Young talent wanted

In the February issue of in unisonthe organ of the Swiss Wind Music Association (SBV), Tobias Kühn notes that brass bands are finding it increasingly difficult to fill their clarinet registers. There are probably two main reasons for this: the clarinet does not play a leading role in pop music. In addition, the clarinet is a mass instrument: it takes many clarinettists to achieve a balanced sound in the register.

With the Year of the clarinet the SBC is now putting the instrument center stage and coordinating concerts on its website that specifically highlight the clarinet. So far, for example, the Town music Huttwil at their annual concerts the piece Divertimento Criminale for eight clarinets and wind orchestra by Urs Heri was premiered.
In addition to many other concerts, a special one will take place on May 14: The Lucerne Youth Wind Orchestra in cooperation with the Swiss Clarinet Society and the Music School of the City of Lucerne clarinettists from all over Switzerland were invited to the KKL stage in Lucerne.
More concerts can be registered for publication at any time. Any SBC club that announces its event by May 31 will automatically take part in a competition for the most original clarinet project.

Recently the Clarinet bus equipped with various instruments from the clarinet family as well as documentation and promotional material. The bus and driver can be hired for concerts, public and music school events for a fee of CHF 100.

With Flash mobs voll krass" will not only conquer public ground with clarinets, but also social media. Anyone who posts a video of their clarinet flash mob on YouTube by mid-November will be entered into a competition.

Finally, the SBC has a Bibliography and three Commissioned compositions awarded to Franco Cesarini, Christoph Walter and Mario Bürki. These works will be premiered in the course of the clarinet year.