Klarinet Archive - Posting 000733.txt from 2001/03

From: rgarrett@-----.edu
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Jonathan Cohler and Friends in Jordan Hall
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 23:38:47 -0500

At 01:05 AM 03/30/2001 +0000, you wrote:

>I've been a clarinetist for many years, and self-promotion or not, that
>sounds like an unbelievable program! If he's able to play all those pieces
>successfully in one concert, he deserves some kind of prize.
>
>Carl R.

Carl,

Once you've played them, it isn't a problem to get them back up in working
order. Given the endurance required, you simply have to be practicing
regularly.......and have a couple of reeds.

There are many people on the list who could play the same program with success.

Best wishes,
Roger Garrett

Roger Garrett
Clarinet Professor
Director, Symphonic Winds
Illinois Wesleyan University
School of Music
Bloomington, IL 61702-2900
Phone: (309) 556-3268
Fax: (309) 556-3121

From the London Daily News, circa 1926:

"The saxophone is a long metal instrument bent at both ends. It is alleged
to be musical. As regards markings, the creature has a series of tiny taps
stuck upon it, apparently at random. These taps are very sensitive: when
touched they cause the instrument to utter miserable sounds suggesting
untold agony. Sometimes it bursts into tears. At either end there is a
hole. People, sometimes for no reason at all, blow down the small end of
the saxophone which then shrieks and moans."

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