[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.64,0:00:04.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, in thinking about that that summer Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.21,0:00:06.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my dad said well let’s look Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.87,0:00:08.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at maybe some other things. Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.81,0:00:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one of those other things was Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.10,0:00:13.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let’s take a look at this Sudbury Valley School. Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.28,0:00:15.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so that summer Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.62,0:00:17.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’m not sure if it was June or July Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.60,0:00:23.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but some time in that summer of 1968 came Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.26,0:00:27.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and came upstairs for our meeting Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.26,0:00:30.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with Joan and my parents. Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.23,0:00:33.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that was really quite a day in my life Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.47,0:00:40.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because Joan kind of acted as a therapist Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.34,0:00:46.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also as a parent but she wasn’t my parent, Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.75,0:00:51.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but she was a parent to me, Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.35,0:00:53.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she said well, Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.86,0:00:58.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what do you want to do with your life? Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.36,0:01:01.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you want to go to this technical high school? Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.28,0:01:04.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That could mean giving up your music Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.23,0:01:07.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you’re going to be channeled into an MIT or Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.90,0:01:10.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,– and maybe I would have been good enough Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.60,0:01:12.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or had the energy to do Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.57,0:01:14.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a couple of different things in my life Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.31,0:01:16.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as a science background and music. Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.71,0:01:19.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I didn’t think that I had it in me to do that Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.31,0:01:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I said you know I’m not ready Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.18,0:01:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give up the past few years Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.18,0:01:26.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a burgeoning interest in music Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.74,0:01:29.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and instrumentalism for that. Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.57,0:01:33.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So she said you’re going be allowed to do... Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.96,0:01:37.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to pursue your dreams here at Sudbury Valley. Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.36,0:01:40.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she said it may be a little bit scary at first Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.83,0:01:43.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we don’t have quite the same structure Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.90,0:01:47.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a Boston Technical High School. Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.30,0:01:51.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You’re going to have to create your own structure here. Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.33,0:01:55.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think my next four years, Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.18,0:01:58.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that summer we decided Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.15,0:02:00.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I should go here, Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.10,0:02:03.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I should give it a shot – just give it a shot. Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.37,0:02:06.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I wound up spending four years at Sudbury, Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.63,0:02:08.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,graduating in ‘72. Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.56,0:02:10.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I guess you could say that I was Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.50,0:02:14.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the first four-year class Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.70,0:02:17.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a high school graduating class Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.94,0:02:20.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,– I guess I was in that class. Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.01,0:02:22.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I presented my thesis Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.51,0:02:25.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in front of the School Meeting Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.11,0:02:27.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I believe it was April or May Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.81,0:02:29.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was successfully . . . Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.38,0:02:31.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I guess I successfully defended my thesis Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.82,0:02:34.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I would be responsible in the community Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.09,0:02:37.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for my life and for my career Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.49,0:02:39.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I hopefully showed that Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.63,0:02:45.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I set forth on basically the rest of my life. Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.77,0:02:48.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That spring I auditioned Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.07,0:02:50.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the New England Conservatory of Music Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.94,0:02:54.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and got accepted as a Freshman French horn player. Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.54,0:02:57.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Throughout my years at Sudbury Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.34,0:03:01.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was diligently practising the French Horn Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.39,0:03:04.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also on Saturday mornings Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.93,0:03:08.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to the New England Conservatory Prep Division Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.18,0:03:11.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taking lessons not only in French horn Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.46,0:03:13.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also in additional music theory Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.99,0:03:17.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I had ensembles – wind ensembles, Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.56,0:03:20.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I don’t think I had orchestra back then Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.90,0:03:24.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,– but it was some wind ensemble experience Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.37,0:03:26.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the community. Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.77,0:03:28.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We didn’t have a band or orchestra Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.84,0:03:30.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here at Sudbury Valley Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.41,0:03:32.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we did have a staff member or two Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.45,0:03:35.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who were musicians and developed Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.72,0:03:39.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and fostered my education here as a musician Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.19,0:03:41.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I played small ensembles with them Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.92,0:03:43.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they also Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.99,0:03:46.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,– to mention one in particular Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.79,0:03:49.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was Jan McDaniel – Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.26,0:03:51.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really helped me a lot in my early days Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.93,0:03:54.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of deciding to become a musician Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.84,0:03:59.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and helping me to find my own way to do that. Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.54,0:04:04.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I spent a lot of time here pursuing that dream Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.41,0:04:07.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I’ve been lucky enough Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.71,0:04:09.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be in the music profession Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.92,0:04:12.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a performing musician Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.60,0:04:14.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now for some twenty-seven years, Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.51,0:04:17.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making my living at that Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.63,0:04:20.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it’s not an easy profession to be in Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.83,0:04:23.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and many of my teachers have said Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.39,0:04:26.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know Mark it’s really a business Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.33,0:04:30.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because these organizations have to make ends meet. Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.24,0:04:34.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And nowadays, there are many creative ways Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.57,0:04:37.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that ensembles have to do that Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.61,0:04:39.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but so many of them have tremendous deficits Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.98,0:04:42.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they don’t have endowments and Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.32,0:04:44.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that’s a whole other story so . . . Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.68,0:04:48.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway, to get back – I graduated from SVS Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.19,0:04:51.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and went on to the New England Conservatory. Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.62,0:04:54.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After my Freshman year there Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.59,0:04:56.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did some soul searching, Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.96,0:05:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had some physical problems with braces Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.50,0:05:04.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I took a year off trying to figure out Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.74,0:05:06.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what my next move would be. Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.91,0:05:09.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Would I come back to New England Conservatory Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.21,0:05:12.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having gotten braces and having some problems Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.25,0:05:14.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually playing the French horn. Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.67,0:05:17.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In an attempt to make myself play better, Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.22,0:05:20.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got braces and it was a kind of mixed result. Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.25,0:05:23.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I had high standards for what I wanted to do Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.09,0:05:25.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I took the year off. Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.22,0:05:28.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eventually, I wound up having roots in Minnesota Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.09,0:05:30.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the University of Minnesota and that’s a... Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.70,0:05:32.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting there is a whole other story in itself Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.77,0:05:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I didn’t have traditional transcripts. Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.00,0:05:38.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so they wanted to know what the heck Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.22,0:05:40.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was doing with my four years of high school. Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.54,0:05:44.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I had taken the SAT test my senior year here Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.41,0:05:46.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,– or my fourth year here – Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.07,0:05:48.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were respectable Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.16,0:05:50.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as I told Danny earlier tonight. Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.55,0:05:53.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they made me write a thesis – what have you done? Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.09,0:05:56.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They wanted something like 15 or 20 pages and Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.39,0:05:59.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I think me just presenting Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.60,0:06:02.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my thesis of responsibility Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.17,0:06:04.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at Sudbury Valley to graduate Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.73,0:06:07.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,helped me when I got out into the world Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.33,0:06:09.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were saying Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.38,0:06:11.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don’t know what you’ve done here, Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.67,0:06:13.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except for your credits Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.71,0:06:15.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the New England Conservatory Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.41,0:06:17.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which did transfer over to Minnesota. Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.78,0:06:20.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They said we don’t know what to call you Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.21,0:06:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you’re not going to be majoring in the French horn. Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.12,0:06:26.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You’ve got some music credits here Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.15,0:06:28.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and history and theory of music Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.39,0:06:30.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we need to figure out Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.66,0:06:33.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to get you into this institution Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.29,0:06:35.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we are ever even going to accept you. Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.53,0:06:37.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I wrote a fifteen page essay Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.63,0:06:39.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and luckily got accepted Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.83,0:06:42.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and four years and a summer later Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.90,0:06:46.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wound up with a degree in music Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.26,0:06:48.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,– a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree – Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.54,0:06:50.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a speciality in oboe. Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.79,0:06:53.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now in my twentieth year of life I switched to the oboe Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.52,0:06:56.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was a very natural fit for me. Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.14,0:06:59.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perhaps for those of you that want a little more detail Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.18,0:07:02.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can talk to me afterwards of how that exactly happened Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.17,0:07:04.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but four years at Minnesota, Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.06,0:07:06.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wound up with a degree. Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.44,0:07:08.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I then applied to Northwestern University in Chicago Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.86,0:07:10.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I got in Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.44,0:07:14.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as one of the two graduate students majoring in oboe. Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.17,0:07:16.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I got to study with the principal oboist Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.77,0:07:19.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the Chicago Symphony. Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.04,0:07:21.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was his graduate teaching assistant Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.94,0:07:25.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and had a great couple of years there Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.32,0:07:28.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,– really, really wonderful years. Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.01,0:07:30.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got to play extra in the Chicago Symphony with him. Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.45,0:07:34.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was hard, it was very hard Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.89,0:07:38.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I had taken up the oboe rather late in life Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.89,0:07:43.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,although I had a real background in music Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.76,0:07:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from a young kid and it was in my heart, Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.94,0:07:51.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was in my blood, that I needed to be a musician. Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.86,0:07:54.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the year that I took off Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.20,0:07:57.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between New England and getting into Minnesota, Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.23,0:07:59.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did some soul searching and thinking Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.44,0:08:01.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’m going to go off in a different path Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.75,0:08:03.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I just couldn’t do it. Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.87,0:08:06.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to stay with my music and take that chance Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.44,0:08:08.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I went to Northwestern, Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.47,0:08:11.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spent an extra year in Chicago after I graduated Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.02,0:08:13.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,– freelancing and learning a little bit more Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.23,0:08:15.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the trade of being a professional musician. Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.56,0:08:19.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a freelancer and hitting the audition circuit Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.20,0:08:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and being a professional musician is Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.18,0:08:26.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as Nikole and I have talked about Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.64,0:08:30.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is really putting your life on the line Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.74,0:08:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for what you love to do. Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.78,0:08:38.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I took a chance that I would do this Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.65,0:08:41.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I had to do this. Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.35,0:08:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt that I had to be a musician because Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.32,0:08:47.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was really everything I had done in my life. Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.76,0:08:50.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn’t want to do anything else. Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.46,0:08:54.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As quite a few of my music teachers have told me, Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.52,0:09:00.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don’t do music unless you have to. Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.51,0:09:04.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is kind of a two-sided coin meaning yeah, Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.18,0:09:06.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it’s a tough business Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.21,0:09:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,– it’s like being an actor in Hollywood Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.42,0:09:11.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you go to LA and you wait tables Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.38,0:09:13.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you hope for a lucky break. Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.69,0:09:16.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you’re good, that helps a lot. Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.44,0:09:19.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there’s no guarantees. Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.22,0:09:22.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then again there’s no guarantees in life either. Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.30,0:09:27.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There’s some perhaps more... Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.64,0:09:32.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how can I put it... Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.02,0:09:34.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more ways that are easier Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.86,0:09:38.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,– that if you follow a prescribed course, Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.28,0:09:40.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more than likely you’ll Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.95,0:09:43.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get to a place that you’ve tried to get to Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.38,0:09:47.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but after I graduated from Northwestern Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.64,0:09:50.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and spent that year in Chicago, Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.36,0:09:54.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got my first professional job in a symphony orchestra Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.33,0:09:56.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I knew that I would probably Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.76,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have to travel...