Klarinet Archive - Posting 000850.txt from 2004/01

From: Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Newspaper article
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 14:43:38 -0500

Based on what Ken has observed, I hope someone invites her to come to
ClarinetFest.

Gary
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At 11:23 AM 1/29/04, you wrote:
>At 01:25 PM 1/29/2004, you wrote:
>>She's working on her Ph.D in engineering at Drexel University.
>>
>>She studies clarinet with Ricardo Morales.
>>
>>Oh, and she's 14 years old.
>>
>>http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/living/education/7820423.htm
>
>I just listened to a couple of her sound clips (they take forever to load
>even on a broadband hookup), and I just want to say that I hate this
>girl:-). Seriously, if Morales takes one person for every 40 who apply to
>him, he made a good choice. Having been through helping raise a couple of
>teenagers...well, I had two of the "normal" kind and there were still days
>when I wondered "what do I do next?" Alia's parents sound like they have
>themselves together, owned the fact they have a child who is uniquely
>gifted in just about every area, helped nurtured the gifts, but also
>insisted their daughter have something approximating a life outside the
>pressure cooker.
>
>KW
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>Kenneth Wolman http://www.kenwolman.com

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