Klarinet Archive - Posting 000610.txt from 1996/03

From: Rebecca Brown <z_brownrd@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Non-performance majors in college ensembles?
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 13:14:12 -0500

On Sat, 23 Mar 1996, Nate Burk wrote:

> I've already decided that I could never survive as a performance major in
> college -- my interests lie in biology. I still plan to study clarinet
> through college, however, which means I'd be hoping to play in college wind
> ensembles/orchestras. Can anyone out there tell me if my chances of getting
> into these groups are limited if I'm not a performance major?
>
> --Nate
>
>
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> nathan@-----.com/~nathan
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Nate-

I do not know the policies of other schools but at my university, Stephen
F. Austin, we have quite a few non-music majors in our ensembles. We
even have quite a few in the top band, The wind ensemble. It is all by
audition except for our concert band which actually consists of more
non-majors than majors with the possible exception of doublers! Hope
this helps.

Rebecca
z_brownrd@-----.edu