Klarinet Archive - Posting 000887.txt from 1999/09

From: Gregory Smith <Gregory_Smith_Clarinet@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mozart 622 - Smith to Leeson
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 01:38:08 -0400

DAN LEESON SAID TO ED: =
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Ed, read my note again. There was no criticism of Marcellus for
not improvising. My comments were devoted almost exclusively
to Gregory Smith's letter which, whatever he meant to say, read as
if there would have been no benefit had Marcellus done differently.
One of the things about the interenet is that when you write, you
need to be very clear on what you mean to say vs whatever your
intentions were.

> =

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> >From: "Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.edu>
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Dear Dan,

Perhaps all of us might benefit fom reading our colleagues posts
with as open a mind as possible rather than with a preconceived agenda.
Might there be less chance of misinterpretation to start with if this
indeed took place? =

You are saying that you saw my post and it read to YOU in a
certain way....and I illustrated why you might have misinterpreted it. Wh=
y
would you then criticize me for not having written clearly enough on the
internet for you to understand what I said? Is it perhaps that it didn't
seem clear because you (again) jumped too quickly to conclusions?

If my style of writing is what confused you then I understand tha=
t
explanation. But from my point of view, substanitively speaking, I said
what I meant and meant what I said. I believe that when I first posted a=
nd
then responded to your criticism, it was with clarity and professionalism=
.
I would hope that further discussions about these things dispense with th=
e
"disagreeable" palor that has tended to color them.

By the way, you did criticize Marcellus' performance for not havi=
ng
improvised and even named it the very thing about which you went on to sa=
y
was the impetus of yours and others dislike for the performance (among
other reasons such as lack of personality whatsoever, being an absent
participant in the creative process, etc.). Whether or not this is
subjective criticism or not is irrelevant - it is still essentially
criticism.

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Gregory Smith
Clarinetist
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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