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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000061.txt from 2007/06

From: Oboeeee@-----.com
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Re: 21 yr old Elizabeth Koch, Curtis dropout=ASO Principal Oboe
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:30:22 -0400

Dear Mark and List,

Here is what the "reviewer" wrote:

"When Koch was offered the ASO job, she was told she'd need a new instrumen=
t=20
to better conform with that Cleveland aesthetic, and to better cut through=20
the acoustical mush of the Woodruff Arts Center's Symphony Hall.

So she put away her bright Yamaha oboe and borrowed one of Woodhams' Lour=
=E9e=20
instruments..."

Does this quote imply a "sound issue" internally within the Atlanta Symphon=
y=20
Orchestra? OR...just a reviewer's attempt to create some reader interest i=
n=20
her instrument when newspapers are struggling to survive?

I believe I am correct in saying that the entire ASO oboe/EH section plays=20
Lor=E9e; let us not jump to any conclusions from a critic who needs a spell=20=
=20
check.=20
=20
Warm Regards,
=20
Janie
Atlanta Baroque Orchestra

Why would they offer her the job if they didn't like something about
her sound? What if the different oboe doesn't solve the sound issue?

Mark
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