I DO NOT BELIEVE YOUR ARTICLE!! [“Sour Notes,” February 14] This is utterly ridiculous and you will have to officially make an apology for the Cleveland Orchestra administration, CIM, the City of Cleveland, and Mr. Pruecil, if you have any senses at all!!
1. Joshua Roman is definately not Pruecil’s student. why? cause he plays the cello.
2. Mr. Rose is one of the best, if not the best, second principals in the world.
3. Yes, lexi would have received favoritism, but music director is the one who makes the final call, and the girl who won the job when lexi auditioned, is definately “youthful and inexperienced” as well.
4. Yes, he hit on Jen. But, he’s not an idiot. It is a mutual understanding among all the cim students that she definately did something for him to think that she would respond in his action.
5. I love Martha Aarons and Lev P very much, but how much did you get paid to write this article?
6. You REALLY wanted to be THAT journalist who writes articles to grab attention with trashy, tacky, and untruthful journal like this? Shame on you.
You have ashamed my beloved home orchestra, my school, my friends in Cleveland who love Pruecil and everybody accused in the article. It is not just Mr. Pruecil who is hurt, shocked, and angry about this article, but everybody who is mentioned in this article.
And it is a blessing that the Cleveland Orchestra has such an amazing concertmaster, who frankly, makes the entire orchestra sound better when he’s there!
JJ C
Philadelphia
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12 replies on “Orchestra Story: ‘Utterly Ridiculous’”

  1. To JJ C:
    You are an awful person to say that about the victim. You have no clue what you are talking about. I suggest you remove this statement. How dare you use her name when it is obvious that the article wants to protect the student. No profanity could describe how awful you are.

  2. And PS:
    You are clearly an idiot because you spell his name wrong over and over on every comment you make (yes, we know who you are….the bad spelling gives it away).
    Also, what a coward…you won’t even sign your name to this, yet you’ll single out those who should be unnamed. You clearly have no morals to side with a teacher who puts his hands on students and only care about the betterment of your lousy career.

  3. First, you should learn to spell your beloved PREUCIL’s name correctly before you defend him.
    You sound like a 12 year old trying to sound mature – “NO! I DON’T BELIEVE YOUR MEAN, BAD ARTICLE!” Your statements are immature, irrelevant, illogical, and irresponsible (not to mention poorly written). Do you think this is a game? Do you consider the implications of your words?
    For your own good, grow up, learn to argue and write intelligently, and do not meddle in affairs that are greater than you. You made little effort to conceal your identity, so I would advise you remove this from the website SOON.

  4. I just wanted to say I that I think that it is in extermely poor taste that you felt the need to reveal people’s names. I think that is horrible. And I also think that you need to get your stories straight before you comment on something that you obviously know nothing about.

  5. To JJC: Please be advised that I am the attorney for the young woman (and her family) who was victimized by Mr. Preucil. Consequently, it is my responsibility to inform you that your comments may rise to the level of defamation and may be actionable at law. My clients believe they know your identity. I believe that Mr. Preucil has done nothing to elicit such a comment. To place what you think is her name on this blog is unacceptable and unconscionable. It seems to me, from the other responses to your comment, that I am not alone in this view.
    At this point, my clients would like an apology from you on this site. And I am politely asking you, on a “go forward” basis, to stop writing or communicating about my client in any way. Any further comments of this type may result in my clients’ authorizing me to file an action for defamaion against you. I sincerely hope you will not make this necessary. Please be guided accordingly.
    Yours truly,
    Anne D. Veneiano, Esq.
    margoandsam@juno.com

  6. At the end of my comment, I incorrectly spelled the word defamation. Despite that, I trust that you understood what I meant.

  7. I believe the person that wrote this ‘manifesto’ is named Jin Joo Cho, a former student at the CIM, and now a student at Curtis. Of course whomever wrote it could have pretended to be her. Judging from the grammatical errors, it does appear to have been written by an Oriental immigrant music student. This person who wrote this, is clearly A) not to bright B) a coward C) should be sued and deported back to Asia. You did a very appalling thing by outing the identity of this poor young lady.

  8. Why is a lawyer on the web at that hour anyways? The lawyer should be working for their client, not posting diatribes about defamation at some ungodly hour of the morning. Get a life! Get a real lawyer!

  9. Anne Veneziano is a terrible lawyer who was taken to the supreme court for not watching her staff who stole thousands in client funds. NEVER USE HER AS YOUR LAWYER. NUTCASE NUTCASE NUTCASE.

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