Klarinet Archive - Posting 000361.txt from 2000/09

From: Simon_Aldrich@-----.ca (Simon Aldrich)
Subj: [kl] Brannen comments
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 20:10:18 -0400

>>A few years back a very good friend who lives in New
>>Jersey just across from New York City told me that he had called Brannen
>>about having some work done and his request was refused by Brannen. When
>he
>>inquired why, Brannen told him that he had recently had problems with
>some
>>New York players and was no longer accepting work from this region.

When I was at Northwestern, Brannen mentioned to me that he no
longer accepted clarinets from the New York area because there
were too many thefts from the UPS trucks in New York.

Simon Aldrich

Principal Clarinet - Montreal Opera Orchestra
Principal Clarinet - Montreal Metropolitain Orchestra
Nouvel Ensemble Moderne

Clarinet Instructor - University of Sherbrooke

simona@-----.org
(514) 843-7550

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