Klarinet Archive - Posting 000937.txt from 1998/12

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Stolzman and opinions
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 04:19:18 -0500

On Thu, 24 Dec 1998, Tony Pay wrote:
>
> If Roger Garrett had taken the trouble to read any one of my several
> attempts to say this to him, he would probably not have forced himself
> to unsubscribe from the list.

I recieved the above post from a friend, and, rather than try to have the
friend post, I resubscribed just to send this response. I apologize to
the rest of the list for having to deal with continued, boring,
unprofessional and ungentlemanly posts. But - some things must be
addressed.

First - I have written Mr. Pay several times privately in an effort to
appeal to him to stop writing regarding our past discussions. We disagree
on some basic things - and his position has been stated quite clearly -
several times and with many words and/or paragraphs, footnotes, etc etc.
While I find the posts to be informative, I am uncomfortable having to
sort through all the non-essential wordiness and dialogue that accompanies
a simple conceptual idea. Nonetheless, the point is that Mr. Pay
continues to digress using my name as an example. I am requesting
publicly that Mr. Pay find different ways to express his opinion. It is
tiresome and unfortunate that he continues to need to express concern
about our conversation. However - I gave him the final say on the issue,
and I have no problem letting things go. He seems unwilling to do that.

While I admire Mr. Pay's CD's and his abilities musically, I am unhappy
that he cannot understand this simple request.

Again, my apologies to the list for having to deal with this issue.
Hopefully, Mr. Pay will cease his endless and angry reactions to an issue
that was dropped many, many weeks ago. Please find a different way to
express your ideas Mr. Pay - other than to attach my name to it (that is -
in order to draw attention to a negative issue as in the above repost).
Thanks.

Sincerely,
Roger Garrett
Roger Garrett
Professor of Clarinet
Director - Concert Band, Symphonic Winds & Titan Band
Advisor - Recording Studio
Illinois Wesleyan University

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