Klarinet Archive - Posting 000442.txt from 1998/12

From: Neil Leupold <nleupold@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Tad Calcara named Principal Clarinet in Utah
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 19:40:15 -0500

On Wed, 9 Dec 1998, Shouryu Nohe wrote:

> You mean there's one clarinetist who is designated to always play the New
> World Symphony? Does this mean that he/she's is always called in by major
> orchestras when they perform it? Wow...what a gig...travelling around and
> playing nothing but Dvorak 9 all the time...

Hey, if the price were right, I'd do it! In all seriousness though,
congratulations to Tad. I knew him from the San Francisco Symphony
Youth Orchestra -- he joined the year following my departure. He
didn't strike me as a standout player at the time, but clearly there
was much growth and development in the mean time. It demonstrates
what fruits are to be harvested after a lot of hard work and dedi-
cation. He's not quite 30 yet, is he?

Neil

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