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Re: That "Aha!" live performance that changed your view of clarinet?

Author: Fuzzy
Date: 2018-01-09 10:22

I've really enjoyed seeing/hearing all the various experiences! So inspiring! Thanks to all those who have responded!

Johnny Galaga: Thanks for the follow-up on Ralph. A year or two before he retired (from UW), he led the Wyoming Centennial Symphonic Band. It was a band put together to perform at various celebrations across the state of Wyoming at the time. It was comprised of music teachers from across the state, but Ralph invited a handful of kids from his studio to perform too. I was fortunate enough to participate, and on one of the performances, I showed up, and they had too many clarinets, and needed a tenor saxophone player. I hadn't taken a saxophone, but an alto player had brought his tenor along, and offered to let me play it. That was my first (and last) time playing a Mark VI tenor, and I still remember that feeling...it played itself! I still have a photo or two floating around of me standing next to Ralph after that performance while we were all putting our instruments away. Good memories.

Fuzzy

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