Doublereed Archive - Posting 000033.txt from 2003/03

From: "James Jeter" <jyjeter@-----.com>
Subj: [DR-L] Contra Plus
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 09:22:56 -0500

Usually once a year, I'm hired to play contra for the Colonial (NJ)
Symphony - have done some nice things in the past - Brahms Requiem,
Beethoven's 5th, etc. I just borrow a contra, get out my 20 year old reed
(from Steve Braunstein), which was recently replaced by 2 new reeds (from
Jim Rodgers - terrific reeds!) and go to it. The plus for playing contra
for me, is that my 3 Burmese kittens just curl up at my feet and sleep very
deeply, to the sounds of "Mother Earth". They've never done this for my
bassoon - just the contra!
Cheers, Jim

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James Jeter, D.M.A.
NYC Bassoonist
http://www.westfieldnj.com/wso/jeter.htm

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