Angela Hewitt

[Avery Todd]

Alan,

Glad everything worked out well. Congratulations.

Avery

> >How'd everything go with Angela? Just curious.
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> >Avery
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>Hi Avery!
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>Angela was... wonderful!
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>I walked in at the end of her first practice session and... she said she
>liked the action!  (whew!!    :)
>She had a very specific list of voicing concerns, all of which were
>reasonable and very apparent (not surprising on this particular instrument).
>I did what I could with her requests and saw to a shorter list the next
>day.  The ultimate results were a bit less than she would have liked, we
>both knew that, and she was very gracious about it (she *did* tell me that,
>next time, "we" would
>do more... with which I agreed).
>During her recital, it was immensely interesting to notice how she worked
>around the voicing problems extant in the instrument.
>
>Thanks to Roger's comments, I was all ready for a lesson in back muscle
>coordination via the back-less gown.
>To my surprise, she came out of the "green room" and headed for the stage
>in a sleeveless gown with full front, back, and a high collar!  But (!)  it
>was done in an awsome spandex material which seemed almost *painted* on (
>extremely well designed and *very* becoming!!) so... I don't think I missed
>much.
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>This particular concert venue doesn't have wings.  Its really a pipe organ
>case in a modified pie shape, with raised-paneled walls on either side of
>the stage.  However, about 16 feet above stage level, one of the walls has
>a panel which swings back for camera access and, standing behind that, I
>had a great view of Angela from behind and above her.  Not only could I
>watch her back, arms, and hands while she played (Roger, you were right!);
>I also could see the hammers and dampers except for those directly in front
>of her!
>In addition, the sound was excellent from that vantage point and, except
>for the fact that I had to stand for the whole recital, I'm kicking myself
>for not having found the place years ago!              :)
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>Regards,
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>Alan Crane, RPT
>School of Music
>Wichita State University
>crane@twsuvm.uc.twsu.edu