Good afternoon from London and the RCM!

[Richard Prowse]

Originally Posted by Ken Smith

Rock, Paper, Scissor?

Down here we use one rock, a piece of paper, but a pair of scissors.
Viva la cultural difference!
...oh, and the only Chick I know plays the piano and writes songs with names like 'Spain'.

[Steve_M]

So Katie, lets talk about you.

Whats the hardest piece you've had to perform yet? Have you met Gary Karr at all? I've had a couple of email exchanges with him but he's from a different world to me - wonderful teacher though.

[Katie Long]

Funnily enough I've just premiered a piece that was written for me by a composer called Edward Lambert, called 'Trio Sonata in D'. It's for trumpet, piano and double bass. It's really really good stuff, usually I'm a bit funny with modern stuff but this is really good. Although it's very very difficult. Lots of double stopping and chords so technically fairly challenging but by far the hardest part is the counting and stuff. The premiere went really well however, I'm keeping a weather eye out for the reviews that usually crop up on t'internet when I perform with this guy and his orchestra/choir. So that was probably the hardest I guess.

I've not met Gary Karr as yet - hopefully I will some day. But I did have a bass lesson with Paul Ellison during his recent UK visit...awesome!

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Katie Long

Funnily enough I've just premiered a piece that was written for me by a composer called Edward Lambert, called 'Trio Sonata in D'. It's for trumpet, piano and double bass. It's really really good stuff, usually I'm a bit funny with modern stuff but this is really good. Although it's very very difficult. Lots of double stopping and chords so technically fairly challenging but by far the hardest part is the counting and stuff. The premiere went really well however, I'm keeping a weather eye out for the reviews that usually crop up on t'internet when I perform with this guy and his orchestra/choir. So that was probably the hardest I guess.

I've not met Gary Karr as yet - hopefully I will some day. But I did have a bass lesson with Paul Ellison during his recent UK visit...awesome!

Any of this stuff recorded that you did or any other pieces you could share now that we have a 'Clips' Section available here?

[Steve_M]

Good luck with the practice

Originally Posted by Katie Long

I've not met Gary Karr as yet - hopefully I will some day. But I did have a bass lesson with Paul Ellison during his recent UK visit...awesome!

Gary Karr is worth dropping a line to if you have a specific question. I wanted to find out more about the Rabbath fingering method so I contacted him through his website http://www.garykarr.com/

karrtalk [at] garykarr.com