My nerd quotient just went up. Not only am I a member of the International Clarinet Association (Go clarinets!), but I am now also a member of the North American Saxophone Alliance, or NASA. Go saxophones!
Clarinetfest (ICA) is in Lincoln, NE next year, and it is on my agenda to attend. I attended my first Clarinetfest about four years ago when it was held at Kansas City, MO. Kansas City is also home to the legendary 18th and Vine jazz district, which I made a point to visit while attending Clarinetfest. At 18th and Vine, I visited the American Jazz Museum (as I recall, this was actually the first non-Clarinetfest thing I did while visiting Kansas City, MO). There I paid my respects to Charlie Parker and saw his plastic Grafton (the alto he used on occasion when his good horn was in hawk at a pawn shop.)
Anyway, the purpose of these groups is to provide performance and educational opportunities for anyone interested and enthusiastic about the respective subjects. Both organizations publish periodicals (The Clarinet and The Saxophone Symposium) and hold conferences where members can hear players, new music and learn new things. Considering I love saxophones nearly as much as I love clarinets, membership seems like a logical choice.
WOODWINDS RULE!!!
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