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stokyscecret.pdf

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wiseone2

One of the first things I did when I arrived in NYC was to get an audition with the American Symphony. It was 1970 and Stokie was still handling player auditions. No committees, just Stokowski.
His apartment was a New York dream, high ceilings and a great view of NY..........................and it must have had 10 rooms!
I played all the popular excerpts for the Maestro and he smiled. I was offered a position in the ASO trumpet section.
Stokie said, after the audition was over, "You are a student of one of my Philadelphia trumpet players." I was amazed. How did he know that? Did I have Hering/Krauss written on my forehead? I had forgotten that I mentioned my background to the personnel manager
String players hated to audition for Stokie. He would grab instruments from the players and thump the back with his knuckles The Strad owners were not amused.

My favorite Stokie scene happened on the stage of Carnegie Hall.
The piece was Ivan the Terrible. There was a trumpet lick that the Maestro decided would sound best if the trumpet players pointed their horns in opposite directions. I was on the floor laughing. It had to be explained to the conductor the fact that if we were pointed in those directions we could not see the conductor. Stokie wondered why we weren't together

I would question that statement of Stokie's. He often asked for things that couldn't be done on the instruments he claimed to know well.

Wilmer

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Schwab

Thats good stuff, Wilmer.

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Seconded

Hate or love Stoky--there is no denying he was unique

His Shosty 5 with the NY Phil on Everest is sublime in the understanding of that work

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rowuk

He must of smoked something forbidden.

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