Klarinet Archive - Posting 000151.txt from 1998/09

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Big Trains
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1998 12:06:27 -0400

>Mark Charette wrote:
>
>> And, related to this (in more than one way :) - for all you jazz fans
>> out there:
>> Branford Marsalis will become an adjunct teacher at Michigan State
>> University. Now you can work with Brad Wong and Elsa Ludwig-Verdehr
for
>> clarinet, and jazz with Branford, all in one (rather inexpensive as
>> universities go) place.
>> ----
>
>I am honored to be mentioned with Elsa Verdehr, but I actually teach at
>Western Michigan University (yes, there really is a Kalamazoo) which is
>even less expensive! Frank Ell is Elsa's colleague at Michigan State.
>
>Brad Wong
>Western Michigan University

Whoops - I keep getting you two mixed up! Sorry!

Frank Ell I've met a few times; he's an adjudicator for the Solo &
Ensemble festivals in Southeast Michigan, and encouraged my oldest son
to really work on his playing 4 and 5 years ago; he remembered my son
the second time (and what he had played the year before!) My son took it
to heart and started really working on his playing.

Bradley I've barely met (last year at the ClarinetFest in Tx - and he
may not remember me) - but I only hear good things about his teaching.
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Mark Charette@-----.org
Webmaster, http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet
All-around good guy and devil-may-care flying fool.
"There can be no freedom without discipline." - Nadia Boulanger

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