Doublereed Archive - Posting 000077.txt from 2004/04

From: Jackie Kovach <jl.kovach@-----.net>
Subj: [DR-L] Alex Klein
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 19:29:00 -0400

Jennifer Paull sent this to me, earlier today.

> Oboist resigns
>
> CSO oboist resigns for health reasons
>
> John von Rhein
>
> April 16, 2004
>
> Alex Klein, the CSO's principal oboe since 1995, has resigned from the=20=

> orchestra for health reasons. He is suffering from a nerve condition=20=

> in one arm that has affected his playing ability. Klein has been on a=20=

> leave of absence from the orchestra since January. A CSO spokeswoman=20=

> said auditions for the first oboe position could begin this fall.
>
> Co-principal cellist Stephen Balderston will leave the CSO at the end=20=

> of his seasonlong sabbatical in June. A member of the orchestra since=20=

> 1993, he will continue as associate professor of cello at DePaul=20
> University.
>
> Catherine Payne, a member of the San Francisco Symphony, has joined=20
> the CSO as its piccolo player. No starting date has been set.
>
> Copyright =A9 2004, Chicago Tribune
>

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Jacqueline Kovach, oboe
The Amoris Consort (bass oboe)
Temple University Music Prep faculty
Community College of Philadelphia, adjunct faculty

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