Klarinet Archive - Posting 000431.txt from 2004/02

From: "Keith" <100012.1302@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] RE: Bravo Dan, Keith and Forest!
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 19:33:48 -0500

Ben and Forest,

Thanks for your kind remarks. It was great to meet you at the concert, =
Ben,
and also Gary Van Cott. It was a fabulous week for me too, to be playing
with Forest and Dan.

Curious minds will want to know that the dinner Forest mentions was =
lentil
soup and chicken marsala. While on culinary matters, List, prepare
yourselves for a shock. Dan doesn't eat pizza!

Keith Bowen

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> Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 22:46:07 -0600
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> From: "Forest Aten" <forestaten@-----.net>
> Subject: Re: [kl] Bravo Dan, Keith and Forest!
> Message-ID: <00bd01c3fc23$785c0fa0$6501a8c0@ForestAten>
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> Monday night, Dan Leeson, Forest Aten, and Keith Bowen played an =
excellent
> recital at University of Nevada, Las Vegas (with the help of some =
local
> UNLV-based musicians).
> ---------------------------------------------------
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> Ben...
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> What a treat to be traveling and playing clarinet ....on the=20
> road for two
> weeks. Keith Bowen and Dan Leeson had kindly invited me to=20
> participate in
> the Mozart recitals at both St. John's University and at UNLV.
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> I started the first week by traveling to Santa Fe, NM. This to =
participate
> in the Kammermusik Workshop (directed by Keith Bowen). The winter
workshop
> was a very ambitious effort. The players worked very hard for three =
days
on
> the Strauss Serenade #2, The Happy Workshop under the direction of =
Jerry
> Fried. The final concert went extremely well. For more information on =
the
> Kammermusik Chamber Music programs...see: www.kammermusikworkshops.org
> The workshops are wonderful chamber music opportunities for adult =
amateur
> performers. Patrick Berry founded Kammermusik and Keith Bowen is
determined
> to keep it flourishing! The real stars are the players!
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> I had several days off before the basset horn and Mozart recital at =
St.
> John's University (in Santa Fe). I had the opportunity to play duets =
with
> Keith and Marvin Belveal on these days off and spent a lovely evening
> playing chamber music and coaching a little at one of the participants
homes
> just outside of Santa Fe. The chamber music community in Santa Fe is =
alive
> and well! Thanks to Debbie Poulan and her husband Andy for a wonderful
> evening....and Keith for a fantastic dinner. Santa Fe is still a fun =
place
> to be. The town has grown considerably since I was there in
1980....performing=20
> the Peter Maxwell Davies ballet, Salome. It was a very nice to meet =
the
charming=20
> wife of Marvin Belveal, Virginia Benade.
> Virginia's first husband, Arthur Benade, was the great music =
acoustician
> from Case Western University. After talking to Virginia during the =
course
of
> a week...I'll assure you that I have a lot of history to catch up on.
> Homework....
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> The Mozart works performed at St. John's and at UNLV were a very fun =
mix.
We
> used Kammermusik players to fill out the ensembles at St. John's and
> students to complete the ensembles at UNLV. All of the performers did =
a
> fantastic job and what fun we had! Dan Leeson is a force. The music =
Dan
> selected for this concert could be divided into four general =
sections....
> 1 clarinet/basset horn ensembles (a treat to play and listen to)
> 2 voice and clarinet/basset horn ensembles (Dan...."kind of like the =
story
> lines in country western songs")
> 3 fragments (Dan liked to call this section the "heartbreak" section)
> 4 and completions (an original work and then three modern efforts, by
noted
> composers, at completion, with discussion)
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> At UNLV, the recital added Keith Bowen performing the basset=20
> horn obbligato with a piano/voice reduction of the great La Clemenza =
di
Tito=20
> aria, "non piu di fiori". The student soprano and the piano =
accompanist
did=20
> a wonderful job...as did the student clarinetists and bassoonist. =
(full=20
> names soon to come)
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> www.unlv.edu/news_bureau/news_releases/2004/jan04/jv125.html
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> The afternoon before the concert.....Dan, Keith and I spent an hour =
with
> students and professors in what they called a repertory class. We =
played
our
> basset horns and answered any questions (that we knew the answers to). =
A
few
> brave souls gave Dan's and Keith's basset horn a test play. My poor =
old
> Selmer didn't get much attention.
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> I had a great time and look forward to participating again with the
> Kammermusik players. Dan, Keith and I are going to try to find funding =
for
> this Mozart recital in the Dallas area. (and anywhere else that has
interest
> and funding) What a treat. It was great to meet several of the members =
of
> the list at the UNLV recital!!! Many thanks to everyone=20
> involved. I had fun!
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> Forest Aten
> Clarinet/bass clarinet
> Dallas Opera
> www.dallasopera.org
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> ------------------------------
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> Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 18:00:40 -0500
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> From: "Ginger Hill" <Gigi1182@-----.com>
> Subject: RE: [kl] Investigating new instruments with no $
> Message-ID: <001c01c3fbf3$30bb6cc0$6401a8c0@home9vw7szpn7a>
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> Lol.. Thanks Leila, I appreciate that :)
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> Yes, my bosses were proud of me. They felt bad for me (as did=20
> I) that I
> missed out on about $300 in commissions because of that woman... At
> christmas, no less. Oh well. Que sera sera.
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> ~Ginger
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lelia Loban [mailto:lelialoban@-----.net]=20
> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 2:50 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] Investigating new instruments with no $
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> Describing a very rude customer, Ginger Hill wrote,
> >Thank God I was out of town when she came back
> >or I would have had some words for her- which my=20
> >manager backed me up on 100%.
> [snip]
> >Besides, from now on anyone who comes in with the
> >"I'm better than you because I'm European" attitude=20
> >will be referred directly to my manager.
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> I'll bet that a lot of Europeans would have been mortified, if they'd
> heard that woman carrying on the way she did. I'll also bet=20
> that, when
> she's in Europe and dealing with people her own age, she finds some
> other excuse to act high-and-mighty. Glad to hear that your manager
> backs you up, but even gladder that you managed to stifle the=20
> impulse to
> blast this rude customer to her face. If I were your manager, I would
> have been pleased that you took the responsibility of dealing with a
> difficult transaction with dignity and a professional attitude, by
> treating this unpleasant character with courtesy instead of by
> descending to her low level. Also, if you'd blown up at her,=20
> she could
> go home and perpetuate the stereotype she has about Americans, by
> complaining about how those horrible American shopkeepers treat
> customers. You did your country a favor by not giving ammunition to a
> bigot.
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> You set a good example for the other employees and for that woman and
> any other customers who may have overheard. A lot of more experienced
> employees might have "lost it" instead of showing your=20
> self-control. I
> don't blame you for being angry and for being tempted to say a word or
> ten to that woman if she comes back and gives you that kind of guff
> again, but in the long run, it's more satisfying not to give=20
> in to those
> impulses.=20
> (Voice of experience here: I don't always keep my own temper, but
> usually regret losing it.) You *proved* you were more civilized than
> she was, and deep down, I'll bet she knows it and feels some
> (well-deserved) shame, no matter how snooty she acts. Her=20
> arrogance is
> really a sign of insecurity.=20
> Genuinely superior people don't have to strut around announcing their
> superiority.
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> Lelia Loban
> E-mail: lelialoban@-----.net
> Web site (original music scores as audio or print-out):
> http://members.sibeliusmusic.com/LeliaLoban
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> Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 15:21:42 -0800
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> From: Andy Jablonski <ajablons@-----.org>
> Subject: Greetings
> Message-ID:=20
> <0794E89706F4FF44B96DA927D150DA4B0373E17B@-----.bcoe.butte.k12.ca.us>
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> Hey all,
> I'm new to this list and have just recently began playing again.
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> Andrew Jablonski
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