Klarinet Archive - Posting 001001.txt from 2003/03

From: Dan Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Introduction
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 17:05:52 -0500

Mention my name to Jerry and he won't shoot you. We are old friends.

Dan

Wendy Bosma wrote:
> I wouldn't say it was the instructors that frowned upon my presence, but the
> other students. A few of the Music Performance majors seemed to take issue
> with me being just as good if not better than them (thanks, Kent!). Maybe I
> misread the situation, but I just didn't feel at home with the band. I
> spoke to the Clarinet professor, Jerry Kirkbride, and he recommended I stick
> with the clarinet choir. I felt a lot more at home there.
>
> Wendy
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Leeson [mailto:leeson0@-----.net]
> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 11:39 AM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Introduction
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> Wendy, of course many years have passed since I was at the University of
> Arizona.
> I was not a music major but was getting my graduate degree in
> mathematics, yet I remember being warmly welcomed into the various
> ensembles of the music department. I played with the University
> orchestra (under Henry Johnson), the band (under Jack Lee), and the
> Tucson symphony under a conductor whose name slipped my mind.
>
> Things may have changed as you noted, but there was never a feeling of
> not liking non-music majors when I was there. In fact, some of the
> better members of the band were all non music majors. At that time, the
> trumpet teacher was the former soloist with the Sousa band and we were
> very good friends. Sam Fain was clarinet professor and it was a LONG
> time ago.
>
> Dan
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