Klarinet Archive - Posting 000113.txt from 2010/10

From: Jennifer Jones <helen.jennifer@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] career
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:59:30 -0400

My first thought was: Why Tehachapi? What I know of Tehachapi is
great scenery, beautiful flora and low population density. Perhaps
the quality of life is better there as a result. That interpretation
would fit with what is written below and my experience of Lincoln,
Nebraska.

-Jennifer

On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Wayne Thompson <wthompson7274@-----.net> wro=
te:
> Deborah,
> Move to Tehachapi, California.
>
> Make more musical friends.
>
> Sorry, neither of those are serious answers, but I think just about anyth=
ing you
> do to get your fix is OK if you make it work.=A0 Call up, meet, do anythi=
ng to
> find pianists and offer to get together just to play.=A0 And then put tog=
ether a
> casual recital.=A0 We've kicked around the idea of having house concerts,=
salons,
> whatever, to play music, and to socialize.=A0 Come to think of it, a loca=
l music
> store, Fiddlers' Crossing/Mountain Music, is now having Friday night jams=
/open
> mike/mini concerts, for a casual place to hang out, read chamber music, o=
r even
> to perform.
>
> Specifically, I've found pianists that are at a level to read our usual s=
onatas,
> to be busy, to be hard to find, and maybe they'll all want money.=A0 But =
I still
> think casting your net and being flexible about how you do it, will lead =
you to
> some kind of playing.
>
> Oh yes, we have three orchestras in our little town, all started by people
> trying to get their fix.
>
> Wayne Thompson
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