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hi. don't know if i've formally introduced myself. i'm kate and i am a woodwind addict. i've played most of the woodwinds at some point in the last 20 or so years: flute, piccolo, oboe, english horn, and bassoon. i will, eventually, get around to learning clarinet (as i've got a blue one waiting to be played) and sax (if i ever get my hands on one). my main instrument for the last 15 years has been oboe with a 2 week crash course in english horn when i was 16 (i started on flute in elementary school, but fell in love with english horn within 5 seconds of picking it up).
now for my question...this is for you picc players out there. i've just recently picked picc back up after having not played one in 12 or 13 years, and that was for high school pep band. i'm playing picc for our community band concert coming up in a couple weeks because our usual picc player isn't doing this one. picc is not, and never has been, my strong suit. i only got ringered into playing it because i was the only other person to actually own a picc in band. i need suggestions on how to play it decently without piercing anybody's ears (especially mine or the oboe player sitting next to me). believe it or not, the conductor says i'm not playing loud enough. this is probably mostly due to my paranoia of piercing said eardrums. please help.
here's what we're performing:
He Shall Feed His Flock (flute)---------------------- Handel
Concerto For Clarinet (flute)------------------------Mozart
Zacatecas (picc)-----------------------------------Codina
Scossa Elettrica (picc)------------------------------Puccini
Fantasy On A Fiddle Tune (flute/picc)----------------Pierre La Plante
Chicago (flute/picc)-------------------------------Kander/Ricketts
American Overture (flute)--------------------------Jenkins
March Five (flute/picc)-----------------------------Latham
Blue Moon (flute)----------------------------------Rodgers/Hart
Alexander's Ragtime Band (picc)--------------------I. Berlin
Abram's Pursuit (picc)-----------------------------Holsinger
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