Klarinet Archive - Posting 000263.txt from 1998/05

From: "David C. Blumberg" <reedman@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] re: more Phila stuff
Date: Wed, 6 May 1998 20:52:27 -0400

Rounds? There were select players invited to play in the 2nd round. No one
advanced from the general 1st round. The 2 players were invited, don't know
if they even took the 1st auditions. This was really, really not your
typical audition scenario.
Mike Rusinek signed with Pittsburgh. They are lucky to have him!

Date: Wed, 6 May 1998 18:32:35 -0500 (CDT)
From: Neil Leupold <nleupold@-----.edu>
Subject: Re: [kl] re:Phila. Orch Prin. Clarinet
On Wed, 6 May 1998, David C. Blumberg wrote:
> It came down to him, and a SOPHOMORE at Curtis. The English player was a no
> show. Curtis is all undergrads, but he could be close to 25 (I don't know
> him).
Thanks. It was my understanding too that Curtis is strictly an undergrad
institution. I've heard people speak suspiciously of graduate activities
there, and it slowly wore away my belief that a graduate degree is not
offered there. And to think a sophomore clarinet player-- what, 21 years
old? -- made it to the final round of a major orchesttra audition. Just
incredible. Another Ricardo in our midst? I hear about these things
much more often in the flute world. It's still seldom enough to shock
me when it happens in our own ranks.
Neil

David Blumberg
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