Klarinet Archive - Posting 000832.txt from 1998/09

From: Keith P Koons <kkoons@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Loss of Alan Balter--clarinetist/conductor
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 09:42:26 -0400

I am really sorry to hear this news. I heard Alan Balter play two
concertos with the Memphis Symphony when I was living nearby in the 1980s.
Great playing! And unusual to find an orchestral player who changes to
being mostly a conductor, but still is able to play at a high level.

Keith Koons, Associate Professor of Music
University of Central Florida
P.O. Box 161354, Orlando, FL 32816-1354
Office (407) 823-5116 Fax (407) 823-3378
http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~ucfmusic

International Clarinet Association:
Chair, Research Presentation Committee
Project Director, Clarinet Anthology
http://www.clarinet.org

On Mon, 21 Sep 1998, David McClune wrote:

> I thought I would pass on sad information. The wonderful clarinetist and
> orchestral conductor Alan Balter died about three weeks of complications
> and infections from lung surgery. Alan had let his contract with the
> Memphis Symphony lapse in May and was going to concentrate on the Akron
> Symphony which he still conducted and increase his clarinet playing,
> teaching and do some clarinet recordings.
>
> Jim Gholson, principal clarinet with the MSO, should be able to provide
> more details on this tragic loss.
>
>
> Dr. David McClune
> Professor of Clarinet
> Director of Bands
> Union University
> Jackson, TN 38305
> 901-661-5294-office
>
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