Klarinet Archive - Posting 000513.txt from 1995/11

From: Bob Yoon <st942100@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: competition
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 18:43:09 -0500

> When do we draw the line between the productive and destructive aspects
>of
>competion. In Jr High and High school it was a big thing and some people get
> the
>idea that we have to play well to prove we are better than this person or that.
>That is where we a directed so that is where we go. Band parents can be just
> as bad
>in this aspect as little league baseball parents. I know I got this way. The
>unfortunate backlash is that a sence of playing music for the fun and beauty of
> it is
>lost till we mature pass that. Now the only time I'm out for blood is audition
> time
>and after that, let's make some music.
> Sean
>
Having many relatives and friends at the zenith of the music performance
world(i.e. Julliard, world class orchestras, etc.), many people don't mature
from this. Auditions at this level are the most cutthroat.

Bob Yoon