Klarinet Archive - Posting 000544.txt from 2001/03

From: "Fernando Silveira" <amigo222@-----.br>
Subj: Re: [kl] Performance horror stories (was: embouchure woes)
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 23:34:10 -0500

Dear Frank, your history is very intersting, at least for me that will have
the very first rehearsal of Simon Bocanegra next monday!!!!!

Best

Fernando
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Fernando Silveira
Professor Assistente de Clarineta - Universidade do Rio de Janeiro - UNIRIO
Artista Vandoren/Selmer
amigo222@-----.br
fsilveira@-----.br
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De: Frank Garcia <fgarcia@-----.edu>
Para: klarinet@-----.org>
Data: Quarta-feira, 21 de Março de 2001 00:16
Assunto: RE: [kl] Performance horror stories (was: embouchure woes)

>I have a funny story, but it wasn't funny at the time. I was playing
>2nd/bass with the San Diego Opera. We were performing Verdi's Simon
>Boccanegra (sp?) with Sherrill Milnes singing the main role. There is a
>small bass cl. solo which is repeated by the singer, in this case Sherrill
>Milnes. I had a quick cl change, picked my borrowed bass cl, and started to
>play the solo (A C B A G# A E over the break). When I played (or attempted
>to play) the C, the key fell off onto the carpet below. So all Sherrill got
>was the A. Fortunately he knew what to do, and the Principal covered my
>part in the correct octave. I was only 18 or 19 yrs old at the time and
>felt certain that they would ever hire me again after my opening night
>screw up. But fortunately, for my sake, they cut me some slack. But to this
>day, I detest playing bass because of that single traumatic episode! Moral
>of the story: check your screws on a regular basis.
>________________
>Frank Garcia
>fgarcia@-----.edu
>http://www.d.umn.edu/music/faculty/fgarcia.html
>
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