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Apply NOW as a December candidate for remaining financial aid.
Rome Festival Orchestra Summer Institute    June 20 to July 12, 2010

- Live among the inspirations of Rome, Italy

- Join artists from around the world

- Perform symphonic works and fully staged opera and ballet with the Rome
Festival Orchestra, Opera, Chorus, and Ballet.

- Perform chamber music with dedicated artists

- Find general information, email addresses of alumni, and application forms at
web site http://www.romefestival.org

This opportunity is sponsored jointly by an American educational charity and an
Italian associazione culturale specifically for professional and
pre-professional level performers.

Email me directly to learn the best opportunities for you.  Kindly include your
instrument, your career status, and name of your orchestra or ensemble. I look
forward to hearing from you and helping you.

PLEASE NOTE:  Our reception address in the Empire State Building has changed. 
Please mail by first class mail to:
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Empire State Building, 59th Floor
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Molly Barber, Administrator romefestival@...   "Those who do not hear the
music think the dancers mad"

for flute/clarinet/oboe/bassoon I know of:
Arthur Berger - Quartet in C Major
Eugene Bozza - Trois Pieces pour une Musique de Nuit
Frank Bridge - Divertimento
Elliott Carter - Eight Etudes and a Fantasy
Jean Francaix - Quatuor
Peter Schickele - Seven Bagatelles
Heitor Villa-Lobos - Quatuor

At the Clarinet Institute of Los Angeles
(http://www.clarinetinstitute.com/CI%20Chamber.htm) under chamber music without
piano, there are several works for combinations of woodwinds and the music is
downloadable for free.

These are all chamber works so I don't know if they would work with more than
one on a part, but it would be worth looking at.  You might also try the solo &
ensemble lists for different states to find large woodwind ensembles.

-Rachel


--- In NewBassClarinetGroup@yahoogroups.com, Ann Satterfield <annhsatt@...>
wrote:
>
> I am searching for woodwind (group) music that does not include horns for an
> orchestra concert next year.
> Strauss Serenade, Dvorak Serenade, Gounod Petite Symphony, Mozart, etc all
> include horns.
>
> Some of the members of this group know chamber music, any suggestions?
>
> We have good horns, but the conductor asked if we could find  'stricktly
> woodwinds' music.
>
> Ann
> Ann Satterfield
> Central Florida
>

Thanks for the replies! I'll take it to a tech and see what they can do for it.
:)

It'll be a great old bass once it's fixed up, I'm sure of it. Now it's just a
matter of cost, I suppose! Eek!

Amanda.

--- In NewBassClarinetGroup@yahoogroups.com, G Major <gmajor6069@...> wrote:
>
> I also recently purchased a used bass (Selmer student model). It was
cosmetically
> pretty rough but cleaned up quite well using standard cleaning materials on
all
> of the metal parts (bell, neck). I used a more gentle cleaner for the keys. It
cleaned
> up very nice and my tech replaced some pads, adjusted the rods and keys for
about
> $125 CA. Given I only paid $400 for it and it now plays well throughout three
> registers it was money well spent.
>
> A good tech will give you an honest estimate of what it would need to get it
to
> playability. It's amazing what a few pads, some adjustments and a thorough
> cleaning can do.
>
> Good luck.
>

The blu-tak in the holes may have been put there for tuning.

Gary
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manda79au wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm a new member, from Victoria, Australia, and recently purchased a very old
bass clarinet from ebay. I can hear you groaning from here. :) Seriously,
though, I've always wanted a bass clarinet!
>
> I paid $700 for a Cabart A Paris. The previous owner described it ok,
mentioning the modifications done to the neck (read hack-job), but failed to
mention the strange (grey / hard ) gunk in the bell, found also in some of the
holes and the blu-tak in other holes. It fails the "pressure test" - as in,
there are air leaks in at least 3 of the keys.
>
> Needless to say, it doesn't play well. (I'm a clarinet player first and
foremost, but it's been a long time since I played regularly.) I can get C D E F
G and A .. with a very poor B and no upper register. There appears to be some
hard grey gunk in the register hole in the neck. The lower notes are very
difficult to get anything from as well - that's where the blu-tak was. (Blu-tak
is a soft grey putty usually used by teens to stick posters to a wall!)
>
> Is there anyone here experienced in restoring old instruments that can give me
any pointers or tips? Failing that, what is the consensus on just cutting my
losses and selling it on? If I had all the money in the world, I would just hand
it over to a professional and get it fully restored.. but I'm not sure if that's
possible, let alone how much it'd cost.
>
> I appreciate any suggestions!
>
> Amanda.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

Hi everyone,

I'm a new member, from Victoria, Australia, and recently purchased a very old
bass clarinet from ebay. I can hear you groaning from here. :) Seriously,
though, I've always wanted a bass clarinet!

I paid $700 for a Cabart A Paris. The previous owner described it ok, mentioning
the modifications done to the neck (read hack-job), but failed to mention the
strange (grey / hard ) gunk in the bell, found also in some of the holes and the
blu-tak in other holes. It fails the "pressure test" - as in, there are air
leaks in at least 3 of the keys.

Needless to say, it doesn't play well. (I'm a clarinet player first and
foremost, but it's been a long time since I played regularly.) I can get C D E F
G and A .. with a very poor B and no upper register. There appears to be some
hard grey gunk in the register hole in the neck. The lower notes are very
difficult to get anything from as well - that's where the blu-tak was. (Blu-tak
is a soft grey putty usually used by teens to stick posters to a wall!)

Is there anyone here experienced in restoring old instruments that can give me
any pointers or tips? Failing that, what is the consensus on just cutting my
losses and selling it on? If I had all the money in the world, I would just hand
it over to a professional and get it fully restored.. but I'm not sure if that's
possible, let alone how much it'd cost.

I appreciate any suggestions!

Amanda.

The second Isle of Raasay  bass clarinet course will take place in April 2010.

Please visit my website for more information or email me at
sarahkwatts@...

http://www.sarahkwatts.co.uk/11.html

There is also a bursary for a student to cover course fees. This bursary is open
to anyone studying music on a full time course in the UK. Please email me for
more information on how to apply.

I'm also happy to answer any questions via this posting.

It's going to be a great course again on a very beautiful and unique island in
the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.

My name is Adriano
I live in Brazil(Latin America), and speak portuguese(my english is poor)

I buy old Selmer Bundy Bass clarinet, after 1 year playing Alto Clarinet(selmer
bundy too), and others soprano clarinets(BC R16, boosey and Hawkes, Alexandre
Paris/Selmer, yamaha , vito...)

I need tips, e-books and helper for up my know-how.

adrianoucam@...

Tank´s.

I'm not one of "the best", but I thought I'd put in my two cents' worth. I use
both Vandoren 3 or 3 1/2 and Gonzalez 3 or 3 1/4 with a Grabner mouthpiece. I
find the Gonzalez to be more uniform and have a comparable sound to the
Vandoren, and find that on any given day I'll end up playing on a Gonzalez. I
also like the claim that Gonzalez doesn't use pesticides in growing their cane
(if true, it's got to be a good thing). Gonzalez comes in 1/4 strength
increments and is supposedly slightly harder than Vandoren.

Diana