Klarinet Archive - Posting 000119.txt from 2004/06

From: Oliver Seely <oseely@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Scandal Rocks the New York Philharmonic
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 13:48:16 -0400

I read the responses of the regulars and no specific drug other than pot
was mentioned.

I don't recall the serious angle to the subject making it to
KLARINET. Years ago when I was a subscriber to FLUTE-L, several members
admitted to taking inderal to slow down their heart rates during solo
performances.

We live in a drug culture and historically drug use has been rife in the
performing arts. I guess that it just maintains a low visibility by virtue
of chronic boredom about the subject among performers. So what else is
new, they seem to be saying.

Oliver

At 06:56 PM 6/10/2004, you wrote:
>This had been posted on the clarinet bulletin board a week ago.
>
>Read how some of the "regulars" dealt with this news in their own original
>style:
>
>http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=148536&t=148536
>
>Glenn Kantor (GBK)
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "dnleeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
>To: "klarinet@-----.org>
>Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 12:33 PM
>Subject: [kl] Scandal Rocks the New York Philharmonic
>
>
> > Steroids Scandal Rocks New York Philharmonic
> >
> > 6/10/2004
> >
> > New York - The world of classical music was in turmoil this
> > morning when
> > officials of the Professional Orchestra League revealed that
> > seven principal
> > players of the New York Philharmonic had tested positive for
> > steroids and would
> > receive automatic life suspensions from the league.
> >
> > "It's a real blow for New York's chances for the World Series
> > this Fall,"
> > said Morris "Lefty" Lefkowitz, chief classical music
> > correspondent for the New
> > York Times who is covering the Philharmonic's rookie camp in
> > Sarasota, Florida.
> > "These rookies are going to have to step up to the mouthpiece if
> > New York has
> > any hope of salvaging its season."
> >
> > Fans of the Boston Symphony Orchestra are hopeful that New York's
> > problems
> > will finally allow their team to overcome "Toscanini's Curse".
> > Since 1918, when
> > Boston conductor Arturo Toscanini was traded to New York for
> > three violinists
> > and a relief bassoonist, no Boston orchestra has ever won the
> > World Series.
> >
> > In related news, the Cleveland Orchestra has sent principal
> > clarinetist Frank
> > Cohen down to their Triple A orchestra in Bucyrus, Ohio. Cohen
> > has been
> > struggling of late with excessive squeaking and poor intonation
> > and was on the
> > injured reserve list for most of last season. And the San
> > Francisco Orchestra has
> > traded concertmaster Howard Moskowsky to St. Louis for its entire
> > flute
> > section and a violist to be named later.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Dan Leeson
> > DNLeeson@-----.net
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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