[TPIN] Seattle Symphony story weirdness

[David Adams]

Ahh, yes, John Coffey!  What a terrific teacher and great guy, as  
well as a fascinating character (stories abound).  A superb brass  
pedagogue who pushed his trumpet students to play Bach 3C and stick  
with them.  Is Coffey Music still in business?   John's son Jack, a  
terrific guy, too,  was running it for many years.  David Adams
On Dec 19, 2007, at 12:03 PM, Glenn Bengry wrote:

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>   We thought that the days of Reiner and Toscanini were over.  Back  
> in those days only a rare man would stand up and challenge  
> Toscanini.  Harry Glantz did (He didn't need to worry about finding  
> another gig like others might), and John Coffey, who threw his  
> trombone at Toscanini for some abusive behavior in rehearsal.
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> glenn
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> x> Interesting article in last Sunday's NY Times> > http:// 
> www.nytimes.com/2007/12/16/arts/music/16waki.html?pagewanted=1> >  
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David B. Adams
Palo Alto Unified School District
Director, Foothill Symphonic Winds
www.windband.org/foothill