Klarinet Archive - Posting 000034.txt from 2001/08

From: Robert Fosdick <bfosdick@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] I'm baaack!
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 20:56:17 -0400

Lacy--
If it's OK to ask---Which camp was this? .
Sorry if you already mentioned it and I missed it!
Thanks!
At 04:46 PM 8/1/01 -0500, you wrote:
>I had a great time, too! The campus is completely beautiful, and the
>mountains are such a sight for this midwesterner's sore eyes!
>
>I want to tell you all about my experience the first week of camp, which is
>the most exciting and the best hookup: We had studio auditions the day we
>arrived, and they made the assignments that night. I got principal that
>first week playing Symphonie Fantastique, with Victor Yampolsky of
>Northwestern University conducting. He also conducted the first Festival
>Orchestra concert on the second night, during which at the intermission I
>saw him and introduced myself to him and conversed with him in Russian (I do
>speak Russian to an extent, and I think he found it rather amusing, since he
>said I speak with an American accent.), and told him that I'm a clarinet
>player. The next morning, Monday, was our first rehearsal, and I think I
>read it pretty well. He came up to me after rehearsal and asked me what year
>I was in school and what plans I had for graduate studies. I said that I was
>interested in Northwestern and several other places as well. He told me to
>sit down with him, so we did and he looked me straight in the face and said
>to me about Northwestern, "Young lady, for you, it's absolutely not an
>option." And he kept a straight face for about 5 seconds, during which time
>stood still and I was thinking, I shouldn't even be talking to this guy, I
>suck, I'm out of my league, I'll get eaten alive there. He knew he had me
>going. Then he smiled real big and said, "It is a MUST. And you have to
>audition for Chicago Civic as well." So we talked about the grad programs
>and the teachers there and I felt much better. I just hope I can get a good
>scholarship or an assistantship!
>
>The following weeks were a blast as well! All sections worked on a rotation
>basis, so it was rare for anyone to play principal two weeks. The fourth
>week, the clarinet studio had auditions because we were doing Pines of Rome,
>and I won the principal spot! Some of the others were upset, because I had
>already had principal the first week and that not everybody was going to
>have the chance to play principal. I understood their frustration, but at
>the same time, I just do what I'm assigned. It was a blast to play that
>piece, though. The control factor of the solo is a real challenge.
>
>The other weeks were great, too. I played principal again in Polovetsian
>Dances, which was great because of the audition excerptage of the piece, and
>we played Sibelius's 2nd, Tchaikovsky's 6th, and Mahler's 2nd. James Paul
>conducted the Sibelius, and it was a magical performance. He really knows
>how to draw the best out of the performers! I also played in a great wodwind
>quintet, and played some good pieces. The last week (which was actually last
>week) I played 2nd clarinet alongside my teacher in the faculty's
>performance of Strauss's "Der Burger als Edelmann," also called "Le
>Bourgeois Gentillhomme," with all the cuckoo calls, menuets and such. Great
>piece! I thoroughly enjoyed my stay, and made many new friends and
>connections. So how has everyone's summer been so far?
>
>Lacy Schroeder
>
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