I am looking for people to play chamber music with.  I'd like to
start a string quartet.  I play violin.  If you play violin, viola
or cello, please post here or send me mail.  If you play
anything and would be interested in playing some chamber music,
go ahead and post here too.  Thanks

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I can play a phonograph, tape deck, and even a cd player!

   I can't play anything Chris, but I'd love to hear such a group,
if you can form it.  Good luck.

     Don't laugh Matthew, there's modern music scored fro such, and it's not by
     PDQ Bach.

If you ever get into playing chamber music that includes a
piano continuo, I might be interested.  I haven't practiced
the piano much lately, but after 11-12 years of lessons, I
think I can get the facility back fairly quickly.  Oops, make
that 13 years.  I just recounted...

Ditto me.  Or harpsichord continuo.  (Transporting my harpsichord is
a little cumbersome, but possible -- or it could be at my house.)

     Piano/harpsichord is ok by me.  Violins are a lot
more portable.

I can play any tipe of saxophone
er, type

What level are you playing at?  (How many years of experience?)

Hooray for you- sometimes it seems like there aren't enough people today who
are interested in classical music as there should be.

Hmm... If I had room and money for a real bass, I could play at a reasonably
high level after a bit of practice.

(remmers has a harpsichord?  whoa...)

        (Yup. I had a harpsichord in 1992 when this item was posted,
        and I still have it. The chamber group that this item is
        about never came off, though...)

Wow, if anybody's still interested in forming a chamber music group, I
certainly am... (I just joined this conf).  I've been playing piano for about
10 years (first instrument, and I never plan on quitting), I played trumpet
for awhile (about 4 years), but now I play horn, although I still have my
trumpet.  I'm currently working on Vaughn Williams' Six Studies in English
Folksong with a friend and I'm organizing a piano trio.  We had originally
wanted to play the Faure trio, but after a runthrough we realized that it
probably isn't the best piece to play for a 'first trio' (none of us have
done chamber music before), as it is very harmonically strange.  So now we're
looking at a Beethoven, probably Op. 1 No. 1.  That's about the extent of my
chamber music experiences though, I'm afraid.

I may be interested depending on the time commitment.  I'm currently
playing cello in a violin/flute/cello trio, in a cello quartet, and, as of
a few days ago, in a cello duet.  I'd put myself in the intermediate
student range and I'm more into have fun with music than in being
competitive. 

Well, I'd be more interested in 'just for fun' playing, too.  However, before
anything is organized, we'd need to find some more volunteers to play. 
Chris's account's been reaped, so we'd need to find another violinist to do
a piano trio (well, a violin-cello-piano trio, that is).  I'm sure there
are plenty more instrumentalists on Grex who just haven't seen this item.
Of course, there's still that Vaughn Williams piece that I mentioned
above, which was originally scored for piano and cello, and my duet
partner hasn't really been very reliable... but I'm sure that doing
something in a larger group would be more fun than a duet... hmm, we need
publicity for this item, perhaps?

I'd recommend getting this item linked to the "music" and "classical
music" conferences. Email the fairwitnesses, arabella and krj,
with a link request.

Or simply enter a new item in Agora and it will get the
widest possible exposure.  

(This item probably wouldn't belong in the just plain 'music' conf: I looked
at it the other day and it said it was for discussions of all music except
Western classical music, which is what I think this item's leaning towards.)

You think you could stop the ensemble from breaking into some pop music
sometimes?

Eep!  Well, it could happen.

No it couldn't. ;-)

I mailed arabella asking for a link, but haven't gotten a response yet.

I told my daughter, who plays flute, of this discussion, and she reacted
with enthusiastic interest. She has been in the Pioneer Varsity band for
two years (six years total flute), but did not get transferred to the
Concert or Symphony bands, and did not want more of the same Varsity level.

It would be very nice to have your daughter in such a group, Rane.  I've
played in ensembles where the ages were all over the map and it's a
special experience for all involved.  Especially when the expertise often
falls to the younger players. 

Actually, now that we've got a group of three people, I'm sure there's some
very nice trio music for flute/piano/cello.  I'll check it out.

There is a great deal. Look at http://www.fluteworld.com/fwcat25.htm and
do a search on (fl, vc, pf). 

I checked it out.  Neat!  I've made a little list of all the music on that
page that's for flute, cello, and piano.  I could probably post it in my
directory on Grex for all of you to look at.  Then, I guess we decide what
we'd like to do.  Before actually making a purchase, the School of Music's
library's quite extensive so we could check out some scores from there to look
them over (perhaps we could find recordings somewhere, too) before making a
commitment.  Shall I upload the list?

Sure.  Choose something easy to start with.  I'll share the 
cost of any music.

The list is at /a/c/o/coyote/chamber.music
The three easiest pieces (by their grading system) are the Gaubert Serenade
($9), the Joplin Ragtime Dance ($21), and the Rachmaninoff Vocalise ($3.50).
However, something disappointing about that catalog is that they don't list
whether a piece is arranged or not.  I don't think they listed publisher
either, but that might be encoded in the catalog number.  I don't like playing
arrangements, unless it's either arranged by the composer or it's simply a
transcription, but otherwise...  I'd be very interested in the Rachmaninoff
Vocalise if it truly is his arrangement.  I know he wrote one for violin and
piano, one for cello and piano, and one for full orchestra, but I was unaware
of this one.  I suspect that it might be an simplified arrangement not by
Rachmaninoff because it seems odd to me that his works would glean such a low
difficulty rating.  I'll check the U-M catalog to see what they have: it would
probably show on theirs if it's arranged or not, if they have it at all.

My daughter - Vittoria, by the way, and is called V* - is away for this
week but I'll present her with this item when she gets back. 

hi, I'm V*. I'm rcurl's daughter. I've read most of the intercourse on this
matter and I have a suggestion. Two years ago, when I was in eighth grade my
friend and I did a flute cello duet for the solo and ensamble compitition.
I still have the book of short peices we took our selections from. It has a
flute book, a cello book, and a piano with flute cues book. It's baroque
music, rated III or intermediate. It's published by The Associated Board of
Royal Schools of Music, is edited by Richard Jones, and contains composers
such as Michel LA Barre, Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, Telemann, and others. I think
that about covers it. please let me know if that interests you.

Hi, V*.  Baroque would be fine.  Do you own all three parts,
or could you supply me with a mail order source and the
exact title of the collection?

Psst, I think you meant discourse, not intercourse.
It's an easy mistake. ;-)

the exact title is Baroque flute pieces, book III. but i would be happy to
supply you with the cello part (yes i own all three parts). 

thanks for the correction

i spoke to my private teacher yesterday and she said that she would compile
a list of music and CDs which they can be found on. 

mary, i'm sending you the cello book.

Sorry I haven't responded here for awhile, but I was out of town.  That music
which you suggested would be just what we're looking for, I think.  Hmm...
if you're sending Mary her part, would you like my address to send me the
piano part, too?

yes, if you can send me your addresse i would be more than happy to send you
the piano part, i can send you the book and you can make your uwn copies, or
i can send you the copies. please specify which you prefer.

Well, it probably depends on the size of the book <g>.  I'll email you with
more details.

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