Klarinet Archive - Posting 000218.txt from 2000/12

From: rgarrett@-----.edu
Subj: RE: [kl] Legere Reeds
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 16:13:25 -0500

Ahhhh........time to glue reeds on a door!

Sincerely,
Roger Garrett

At 03:25 PM 12/4/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Roger,
>
>This instructor had the nerve to suggest that the child would be better off
>with another private teacher. Maybe I'm wrong, but I have no time to spend
>trying to educate someone with this mindset. This child has been accepted
>into the clinic orchestra of our local training orchestra, plastic reed and
>all. If she chooses to end participation in this man's class, it won't be
>any great loss to her. He is the one who loses out.
>
>Nancy
>
>
>Nancy E. Buckman, Technical Assistant
>School of Health Professions, Wellness and Physical Education
>Anne Arundel Community College
>Arnold, Maryland 21012 USA
>nebuckman@-----.us
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rgarrett@-----.edu]
> > Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 11:56 AM
> > To: klarinet@-----.org
> > Subject: RE: [kl] Legere Reeds
> >
> > Nancy,
> >
> > I hope you really didn't write the band director a note offering to remove
> >
> > the child from the class. There are many band directors who simply do not
> >
> > know what is going on with clarinet performance/learning/etc. Can this be
> >
> > excused? No - it's a sorry thing that music education in the colleges
> > didn't prepare this fellow better. He probably doesn't know about Legeres
> >
> > - and he is smart not to allow a plastic reed in his band otherwise (I
> > wouldn't). I also wouldn't get too upset that he doesn't know who Larry
> > Combs is - there are a lot of clarinet player band directors who don't
> > know
> > who bud Herseth is either. In fact, there are proabably several prominent
> >
> > list members here who couldn't name the principal trumpet players of the
> > New York, Boston (that's a toughie - it changes so often!!!), LA,
> > Cleveland, and Philadelphia orchestras. This would be a good opportunity
> > to educate this teacher - and for him to learn what you are doing with the
> >
> > child.
> >
> > I would call the band director and let him know what is up. He may end up
> >
> > becoming a real enthusiast. If he still gives you trouble, then you find
> > his house and glue all of your old reeds on his front door!
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Roger Garrett
> >
> > At 11:00 AM 12/4/00 -0500, you wrote:
> > >I have a new 4th grade student who's family doesn't have the money to
> > spend
> > >on boxes of reeds, so I gave her a Legere to use. I got a very succinct
> > >note from her band director, that she was not to use this reed in his
> > class
> > >- that he wanted cane reeds only. I had this child's mother write back
> > to
> > >him that she would have a discussion with the school principal, if he
> > >insisted that she refrain from using the new reed, that if the Legere was
> > >good enough for Larry Combs that it better be considered to be good
> > enough
> > >for her child. This mother got a note back asking who Larry Combs was.
> > >The band director was also complaining that the strength 2.5 reed was too
> > >hard for a new player to be using. This kid sounds like dynamite. She
> > is
> > >using on one of my Evette and Schaeffer Master Models and has been
> > playing
> > >since the beginning of September and is a little more than half way
> > through
> > >the first Rubank book. I just penned a note to this man informing him
> > that
> > >we can always withdraw this student from his program. It will be
> > >interesting to see what his response is.
> > >
> > >Nancy
> > >
> > >Nancy E. Buckman, Technical Assistant
> > >School of Health Professions, Wellness and Physical Education
> > >Anne Arundel Community College
> > >Arnold, Maryland 21012 USA
> > >nebuckman@-----.us
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > At 02:19 AM 12/1/00 EST, you wrote:
> > > > > I live in Miami and, yes it's very humid and I do go throw alot
> > of
> > > > boxes
> > > > >of reeds... but I would never change to a Plastic reed, It's a
> > WOODwind
> > > > >instrument not a PLASTICwind...lol My director would kill me if he
> > even
> > > > knew
> > > > >I even bought one... A cane reed gives the clarinet the warm tone
> > that
> > > > it's
> > > > >made to produce and that we all enjoy a plastic reed is no
> > substitute!!
> > > > > Denise, 17
> > > > >Miami- Bass/sapreno Clarinet
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> > Roger Garrett
> > Assistant Professor of Clarinet
> > Director, Symphonic Winds
> > Head, Recording Studio
> > Illinois Wesleyan University
> > School of Music
> > Bloomington, IL 61702-2900
> > (309) 556-3268
> >
> > "A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes
> > another's."
> > Jean Paul Richter (1763-1825)
> >
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Roger Garrett
Assistant Professor of Clarinet
Director, Symphonic Winds
Head, Recording Studio
Illinois Wesleyan University
School of Music
Bloomington, IL 61702-2900
(309) 556-3268

"A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes
another's."
Jean Paul Richter (1763-1825)

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