Klarinet Archive - Posting 000440.txt from 2005/06

From: "Forest Aten" <forestaten@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] David Breeden's death
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 19:36:29 -0400

Dan,

David's Dad was a terrific clarinet player and a gifted educator. Leon
Breedon built the Lab band program into an international force at North
Texas State University...heading up the jazz program at the University for
decades.

Think 1 o'clock Lab band and you have to think Leon Breedon.

Forest Aten

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> From: dnleeson [mailto:dnleeson@-----.net]
> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 6:10 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: RE: [kl] David Breeden's death
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> When David and I spoke a few months ago, he told me that he was
> not well, but somehow, perhaps from something he said, I thought
> it was shingles. Maybe someone else told me that and I simply
> accepted it. Anyway, he did not sound like himself and I simply
> assumed that shingles can put one in a blinding terrible mood.
> But I never thought that he had cancer.
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> David was not of an age when one thinks about that kind of a
> serious illness. I suspect that he was less than 60, thought I
> don't know. He was a very pleasant guy to work with, a fine
> orchestral clarinetist, and a real rock in the section. When I
> first moved to this area, David was assistant principal and
> E-flat, a terrific E-flat player by the way. Phil Fath was and
> had been principal for some time. When the orchestra got divided
> up to create a full time opera orchestra, Phil went into the pit
> and David took over.
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> I understand that David's father was a clarinet teacher in Texas.
> It's terribly sad to hear this dreadful news about such a
> pleasant individual.
>
> Dan Leeson
> DNLeeson@-----.net
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zornow, Claudia [mailto:claudia.zornow@-----.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 2:13 PM
> To: Klarinet List
> Subject: [kl] David Breeden's death
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> I haven't seen this posted yet: David Breeden, principal
> clarinetist
> of the San Francisco Symphony, died yesterday of multiple
> myeloma.
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> Claudia
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