Re the conference (and at the risk of inadvertently forgetting to mention some other great events and thereby offending someone . . .)
Highlights for me personally included
Kevin Wass' clinic on "What Collaborative Pianists Can Teach Us About Musicianship"
Charles Villarrubia's clinic on "Interpretation Through Song"
Dr. Bowman's recital, featuring a wide array of vocal rep (all played seamlessly and with a tremendous amount of expression)
All the above, in my opinion, continued the underlying theme of this past summer's ITEC -- namely, going beyond what's on the page and striving to become artists w/our instruments.
Hats off to Steve Bryant and crew for a very well-organized, well-balanced conference.
Let me also add my thanks and congrats to Steve and all others who helped him! It was an excellently run conference!
And fun too!
I wanted all to know about the piece I played... The Sonata for Tuba and Piano by David Powell. I think it is among the best pieces ever written for the tuba and deserves to be known and played. It is available from Tuba Press. Please check it out.
FYI David was a friend of mine at Curtis and wrote this piece for me in 1981 and I premiered it at Curtis in April (I think) of that year. He entered Curtis after having been the bass player with Dave Brubeck (!!!) for a decade! He studied with David Loeb while we were at Curtis.
