Klarinet Archive - Posting 000552.txt from 2001/03

From: Gary Truesdail <gir@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Performance horror stories (was: embouchure woes)
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 02:33:32 -0500

No..... I won't say it. Yes I will, No...I won't, come on, someone else say
it.

GaryT

Frank Garcia wrote:

> 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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