Klarinet Archive - Posting 000569.txt from 1998/06

From: "Alex Williams" <alex-w@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: klarinet Digest 14 Jun 1998 20:15:01 -0000 Issue 180
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 12:40:08 -0400

-----Original Message-----
From: Kathy Beatty <kbeatty@-----.com>
Date: Monday, June 15, 1998 6:25 AM
Subject: [kl] Re: klarinet Digest 14 Jun 1998 20:15:01 -0000 Issue 180

The Muse must not be denied. I too am returning after 27 years off as a
result of despairing of making a living with music. It's taken a long time
to realize "making a living" is not making Music.

Does anyone have any suggestions for learning Eastern European, Balkan
clarinet stylings and repertoire? I live in the Northwestern US, Seattle
specifically?

>I've also, lately, come back to clarinet playing after a 28 year layoff.
I'm also
>thinking seriously
>of going back to school to pursue music, after I've retired, though.
>
>Best of luck,
>Kathy Beatty
>
>
>Don Gross wrote:
>
>> Having been a list member for more than four years now, I know that my
31-year
>> break from playing clarinet (1955-1986) didn't set any records. As as a
high-
>> level amateur player I have reasonably good musical performance skills,
but I
>> lack a fundamental knowledge of music. So I'm seriously considering
taking
>> an early retirement from careers in science & engineering, and most
recently
>> fundraising, to enroll in a local community college to study music
seriously.
>> I'm not sure where such an adventure would lead me, but I was wondering
if any
>> of you on the list who were significantly older than the typical 18 year
old
>> freshman had ever pursued a similar path? Or have any of you college
>> educators taught similar "retreads" in your classrooms? Any help would
be
>> greatly appreciated either via KLARINET or personally.
>>
>> Don Gross
>> La Canada, California
>
>
>---------------------------------------------------------------------
>For additional commands, e-mail: klarinet-help@-----.org
>For other problems, e-mail: klarinet-owner@-----.org

---------------------------------------------------------------------
For additional commands, e-mail: klarinet-help@-----.org
For other problems, e-mail: klarinet-owner@-----.org