“Clinic on Techniques for the Contemporary Repertoire”
Part of the “Clarinet Solo” Project, the event is the result of a on-going research on extended techniques for the contemporary clarinet and new music for solo clarinet made by Luciano during his experience as an academic and as a performer of contemporary music. Luca is one of the few at HE Level who specialise in both classical and jazz music giving him the chance to design a masterclass for both classical and non-classical (jazz, world music, etc.) clarinet-players who want to enhance their technique and gain the skills necessary to play contemporary music.
The event starts with the performance of music for clarinet solo to demonstrate the potentiality of the instrument and it goes on facing different topics as follow:
- Performance of “Sequenza #1″ for Clarinet Solo (from the album “Clarinet”) and “Lied” by Luciano Berio;
- Excerpts from compositions for Clarinet Solo (including “Sequenza IXa” by Luciano Berio) where some of these techniques are used;
- Demonstration and explanation of different techniques also used during the Sequenza and how to generate them (glissato, wha-wha effect/timbral trillo, multi-tones, growl/flutter, quater-tones and fragmentation of the semitone, with devices and without pieces of the instrument, etc.);
- Tone modulation;
- Examples of tone modulation within different styles of music (40s swing, be-bop, post-bop/free jazz, classical, tarantella/folk/world music, etc.);
- Potentiality of the clarinet within a wide range of music genres from mainstream jazz or classical to more experimental and avant-garde, thanks to his acoustic characteristics, dynamics, range;
- Handouts and Reference Material.
- (Extra) Demonstration of the potentiality of the instrument endorsed by Luciano (with extra keys and rings) with some more audio examples.