Hi Dennis, It's always a shock when you hear of the death of someone you know. I didn't know Calvin, but heard a lot about him from Bill when he was in the process of finding someone to do record reviews. I think it was a shock to him both personally and also as Horn Call editor.
I took a lesson from Bill this morning and he told me you had a distinguished visitor who was trying out a lot of horns for her students. I hope you were both successful. I'll be calling you sometime soon to see if we can set up a time for a visit to your shop. Neither joykey works now. Bill took a look at them this morning and couldn't figure what the problem was. I read Cantrell's review of the FWSO a couple of days ago. What a cruel blow he gave to the DSO saying the FW string section was better than Dallas. And he seemed to intimate that Dallas should import the FW horn section. I hope you are well. I'm looking forward to seeing you again. (I hope the reverse is also true. :) Ed -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dennis Houghton Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 3:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Hornlist] Calvin Smith Hello All: Karen and I had the pleasure of playing with Calvin a few times in the Long Beach Symphony, in the late '70s. He had just come to the LA area from Annapolis, and was a fabulous player and a wonderful human being. He will be missed. - Dennis & Karen Houghton -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 12:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Horn Digest, Vol 101, Issue 11 Send Horn mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/horn or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [email protected] You can reach the person managing the list at [email protected] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Horn digest..." Please edit replies to include only relevant text. Please DO NOT include the entire digest in your reply. For more netiquette information, see: http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html Today's Topics: 1. Re: middle g on the Bb horn (Steven Mumford) 2. Re: middle g on the Bb horn (Hans Pizka) 3. Recent passing of Calvin Smith (Jeffery Whaley) 4. Re: middle g on the Bb horn (Horn List) 5. cross-training (Simon Varnam) 6. Re: cross-training (Bill Gross) 7. Re: cross-training (Chris Wilhjelm) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 11:36:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Steven Mumford <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Hornlist] middle g on the Bb horn To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 My theory is that good intonation happens before you play the note.? You know the piece, you know what note is coming next, you know how it's going to fit in the chord and you hear the general pitch happening around you.? You play that next note straight ahead where you hear it should be and most of the time it's going to be good, if your sense of harmony is good.? You can do a little reacting and fudging if you have to, but for the most part if you're only reacting, waiting for somebody else to set the pitch, it's going to be too late to sound good. - Steve Mumford ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 09 May 2011 21:45:22 +0200 From: Hans Pizka <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Hornlist] middle g on the Bb horn To: The Horn List <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sorry, this is just good for so-so playing, but not valid in the professional field. There you can trust the section leaders, that they are listening & adapting according to the actual need, which might vary from leading voice to the other leading voice. Stubborn remaining in the "I am right position, is foolish & counterproductive. This is special directed to the "tutti"-voices in the orchestra no matter what instrument. The whole thing is important, not the single solo, which is not leading always, even the solo. And question: is it not very satisfying to be a part of a wonderful performance even nobody will remember your contribution, but the wonderful playing of the ensemble ?? Wait a minute, Steve, please: You said a lot of very good things, but you did not mention, that the particular pitch has to be heard before in your inner ear, well, but that works for entrances after a rest only, not in the scale, not in the accompaniment, not in the "filler notes", which work only, if you listen around you, as I said before, listen & recognize the leading or important voice ("Leitton" e.g.), to make it sound just a bit stronger to shift the chord in the desired & correct direction. All that requires a lot of flexibility. ############################################################ Am 09.05.2011 um 20:36 schrieb Steven Mumford: > > > My theory is that good intonation happens before you play the note. You know the piece, you know what note is coming next, you know how it's going to fit in the chord and you hear the general pitch happening around you. You play that next note straight ahead where you hear it should be and most of the time it's going to be good, if your sense of harmony is good. You can do a little reacting and fudging if you have to, but for the most part if you're only reacting, waiting for somebody else to set the pitch, it's going to be too late to sound good. > > - Steve Mumford > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/hpizka%40me.com ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 13:35:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeffery Whaley <[email protected]> Subject: [Hornlist] Recent passing of Calvin Smith To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 It is with great regret and sadness that write to inform the list of the recent passing of Calvin Smith. ? He suffered a massive heart attack over the weekend at his home in Knoxville, TN. Plans for his memorial service have yet to be announced. Prior to taking a teaching position at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, he was a very active freelance hornist in Los Angeles. ?His recordings with the Westwood Wind Quintet (especially the Reicha quintets) should be required listening for all horn players. ?He was also a member of the Annapolis Brass Quintet, Long Beach Symphony, and Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, to name only a few. ?Calvin was also a recordings reviewer for _The Horn Call_ since 1999. ? Anyone who had the opportunity to get to know him or hear him play knew him to be a wonderful man, consummate musician, and tireless advocate for the horn. ?He will be missed by a great many. Jeffery Whaley Horn Faculty, East Tennessee State University Principal Horn, Symphony of the Mountains ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 21:10:58 -0400 From: Horn List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Hornlist] middle g on the Bb horn To: The Horn List <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hans created the world in 5 days and rested on the 6th AND 7th days. Sent from my iPod On May 9, 2011, at 3:45 PM, Hans Pizka <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry, this is just good for so-so playing, but not valid in the professional > field. There you can trust the section leaders, that they are listening & adapting > according to the actual need, which might vary from leading voice to the > other leading voice. Stubborn remaining in the "I am right position, is > foolish & counterproductive. This is special directed to the "tutti"-voices > in the orchestra no matter what instrument. > > The whole thing is important, not the single solo, which is not leading always, > even the solo. > > And question: is it not very satisfying to be a part of a wonderful performance > even nobody will remember your contribution, but the wonderful playing of > the ensemble ?? > > Wait a minute, Steve, please: > You said a lot of very good things, but you did not mention, that the particular pitch > has to be heard before in your inner ear, well, but that works for entrances after > a rest only, not in the scale, not in the accompaniment, not in the "filler notes", > which work only, if you listen around you, as I said before, listen & recognize > the leading or important voice ("Leitton" e.g.), to make it sound just a bit > stronger to shift the chord in the desired & correct direction. All that requires > a lot of flexibility. > > ############################################################ > Am 09.05.2011 um 20:36 schrieb Steven Mumford: > >> >> >> My theory is that good intonation happens before you play the note. You know the piece, you know what note is coming next, you know how it's going to fit in the chord and you hear the general pitch happening around you. You play that next note straight ahead where you hear it should be and most of the time it's going to be good, if your sense of harmony is good. You can do a little reacting and fudging if you have to, but for the most part if you're only reacting, waiting for somebody else to set the pitch, it's going to be too late to sound good. >> >> - Steve Mumford >> _______________________________________________ >> post: [email protected] >> unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/hpizka%40me.com > > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/schmidhorninst%40gm ail.com ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 19:03:53 +0900 From: Simon Varnam <[email protected]> Subject: [Hornlist] cross-training To: Hornlist <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/05/07/sports/100000000807775/a-band-prog ram-apart.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=thab1 Simon V ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 05:45:53 -0500 From: "Bill Gross" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Hornlist] cross-training To: "'The Horn List'" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" A modest request for those who share links, a brief description of what one would find by following the link would be most appreciated. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Simon Varnam Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 5:04 AM To: Hornlist Subject: [Hornlist] cross-training http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/05/07/sports/100000000807775/a-band-prog ram-apart.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=thab1 Simon V _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/bgross%40airmail.ne t ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 08:20:07 -0400 From: "Chris Wilhjelm" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Hornlist] cross-training To: "Hornlist" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Simon, this is a terrific clip, thanks so much for sharing it Chris Dr. Chris Wilhjelm Band Director Pascack Hills High School 225 West Grand Avenue Montvale, New Jersey 07645 phone 201-358-7020 x2059 fax 201-358-7019 >>> Simon Varnam <[email protected]> 5/10/2011 6:03 AM >>> http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/05/07/sports/100000000807775/a-band-prog ram-apart.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=thab1 Simon V _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/cwilhjelm%40pascack .k12.nj.us ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/horn End of Horn Digest, Vol 101, Issue 11 ************************************* _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/glick%40unt.edu _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
