Klarinet Archive - Posting 000609.txt from 1996/03

From: "Daniel A. Paprocki" <dap@-----.US>
Subj: Re: Non-performance majors in college ensembles?
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 13:14:11 -0500

Nate,
I think your chances are pretty good of getting into a top
performance group in college. Top groups (wind ens, orchestra, chamber
orch) are nerver limited to music majors. If you're good enuff they'll let
you play.
In my years at the U of Wis-Madison, One of the top clarinets was a
PhD student in chemistry, two of the top bassoons were undergrad science
majors, there were some clarinets in the top band that were engineering and
biology majors. The only requirement was that you had to play better than
the other students (including music majors). I think it's quite
anachronistic of a school to limit the top ensembles to only music majors.
It should be whoever is the best gets the best spots.
As far as lessons, I'm sure you'll be able to take lessons at
wherever you go. You might get a graduate teaching assistant instead of
the clarinet professor. Some times the lesson credits can count towards
humanities or fine arts credit requirements, so check into that when you
get to school.
Remember Stolzman received a math minor at Ohio State, Anthony Pay
(English pro clarinetist) read in mathematics at Cambridge University, and
Charles Neidich majored in anthropology at Yale University. So, do it.

Dan

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Daniel A. Paprocki
dap@-----.us

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