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Issue date: 12/1/06 Section: Life

Media Credit: tetsuro takehana Members of the Brass Ensemble, led by director Herm Matlock, performed three musical pieces at Tuesday night's Chamber Ensembles Concert I. The Brass Ensemble was preceded by performances by the Saxophone Quartet and Clarinet Choir.

The E. Glenn Giltz Auditorium at Plattsburgh State University College seated dozens of students, faculty and community members last Tuesday evening.

According to Herm Matlock, an adjunct lecturer in the PSUC Music Department and director of the Bass Ensemble, the Chamber Ensembles Concert I had an audience larger than any he had seen for similar ensemble events previously held at the college.

Three PSUC ensemble groups gathered to perform a program of musical pieces on Nov. 28 in the E. Glenn Giltz Auditorium, located in Hawkins Hall.

The Saxophone Quartet, Clarinet Choir and Brass Ensemble were represented during the concert, a showcase that featured 10 pieces of music.

The Saxophone Quartet was led by Daniel Gordon. Gordon, an assistant professor of music at PSUC, and the other members of the group played four pieces.

According to the Chamber Ensembles Concert I program notes, written by PSUC student Brian Nopper, the first piece, "Three Dances", was originally published in the Mulliner Book, a collection of 16th century keyboard music, but was later arranged by Paul Cohen and published in the Renaissance Book, another collection of music written for saxophones.

The second, "Andante Cantabile", is a movement from String Quartet No. 1, a piece by Russian composer Peter Tchaikovsky.

The third, "Alla Marcia, con spirito", was composed by Gordon Percival Septimus Jacob, an English composer famous for his wind instrument pieces.

The last piece, "Moto Perpetuo", was composed by Jaap Geraedts, a Dutch composer.

The next group to perform, the Clarinet Choir, was directed by Janine Scherline, an adjunct lecturer at PSUC. The Clarinet Choir, which played three pieces, is comprised of seven members.

"Bagatelle", the first piece played by the Clarinet Choir, was composed by Clare Grundman. "Babatelle" is shorter in length than many other pieces but is written to be upbeat and light-hearted.

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