41 -0400
From: Jim Katz <JimKatz@JohnAbbott.qc.ca>
To: list@contrabass.com
Subject: Pretty Ambitious, Jean....

Jean Adler:
"Several months ago I asked about mouthpieces as I am expecting a baby and
received lots of great advice.  I settled on the Selmer C85, series 120
for bass clarinet"

I don't know, isn't that starting a little early? I think a regular bottle
nipple and pacifiers are probably going to be fine for the first few
months, then slowly wean the little Mozart onto a sopranino....

Jim

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Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 01:43:02 -0500
From: Edward Branham <ebrhm@mindspring.com>
To: list@contrabass.com
Subject: Underachievers Unite!

I started playing contra-bass clarinet in high school at the request of my
band instructor.   Not that I was an under-achiever, but the girl who was
first chair was way ahead of me, and I was losing motivation to even try and
challenge her (I had been playing second to her for 3 years).  I had made it
into several honors bands, but usually in the second tier.

He appealed to my baser motives --  less competition for honors bands and
scholarships!   And he was right!  I made the transition, and spent my last
two years playing all over the country in various competitions and
invitational bands.  He was right about scholarships too.  I recieved offers
from several schools I was interested in, and even from two schools that I
hadn't even looked at!

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Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 12:14:51 EST
From: Heliconman@aol.com
To: list@contrabass.com
Subject: Re: TubaXmas, Sub-Freezing Performances

In a message dated 98-11-16 15:50:36 EST, you write:

>Does anyone know about a tuba Christmas in the Kansas City area?

Kansas City Missouri on Dec 6. See website for details.
Don't know which of six dates are near KC, Kansas.

THEY ARE ALL LISTED ON THE WEBSITE WITH UPDATES AS THEY HAPPEN!

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Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 12:31:16 -0600
From: "Steve Rea" <srea@uaex.edu>
To: list@contrabass.com
Subject: Re: thanks

Maybe a conference call concert?!

Stephen Rea <srea@uaex.edu>  http://www.uaex.edu/srea
Oracle Certified Professional in Database Administration
University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service
 

>>> Jean Adler <jean@espressocom.com> 11/16 4:11 PM >>>
Now if we could only all get together and play sometime.
That would be quite the eclectic bunch.  Anybody out there want to
 commmission a work for "low" fanatics?

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