Klarinet Archive - Posting 001018.txt from 1998/03

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Drucker and Herseth
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 06:25:12 -0500

That's why even the orchestra members call him "the King."

Roger Garrett
IWU

On 18 Mar 1998, Simon Aldrich wrote:

> kjf said
> >Seems to be a contest between Stanley & Bud Herseth--not
> >just who can stay in their orchestra longer, but how long
> >they can go before there is
> >any discernable lessening of the quality of their playing.
>
> While I was at Northwestern I went to hear the Chicago Symphony every week.
> Bud Herseth played every piece of every concert (in which there were
> trumpets).
> He did not spliff one note all year. It was spooky.
>
>
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