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Re: Any members here play this well at age 13?

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2021-03-14 23:29

Well, I hope that was tongue in cheek.

There are a number of established professional clarinetists that will never sound that good!

It is always refreshing to me to see/hear young talent (for the record Uberto is a little older than that now) of that calibre coming up. You need to have a talent pool for the next generation.

If there is some seriousness in that "burning" statement, I'd hasten to add a Michael Lowenstern comment that I appreciated. He said something to the effect that musicianship is NOT like competitive sports. One doesn't measure up to others in fractions of an inch or fractions of a second. We all have are own strengths and weaknesses and the profession (or simply avocation) of music has room for all stripes. I believe he offered up that quote regarding his own realization that there were always going to the certain things that he would never be able to do that he wished he could.

Music, thankfully is an activity that is meant to be enjoyed by the participant as well as the observer.

...................Paul Aviles

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