Klarinet Archive - Posting 000074.txt from 2007/03

From: Ed Wojtowicz <ewoj@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] klarinet@-----.org
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 21:29:00 -0500

I believe that Doriot Dwyer, long time principal flute of the BSO,
who was the first woman to hold a principal chair with a major
symphony, was appointed in the early 50's.

Ed

On Mar 3, 2007, at 11:04 AM, Margaret Thornhill wrote:

> The Vienna Philharmonic is certainly NOT the only outstanding
> orchestra in the world today , even if it remains the only one not
> integrated by gender. Certainly in the 1950s, if not 60s, the
> Boston Symphony Orchestra's only woman was a harpist; those days
> are long gone......

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