Klarinet Archive - Posting 001220.txt from 1997/08

From: "Steven M. Gorelick" <SMG@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: decision to play clarinet
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 15:40:55 -0400

How did we decide on clarinet?

I am a university administrator/faculty member in
sociology/criminology. In college I trained in voice. I can
remembering soloing in some mass and not being able to keep my
eyes and ears off the woodwind section. Such beautiful sounds.

At the age of 44 -- over twenty years later -- I decided to
choose between oboe and clarinet. I chose clarinet and found a
first-rate teacher (doctoral candidate in music/clarinet).

The final straw that pushed me over the edge was Neidich's K.622
recording. I have a very long way to go, but love it. Midway
through Rubank Intermediate after two years.

Steve

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- 0500 (CDT) From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subject: Re: decision to play clarinet
Send reply to: klarinet@-----.us

Well....I wanted to play the horn desperately, but I couldn't buzz! My
father, a professional horn player in the Oregon Symphony and a high
school band director at a prominent high school in Portland, OR showed me
what instruments I could play that didn't require me to be able to buzz.
The clarinet looked ok, sounded good, and didn't require the buzz. NOW I
can buzz....I often wonder......

Roger Garrett

On Thu, 28 Aug 1997, Tahna Britton wrote:

> Gary, thanks for the story. It's intresting to remember why the decision
> to play clarinet was made in the first place. Does anyone else have a
> story?
>
> ----------
> > From: Gary Hopkins <ghopkins@-----.net>
> > To: klarinet@-----.us
> > Subject: Re: Bass clar. price and more
> > Date: Thursday, August 28, 1997 7:02 AM
> >
> > Someone asked why someone else decided to play clarinet.....
> >
> >
> > Well, the first day of school in 1963 I told the band director I wanted
> to
> > play tuba. He checked a sousaphone out to me. I took it home on my
> bicycle
> > that afternoon. That experience was enough to convince me to find
> something
> > else to play. My dad found an old hard rubber clarinet at a garage sale
> the
> > next weekend. Being the lazy sort, I took to its ease of transport. I've
> > stuck with it since.
> >
> > Gary
>