Klarinet Archive - Posting 000202.txt from 2004/07

From: Gary Truesdail <gir@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Overbearing directors (was Revelli)
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 22:12:25 -0400

Is anyone watching the klarinet group a member or past member of the
Auburn, CA community band?

GaryT

Oliver Seely wrote:

> The thread raises my concern over the future of the adult amateur band
> to which I belong. One does hear rumors about directors of Revelli's
> ilk. I remember as an undergraduate at Caltech we had a band director
> who complained incessantly about having to commute from Tarzana to
> direct the ragtag Caltech band. I stayed with the group because it
> was the only game on campus. There is an adult band director at
> Saddleback College I think whose reputation precedes him in the
> Revelli style. There's one at Golden West College who says a good 'ol
> public Christian prayer before starting rehearsal each week. "God!",
> I think to myself "please save me from these musical zealots. I'm too
> old to have to start dealing with such cooks."
>
> The director of the band to which I belong has to be the most upbeat,
> unflappable director I've ever had and he says he's good for maybe
> only one more year. I have such great fun in that band that I don't
> even like to think of playing under some new director once, then
> walking out with no intention of returning.
>
> Oliver
>
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