I was looking through my notes from the Pokorny Seminar I attended last summer. Gene Pokorny had mentioned that when Floyd Cooley auditioned for the San Francisco Symphony, he showed up with only an F tuba (at least that's what I wrote on my notes!).
Does anyone know anything about this? Did he play all the 'contrabass' stuff on F, and what kind of horn did he have?
Floyd Cooley SFS Audition?
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Floyd Cooley SFS Audition?
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Re: Floyd Cooley SFS Audition?
I had heard something similar years ago, but I fail to remember the specifics, it was either an F tuba, or 184... regardless, it was tiny.
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/\KiltieTuba wrote:why not just email Floyd?
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Re: Floyd Cooley SFS Audition?
At the time, maybe. Sumner Erickson was 18...Tony Kniffen almost matched Floyd.