“Jazz Clarinet Workshop”
Based upon Luca’s experience as one of the very few lecturers of Jazz Clarinet in the UK invited by universities and colleges in Great Britain and overseas (Newcastle University, Reading University, Sao Paulo University and the Faculty of Santa Marcelina in Brazil, etc), this workshop is for clarinettists, or musicians who play the clarinet as a second instrument, of all level.
The following topics will be demonstrated and discussed:
- Clarinet’s main features. The clarinet has a dynamic range and an extension that is unparalleled within the wind instrument family;
- Demonstration and explanation of techniques like the glissato, wha-wha effect/timbral trillo, growl/flutter, etc. useful for the jazz repertoire;
- Examples of tone modulation within different styles of music (40s swing, be-bop, post-bop/free jazz, classical, tarantella/folk/world music, etc.);
- Reference Material.
The event will include the performance of a few pieces to demonstrate the potentiality of the clarinet within a wide range of styles and idioms. A particular attention will be given to the performance an demonstration of:
- “Blues”. Including the use of the “blues scale”, sound effects and other contemporary techniques that can be used on the blues form;
- “Ballad”. Also demonstrating the use of techniques like the “rubato” and with a specific attention to dynamics, tone modulation and projection.
- “Bossa Nova”;