tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083352356164153721.post8066762507913300289..comments2024-02-26T02:55:07.772-05:00Comments on AfriClassical: Comment On Baltimore Sun Article On Small Number of Black Musicians in U.S. OrchestrasWilliam J. Zickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17779551426810486040noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083352356164153721.post-986033838494400772008-12-08T18:32:00.000-05:002008-12-08T18:32:00.000-05:00I reminded Mr. Smith that 43 years ago when I join...I reminded Mr. Smith that 43 years ago when I joined the Baltimore Symphony it was front page news. I left the orchestra in 1970 and I haven't heard from them since then. <BR/>Why not celebrate the players who are in today's orchestras? In 1965, the year in joined the BSO, there were NO black trumpet players in ANY American orchestra. Today, Billy Ray Hunter is the Co-Principal Trumpet of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Tage Larsen is a member of the Chicago Symphony trumpet section.<BR/><BR/>Langston Fitzgerald joined the Baltimore Symphony Trumpet Section in 1970.<BR/>Let's celebrate what we have, not what we would like to see, I'm sure there will be positive results.<BR/>Wilmer Wise<BR/>Baltimore Symphony 1965-1970<BR/>Brooklyn Philharmonic 1971-2004Wilmer Wisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13124615206762190601noreply@blogger.com