Klarinet Archive - Posting 000560.txt from 2002/07

From: "Kimber" <wolfcry01@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] religion and clarinet playing
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2002 01:01:24 -0400

Thanks Mark, I will look up that book. My step dad is Lutheran, so this
ought to be interesting...lol...but seriously. I will see if my library
carries it, and if not, I'll have the bookstore order it for me.
Kimber the Wrestler
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Gresham <mgresham@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] religion and clarinet playing

>
> Kimber wrote:
> >
> > I am replying to both messages. I don't nessicarily think they are more
> > likely to be aetheist. At least not in my case. Both my mom and I play
> > clarinet, and we are both Wicca.
>
> You can include my nephew in that inclination.
>
> > We went from no religion in particular to
> > one that combines all but evil.
>
> Well, then, you can rule out Unitarian! :-)
>
> (The choir sings in Latin if the words aren't gender free.)
>
> However, if you do want an essay on the relationship between being a
> symphonic musician and a member of a religious denomination, I can
> highly recommend Randall Davidson's "The Young Lutheran's Guide to the
> Orchestra" (text and narration by Garrison Keillor). Available
> commercially on CD. (Yes, there is a moment of consideration as to
> whether a good Lutheran should play clarinet, and why not.) All in good
> humor, of course.
>
> --
> Mark Gresham, composer
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