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[Karl Henning]

Hope to see you Wednesday!

This afternoon, going to hear the Atlanta Chamber Players, and then I rehearse with Olivia and Scott this evening.

[Karl Henning]

And all the details....

Tue 11 Nov
7:30 pm
University of Reinhardt (Waleska)
Falany Performing Arts Center
Free Admission

My two works on the program will be:

My Island Home for percussion ensemble (ten players), composed for this group -- première
Mirage, arranged for clarinet, vibes & piano

Wed 12 Nov
8:00 pm
Eyedrum Art & Music Gallery
88 Forsyth Street SW
Suggested donation:  $5

My three works on the program will be:

Irreplaceable Doodles (clarinet unaccompanied)
Thoreau in Concord Jail (clarinet unaccompanied)
just what everyone was expecting (clarinet and marimba) -- première

[Cato]

And all the details....

Tue 11 Nov
7:30 pm
University of Reinhardt (Waleska)
Falany Performing Arts Center
Free Admission

My two works on the program will be:

My Island Home for percussion ensemble (ten players), composed for this group -- première
Mirage, arranged for clarinet, vibes & piano

Wed 12 Nov
8:00 pm
Eyedrum Art & Music Gallery
88 Forsyth Street SW
Suggested donation:  $5

My three works on the program will be:

Irreplaceable Doodles (clarinet unaccompanied)
Thoreau in Concord Jail (clarinet unaccompanied)
just what everyone was expecting (clarinet and marimba) -- première

It must be wonderfully exciting to have these opportunities!  Best Wishes for great performances, and let's hope for a nice turnout!

[Karl Henning]

Thanks!  I had better do some practicing this afternoon . . . .

The other news is that a conductor in Colorado, who tells of a performance there of Out in the Sun, wants to hear an mp3 of I Sang to the Sky & Day Broke.

[jochanaan]

...And it was from his email of enquiry that I learn that the U of Colo Boulder w.e. has played Out in the Sun.

Oh, interesting!  I didn't know I was that close to other Henningmusick than I have already played!

[Karl Henning]

It pained me to learn only after the fact!  I should so have like for you and Bill at least to have the chance of hearing.

[Karl Henning]

Fresh Avocado:

[TheGSMoeller]

Good luck tonight, Karl!

[Karl Henning]

Thanks!  Mirage will sound exquisite, and I have high hopes for My Island Home.  I believe we should be getting both audio and video.

[Karl Henning]

just what everyone was expecting in rehearsal.

[Karl Henning]

The epic movie is (at last) nearly ready.

[Karl Henning]

At last!

http://www.youtube.com/v/7RhH161HhlA

[Cato]

We need live-streaming of the concert! 

Concerning Out in the Sun: this was one of the first works I heard of Karl's after joining GMG, and it easily convinced me that Karl is a composer of virtue.  Some years ago I was able to hear a live performance at the University of Michigan of Out in the Sun, and it was nicely done.

[Cato]

So, tell us about the concert! 

[Karl Henning]

Last night went smashingly well, the odd misstep which only the performers or composer would note, but both My Island Home and Mirage came across most creditably. My publisher was pleased. And there is both audio & video!  (Not sure just yet when they will become available.)  The pre-concert dress rehearsal of My Island Home was quite good, but perhaps a little shaky (maybe the lads of the Ensemble were a bit nervous, at first meeting the composer; and it was a substantial, ambitious program overall). But in the concert, they all concentrated, and it went very nicely. Word is that the audience last night was the largest yet to flock to a RUPE concert. So, surpassing excellent Henningmusick exposure.

An old schoolmate whom I hadn't seen since Graduation Day came, with his lovely wife and daughter (and daughter's beau, himself a budding percussionist, and who knew one piece on the program which he was very excited at the prospect of hearing). A thoroughly lovely and enjoyable occasion.

[jochanaan]

Last night went smashingly well, the odd misstep which only the performers or composer would note, but both My Island Home and Mirage came across most creditably. My publisher was pleased. And there is both audio & video!  (Not sure just yet when they will become available.)  The pre-concert dress rehearsal of My Island Home was quite good, but perhaps a little shaky (maybe the lads of the Ensemble were a bit nervous, at first meeting the composer; and it was a substantial, ambitious program overall). But in the concert, they all concentrated, and it went very nicely. Word is that the audience last night was the largest yet to flock to a RUPE concert. So, surpassing excellent Henningmusick exposure.

An old schoolmate whom I hadn't seen since Graduation Day came, with his lovely wife and daughter (and daughter's beau, himself a budding percussionist, and who knew one piece on the program which he was very excited at the prospect of hearing). A thoroughly lovely and enjoyable occasion.

[Cato]

Last night went smashingly well,... But in the concert, they all concentrated, and it went very nicely. Word is that the audience last night was the largest yet to flock to a RUPE concert. So, surpassing excellent Henningmusick exposure.

That is what we want!  Congratulations!

Bring on the video/audio!   0:)

[Karl Henning]

Just possible that a member of the ASO may come to the Eyedrum event tonight. (Not the Associate Clarinetist, with whom I caught up at Sunday's Atlanta Chamber Players concert: he's now in Houston ... many of the members, economically forced by this ridiculous lockout, had to seek temporary stopgaps.)

[Karl Henning]

Fresh Avocado

[Karl Henning]

Well, if these ol' clarinets could talk . . . .