[CAUT] lack of support

[Leslie Bartlett]

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Hi Wim-
    Do you know of Christine Anderson, "Voices in Bronze".    Get hold of
one of her recent videos.  She and Danial Kramlich, I believe, changed the
face of solo handbell ringing, and with all her glitz and glory, and the new
stuff that's being written for the most advanced solo ringers, handbells
have a credible argument for being called a musical instrument.   It sure is
a hard sell, though.
les bartlett
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  From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]On Behalf Of
Wimblees@aol.com
  Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 3:09 PM
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  Subject: [CAUT] lack of support


  As most of you know, I play handbells. Last year I was given a shop/office
that is big enough to set up 3 octave set of handbells. For those of you
that are not familiar with this, my shop is so big, that this requires and
area of about 20' by 8', and I still have enough room left over for my desk,
work benches and cabinets, and to set up a grand piano. But never mind about
that.

  With the handbells set up all the time, I had the opportunity to practice
a lot, and so I decided to put on a recital at the music school. On the
program I played 8 solos, my wife and I played 6 duets, with a friend from
church a trio, and I had the Crimson Ringers, the student handbell ensemble
which I direct, play 2 pieces.

  The recital was last Thursday, and it went very well. We had a very
appreciative audience of about 70 people show up. But the audience was made
up of people from my church, the community chorus my wife and I sing in, and
other people from the community. But as far as I know, there were no School
of Music faculty in the audience. I had sent out an invitation to all the
faculty and staff, and there were posters all around the building announcing
the recital, but not one of them showed up.

  I can understand that handbells are not for everyone, and I know there
were some faculty members that were out of town or had other obligations.
But you would think that out of 40 people, one or two of them would have the
time to come and hear the recital. On the one hand I am grateful for the
people that did show up, but on the other hand, I am somewhat disappointed
with the lack of support from the faculty.

  Have any of you had a similar experience?

  Wim

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