Klarinet Archive - Posting 000338.txt from 1996/12

From: Kimberly Joan Kriston <kjk0003@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Dogs and their owners
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 20:37:18 -0500

wow, elizabeth!!! i'd love to visit YOUR house. sounds crazy. my family
is not musically inclined whatsoever. they used to make me practice
outside when i wasn't so good.
well, i shall not be checking my mail until january, so everyone have a
great holiday! :)
sassy (kim)

On Tue, 10 Dec 1996, Elizabeth R. Goeke 99 wrote:

> Guys,
> In my house two clarinets, one tuba, the piano, voice students, and
> the drums can all be heard. We have two cats (they just walk away), a
> dog (he disapears quickly), two lovebirds (they sing along), several fish
> (never seen a reaction...), and a turtle (ignores us). We have to watch out
> for the other players, though, who think that its their turn to make a
> racket. This is what happens when the entire family is taking music lessons.
> Add in the stereo system with quite a hefty junk of classical music (my
> brother is working on his conducting skills also), and the house is rarely
> quiet. I think the neighbors must have earplugs.
> elizabeth
> --
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> 'A composer knows his work as a woodsman
> knows a path he has traced and retraced, while a
> listener is confronted by the same work as one is in
> the woods by a plant he has never seen before.'
> - John Cage
>
> Elizabeth Goeke
> Middlebury College
> Box 2804
> Middlebury, VT 05753
> goeke@-----.edu
>
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