The Really
Terrible Orchestra Of the Triangle (RTOOT)
who
are we? -- woodwinds section
Kathy Hancock is principal
flautist with the Really Terrible Orchestra Of the Triangle
(RTOOT). She started playing flute in the 5th grade and faked her
way all the way through college (FSU). Recently, she decided to
take lessons and join RTOOT. Soon she will be way too good to play
for us.
Mary Forrester is a recent
addition as well. In the middle of our spring 2010 season, we were
fortunate to have added
Vickie Carpenter.
We are very fortunate also that
Charles Elliot found us, oboe
in hand. Welcome! In addition to his talent -- far too great for
The Really Terrible Orchestra Of the Triangle (RTOOT) -- he has
donated generously of his collection of orchestral music and is
recognized as a Terrible Patron. We recently welcomed
Randy Alley on second
oboe.
We have on clarinet
Amber Gorski. She quotes her
husband as saying he's going to have to get himself a copy of A
Tale of Two Cities to read at future concerts. Amber is also our
concertmaster, since we didn’t know that the concertmaster was
supposed to be a violin. When The Really Terrible Orchestra Of the
Triangle (RTOOT) was organized, we just got together and figured
out that Amber was the best player. So we made her the
concertmaster. We hope this doesn’t upset your musical
sensibilities nor cause the music world to fall to pieces. Also on
clarinet, we have
Amanda Jacob and
Donna Bennett.
As
a child, Donna was asked not to sing -- and started playing
the clarinet. She is a former MOBster (Marching Owl
Band), who enjoys playing in venues other than Texas
football stadiums. We are astounded to report that
Richard Titus of
Sanford plans to drive
each week to
our Sunday rehearsals in order to play the clarinet badly.
Actually, his wife
Virginia drives him, so
we owe it all to her.
As of the spring 2010 season we have four bassoons and we are
delighted to welcome
Patty Knio, who comments
that, “From 1998 till
2006 I lived with my family in Lebanon where I spoke Arabic quite
terribly but learned to make pretty good hummus. I’m
glad to be home now where organizations such as RTOOT are possible,
as the Beirut Symphony simply wouldn’t have me.”
Jody Frank's bassoon began
playing with her
in
Chicago, moved on to Ann Arbor, then Christchurch (as in New
Zealand), and finally, after living in Raleigh NC almost 20 years,
they are able to play together again.
When she is not running cross-country, riding horses, or asking for
the car keys, high-schooler
Melanie Bennett
enjoys being mostly still and playing bassoon. You
may see her doing homework during long rests. Rounding out the
bassoons is
Barbara Dixon. Our
percussionist,
Our resident composter,
Enrique Varela also
plays the E-flat
alto sax whenever Mr. Hobgood takes the time to create a part for
him. Handel and Tchaikovsky did not write for alto sax.
From time to time, Mr. Hobgood himself joins the woodwinds section,
to play the clarinet, Terribly.