Klarinet Archive - Posting 000360.txt from 1996/03

From: "Scott D. Morrow" <SDM@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: problems with being small
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 12:33:18 -0500

>
>I don't think that being small should stop you from pursuing a performance
>career. It doesn't stop me at all. I'm a senior performance and education
>major. Another female my size became a string bass major last year, as a
>complete beginner, and she's better than some of the other bass majors! I
>myself plan to become a good string bassist one day. If you're determined to
>do something, nothing will ever stop you. (Barring physical catastrophe, of
>course).
>
>Susan Pontow
>Indiana University of Pennsylvania

When I was in high school, we had a VERY short string bass player.
She was so good that, at her last concert before graduating, she played a
violin solo on the bass IN VIOLIN RANGE, sitting on a stool to reach all
the way down the fingerboard!

-Scott

Scott D. Morrow
Department of Biochemistry
School of Hygiene and Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
(410)-955-3631

SDM@-----.edu