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Doreen Ketchins

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Fresh Air
Mardi Gras With New Orleans Jazz Clarinetist Doreen Ketchens

But Necessity is the mother of invention, and he invented the tuba drummer.

Fresh Air
Mardi Gras With New Orleans Jazz Clarinetist Doreen Ketchens

People have asked me about that growl a lot. So I did it actually. I did some videos on it on YouTube during the pandemic when I was going absolutely crazy because I couldn't go out and play. But there are two ways of doing a growl. There's one with the throat, you know, like that, like you're gargling. And there's another one with a tongue, like a Spanish R, you know.

Fresh Air
Mardi Gras With New Orleans Jazz Clarinetist Doreen Ketchens

People have asked me about that growl a lot. So I did it actually. I did some videos on it on YouTube during the pandemic when I was going absolutely crazy because I couldn't go out and play. But there are two ways of doing a growl. There's one with the throat, you know, like that, like you're gargling. And there's another one with a tongue, like a Spanish R, you know.

Fresh Air
Mardi Gras With New Orleans Jazz Clarinetist Doreen Ketchens

People have asked me about that growl a lot. So I did it actually. I did some videos on it on YouTube during the pandemic when I was going absolutely crazy because I couldn't go out and play. But there are two ways of doing a growl. There's one with the throat, you know, like that, like you're gargling. And there's another one with a tongue, like a Spanish R, you know.

Fresh Air
Mardi Gras With New Orleans Jazz Clarinetist Doreen Ketchens

And both of them basically sound the same when I do them. But you pick one, you know, and I picked the Spanish R because I thought the transition to and from was smoother. So, and that's how I do it. I just, that's how I do it. That's it.

Fresh Air
Mardi Gras With New Orleans Jazz Clarinetist Doreen Ketchens

And both of them basically sound the same when I do them. But you pick one, you know, and I picked the Spanish R because I thought the transition to and from was smoother. So, and that's how I do it. I just, that's how I do it. That's it.

Fresh Air
Mardi Gras With New Orleans Jazz Clarinetist Doreen Ketchens

And both of them basically sound the same when I do them. But you pick one, you know, and I picked the Spanish R because I thought the transition to and from was smoother. So, and that's how I do it. I just, that's how I do it. That's it.

Fresh Air
Mardi Gras With New Orleans Jazz Clarinetist Doreen Ketchens

Well, we were away in Connecticut. We met at Loyola, and we had really good scholarships, but when you get to be a junior, well, tuition continuously goes up, whereas your scholarship stays the same. So my junior year, you know, our junior year, we asked for more money. And, you know, universities, they don't really invest in, you know, student juniors that are already there, you know.

Fresh Air
Mardi Gras With New Orleans Jazz Clarinetist Doreen Ketchens

Well, we were away in Connecticut. We met at Loyola, and we had really good scholarships, but when you get to be a junior, well, tuition continuously goes up, whereas your scholarship stays the same. So my junior year, you know, our junior year, we asked for more money. And, you know, universities, they don't really invest in, you know, student juniors that are already there, you know.

Fresh Air
Mardi Gras With New Orleans Jazz Clarinetist Doreen Ketchens

Well, we were away in Connecticut. We met at Loyola, and we had really good scholarships, but when you get to be a junior, well, tuition continuously goes up, whereas your scholarship stays the same. So my junior year, you know, our junior year, we asked for more money. And, you know, universities, they don't really invest in, you know, student juniors that are already there, you know.

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Mardi Gras With New Orleans Jazz Clarinetist Doreen Ketchens

And it hurt my feelings. So I started applying to different places and got accepted into a few. But the University of Hartford, the Hart School of Music, you know, had the most money. And... I didn't realize the cost of living in Hartford was a whole lot more, but it still worked out okay. And I went there and I stayed on campus for the first semester, didn't like it.

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Mardi Gras With New Orleans Jazz Clarinetist Doreen Ketchens

And it hurt my feelings. So I started applying to different places and got accepted into a few. But the University of Hartford, the Hart School of Music, you know, had the most money. And... I didn't realize the cost of living in Hartford was a whole lot more, but it still worked out okay. And I went there and I stayed on campus for the first semester, didn't like it.

Fresh Air
Mardi Gras With New Orleans Jazz Clarinetist Doreen Ketchens

And it hurt my feelings. So I started applying to different places and got accepted into a few. But the University of Hartford, the Hart School of Music, you know, had the most money. And... I didn't realize the cost of living in Hartford was a whole lot more, but it still worked out okay. And I went there and I stayed on campus for the first semester, didn't like it.

Fresh Air
Mardi Gras With New Orleans Jazz Clarinetist Doreen Ketchens

So I found me a nice apartment off campus for the following semester. And I stayed there, and it was good until they stole my car. I stopped in to take a nap, and when I came out, there was nothing there. My car was gone. My clarinet was in my car because I was taking a nap. I thought I'd just hop on back.

Fresh Air
Mardi Gras With New Orleans Jazz Clarinetist Doreen Ketchens

So I found me a nice apartment off campus for the following semester. And I stayed there, and it was good until they stole my car. I stopped in to take a nap, and when I came out, there was nothing there. My car was gone. My clarinet was in my car because I was taking a nap. I thought I'd just hop on back.

Fresh Air
Mardi Gras With New Orleans Jazz Clarinetist Doreen Ketchens

So I found me a nice apartment off campus for the following semester. And I stayed there, and it was good until they stole my car. I stopped in to take a nap, and when I came out, there was nothing there. My car was gone. My clarinet was in my car because I was taking a nap. I thought I'd just hop on back.

Fresh Air
Mardi Gras With New Orleans Jazz Clarinetist Doreen Ketchens

But anyway, they eventually found my car, and they took everything out of there except the clarinet because the latch on the case came loose, and there were two clarinets in there. And so when they picked it up, all of the pieces just sprawled all over the trunk, and so they didn't bother picking them up or nothing.

Fresh Air
Mardi Gras With New Orleans Jazz Clarinetist Doreen Ketchens

But anyway, they eventually found my car, and they took everything out of there except the clarinet because the latch on the case came loose, and there were two clarinets in there. And so when they picked it up, all of the pieces just sprawled all over the trunk, and so they didn't bother picking them up or nothing.

Fresh Air
Mardi Gras With New Orleans Jazz Clarinetist Doreen Ketchens

But anyway, they eventually found my car, and they took everything out of there except the clarinet because the latch on the case came loose, and there were two clarinets in there. And so when they picked it up, all of the pieces just sprawled all over the trunk, and so they didn't bother picking them up or nothing.

Fresh Air
Mardi Gras With New Orleans Jazz Clarinetist Doreen Ketchens

And so my clarinets were intact, which was cool because that was the biggest thing that was in the car. But once they stole my car, and Lawrence was still here. He was going to Xavier at the time, and he said, man, she can't be out there by herself. She's too far and she's alone. I got to go. And while we were there, he got us some work with this company called Landerman Agency.