Author: OboeAgain
Date: 2007-06-17 21:26
I went. It was fabulous. Do go if you ever get the chance. Just imagine hearing music from morning until night in recital and concert. Imagine hearing Gordon Hunt, Thomas Stacey, Nadina Mackie Jackson, Carolyn Cove, David Weiss, Nancy Ambrose King, just to name a few, and then running into them at lunch or at the exhibits the next day.
The exhibits were unbelievable. Every major maker of double-reed instruments was represented. Attendees could walk around from table to table with a reed and try any instrument. I tried instruments by, Buffet, Bulgheroni, Fossati, Fox, Howarth, Loree, Marigaux, Rigoutat and Yamaha.
Even the playing by many who were trying out instruments was often worth hearing. One professor from Italy was trying out Harry Van Dias' Baroque instruments and was fabulous to hear.
I was lucky enough to live within a day's drive of IDRS 2007; however, I think I might just try to make the journey to Utah for next year's IDRS conference.
Walter
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