I have an idea of the standard you require - there'll be parts for all the single reeds you mention.

Do you mean the ones with the ridged back and that croaks when you "brush" it with a stick - I've got one of those! Can we have frogs in the kazoo orchestra please Petrat please



Do bring them all along won't you!



Maybe if you bring it along, somebody will know how to play it

Frogs may be included. I own three and also a crocodile and a pig that work on similar principles. Is the zither a real one rather than an autoharp?

The zither's a real one, we bought it in East Germany. It may not be a particularly good quality one. It has sheets of paper that you put under the strings to help you play tunes! I'm not too sure where it is, but could dig it out. However, I'm not too sure I will be able to fit it in the car with everything else.

The frog and the pig are the ones with sticks and ridged backs, and the rest of the creatures are ones that you blow. I can bring them all, then I'll be able to play something.

Hi guys,
Bad news I'm afraid. I can't make the concert after all. My friend is coming over from the States and that's the only weekend she can make it up to see me. I'm gutted that the two things have coincided but there's nothing she can do to change it.

So a very big sorry to all you birds and other animals.

Next year.

Tweet tweet,

Goldfinch.






Hey where did that band come from - they weren't suppose to pop up!!!

Goldfinch >>> sad violin


I'm sorry not to be seeing you again feathery friend, but hope you have a lovely time with your friend from the States, and thanks for your email

Hello pianists!

There are quite a few pianists planning to come to Leeds this year - does anybody want to play a duet? Please email/PM me if you want me to put you in touch with another pianist to do a duet with. If you need your duet partner to be a certain level, please say when you contact me, and also if you already have suitable music.

What sort of size of 'cast list' do you have for Leeds skylark? I know applications haven't formally opened, I was just wondering how much interest you've had so far...

thanks for the email skylark!

Skylark, you have a Pm

You do too now!

I'm confused - on the form I've put my son down for the Swing band playing sax, then noticed that Barry had put in this thread that it was going to be for clarinets only. On the form it says clarinet or sax.

Also, the piano piece I would like to play is a Grade 4 piece called "Air" by Hook. It has repeats, but in the exam you are not expected to play them - if I play it as a solo, should I play the repeats, in which case it will last 3 minutes, or should I leave them out?

Play the repeats if you think it makes for a better performance piece.

The swing ensemble is open to any clarinet or sax player. If anyone plays both instruments, it would be helpful to give Barry some flexibility to enable him to arrange a good balance of instruments.



By all means play the repeats if you'd like to Or leave them out if you want to treat it as a run-through for your exam. It's entirely your choice If by leaving them out, you're left with a piece that's only, say, 1.5 mins long, by all means play another short piece to fill your 3 min slot if you'd like to.

Sorry, my fault, the swing band is open to all clarinet/sax players.

I've received an application form from a cellist who is currently G3 working on G4 for July. Would anyone like to play either a duet with her, or get together with other strings for a trio/quartet? Please either post, email or PM if you're interested, and if so, could you please let me know if you have suitable music or not - it may be possible to provide some if you don't already have any

Would love to do a quartet if there were two like-minded violinists!

W

I've got an application form from a violinist who may be interested so we just need one other violinist possibly....



and some music

Where are all the string players this year??? Last year we had a string orchestra...

W

A lot of string players have said they're coming but haven't yet sent their forms in - as soon as I get them in, I can put people in touch with each other to play in some more small ensembles if they haven't already sorted out an ensemble themselves

Strings players - please do get your forms sent in, otherwise clari/sax will rule, yay!

I'd be interested, haven't sent off my form yet though - must do that this week!

This week would be good!

To whom shall I confirm the levels for each instrument in order to sort out music

Is it OK for me to join the Kazoo orchestra with my frog, even though I'm a "beginner" at it (I haven't even taken Grade 1 Frog yet!)

Also, would it be possible to borrow a percussion instrument so that I might join the grand finale please? Again I'm "beginner" level, my percussion CV shows only two Woodford Green concerts, nothing else!



Ambs
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Yes do bring your frog, I'm bringing my frog too! But sometimes he burps instead of croaks



I think probably the best thing to do is for you and anybody else who would like to take part in the finale by playing percussion would be to put down on your form that you'd like to borrow an instrument if possible - one or two forum members have already volunteered to lend some instruments but it would be helpful to have it on the forms so that nobody gets missed out

What piece will we be kazoo-ing through petrat?

Decisions, decisions! What shall I bring? I plan to come by train. Clari's nice and easy (and recorders ) but I wasn't intending to bring my violin.....

Yes LT, go on, bring a clari (not that I'm biased, of course...)

There's a place in the swing ensemble with your name on it...

It's a very nice violin

You could be a "one-man band" and do some busking on the train

We've quite a few Percussion Instruments just let us know if you need anything further.

Thanks for the offer - I'll probably take you up on it when I've got all the forms together

Just don't leave it on the train!

Can anyone answer a question I've got about copyright please...


Is it legal to photocopy/scan some music at a public library and then distribute it to other members of an ensemble to play at the concert? Does it make a difference that the concert is taking place at an educational establishment?

In answer to your question, Skylark, I would say no. The Musical Publisher's Code of fair practice states that, for educational uses, "Bona fide students or teachers, whether they are in an educational establishment or not, may without application to the copyright owner make copies of short excerpts of musical works provided that they are for study only (not for performance). Copying whole movements or whole works is expressly forbidden under this permission."

Re. copyright. I could be wrong but, I thought that where one already posesses the original music (e.g. say, a Mozart album published in the early 1900's) then it is permissible to photocopy, as long as it is for 'private' performance. Having said that I've been to a number of professional concerts where some members of the ensemble were using photocopies.

If anyone else wants swing band parts in advance, now is the time to let me know!