Klarinet Archive - Posting 000343.txt from 1996/02

From: thehat@-----.ORG
Subj: Bravo David Hattner
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 21:46:01 -0500

In a message dated 02-12-96 Brad Behn wrote to ** ALL **:

BB> I too received the majority of my music performance education
BB> performing in bands at a fine university. I got my job as
BB> clarinetist in the Tulsa Phil, having performed so few orchestral
BB> pieces I could count them all in both hands. six years out of
BB> college I still am playing most of my music for the first time.
BB> Although, I feel I have gained valuable experience on the job, I
BB> think everyone would benefit with a better music education. I would
BB> have cherished the opportunity to have earned even the smallest
BB> amount of orchestral experience during my bachelors and masters
BB> years.

Having played with Brad in Tulsa a few times, I would like to say that I, too,
would have cherished Brad's getting some more experience in college (tee
hee). For those of you who don't know Brad Behn, he is a fine clarinetist, a
fellow student of Robert Marcellus, and has been refacing mouthpeieces for
many clarinetists for a few years as well. He also gives tours of the walk-
through bible at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa as part of his community-
service and parole.

BB> My hat goes off to you Dave

Very funny, Brad.

David Hattner
clarinetist-at-large, NYC

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