Klarinet Archive - Posting 001164.txt from 2003/04

From: Neil Leupold <leupold_1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] The basset clarinet as a regular orchestral instrument
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 00:48:20 -0400

--- Dan Leeson <leeson0@-----.net> wrote:

> Before I stopped playing professionally, I tried to get a pair of basset
> clarinets to use as my regular orchestral instruments but failed
> because, at that time, no one would make one for me in B-flat.

When you played professionally, was this as a regular member of an orchestra, on a freelance
basis, or perhaps professional chamber playing? I think this is the first time (in my memory,
anyway) you've ever mentioned that you once played clarinet at the professional level. I remember
that you had a career as a successful businesman, to which your evident intellect no doubt
contributed. But what of the performance career? Stories about subbing at the Met come to mind.
Do tell!

Neil

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