Klarinet Archive - Posting 000292.txt from 2010/09

From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?sarah=20elbaz?=" <sarah@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] =?iso-8859-1?q?Who_is_Jennifer_Jones=3F?=
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 05:33:31 -0400

Regards to Don Foster, he is a fine teacher.
BTW, there is a clarinet teacher in Australia named Jennifer Jones :-)
Sarah

> -------Original Message-------
> From: Jennifer Jones <helen.jennifer@-----.com>
> To: The Klarinet Mailing List <klarinet@-----.com>
> Subject: Re: [kl] Who is Jennifer Jones?
> Sent: 10 Sep '10 06:36
> =

> Dear Don,
> =

> I guess I've never prepared a clarinet resume of sorts, so here is one:
> =

> I probably joined Klarinet in 1997 or 1998 on the recommendation of my
> instructor Donald Blasick.=A0=A0I have been playing clarinet for about 20
> years.=A0=A0I started with (weekly?=A0=A0I don't think it was twice a we=
ek)
> group lessons in fourth and fifth grade and continued with band
> through middle school (third chair; I refused to move up.).=A0=A0I played
> marching band and wind ensemble in high school (section leader jr. &
> sr. years; that is when I started studying w/Don Blasick) and played
> the tenor saxophone my senior year in the jazz band.=A0=A0I have tried
> alto saxophone.=A0=A0My embouchure has always been too tight to play the
> saxophone low notes reliably.=A0=A0I aspire to try an eefer, a bass and =
an
> alto clarinet.=A0=A0'twould be cool to try a contrabass clarinet:)=A0=A0=
In
> high school, I also played with a local youth symphony orchestra for a
> year or two (I'd forgotten that.=A0=A0It met once or twice a week).=A0=
=A0When
> I was working on my botany and biochemistry bachelor's degrees, I
> played clarinet in the orchestra and wind ensemble (second chair).
> The music department had a scholarship program that offered weekly
> lessons with participation in performing ensembles.=A0=A0I studied with
> Donald Foster.=A0=A0I played soprano (eek!), alto and tenor (my favorite)
> recorders, and alto crumhorn in Collegium Musicum.=A0=A0I stopped playing
> regularly when I stopped school.=A0=A0Though, I would pick the clarinet =
up
> for a week or a month at at time.=A0=A0There was a period of two years
> when I did not play at all.=A0=A0That probably ended last winter.=A0=A0I=
found
> that I had gone extremely flat, or a member of the household had the
> tuner set to 445 Hz.=A0=A0I didn't check; I didn't care and I was playing
> with a friend who played cello and didn't care either.=A0=A0I have been
> playing nearly daily since I started posting to the list again in mid
> August.=A0=A0I am in tune now with the tuner set to 440.=A0=A0I signed o=
ff
> sometime in college?=A0=A0I signed back on a year or so ago?=A0=A0Anyone=
who
> has authoritative information is welcome to amend this.
> =

> Sincerely,
> =

> Jennifer Jones
> =

> =

> On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 8:06 AM,=A0=A0<DGross1226@-----.com> wrote:
> > On 9/7/2010 8:48:02 PM PDT, Jennifer Jones <helen.jennifer@-----.com> =
writes:
> >> Who is Don Gross?=A0=A0:-)
> >
> > Jennifer,
> >
> > Search the Klarinet Archives on "Don Gross" and you'll find the comple=
te
> > listing of my postings since I first joined the list in 1994.
> =

> And posts by other people.
> =

> > The short
> > summary is that: (1) I have been playing clarinet (with one 31-year br=
eak) since
> > 1949, (2) I have a doctorate in electroanalytical chemistry, (3) over =
the
> > past 25 years, I have played clarinets ranging from Eb sopranino to Bb
> > contrabass with myriad amateur and semiprofessional orchestras and win=
d bands in the
> > greater Los Angeles/Orange County area of Southern California, and (4)=
just
> > this summer had the joy of playing contrabass clarinet with the Los An=
geles
> > Clarinet Choir at ClarinetFest 2010 in Austin. Over the years I have a=
lso
> > learned to keep quiet when I can't improve the silence.=A0=A0Hope that=
helps.
> >
> > Don
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