Klarinet Archive - Posting 001096.txt from 1997/10

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: bad tone
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1997 08:49:10 -0500

I was simply responding to Ed Lacey's statement that a specialist in
woodwinds is rare......it is not rare......neither is the situation Bill
Describes. But.....many of those "do all" positions in very small
communities are very satisfying positions!

Roger Garrett

On Sat, 25 Oct 1997, Bill Hausmann wrote:

> At 07:41 PM 10/25/97 -0500, Roger Garrett wrote:
> >On Sat, 25 Oct 1997, Edwin V. Lacy wrote:
> >> But, to have a person in an elementary or secondary school who would be
> >> regarded as a "teacher of woodwinds" would be very rare.
> >
> >Not true at all ......in many school districts specialists who are full
> >time teachers in music teach a specialty area.
> >
> And in many small school districts out in the hinterlands where I do
> business, one teacher does all junior high and high school bands, and often
> choir and general music as well! Not that I advocate this, of course, but
> reality beats idealism almost every time.
>
>
>
> Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
> 451 Old Orchard Drive http://www.concentric.net/~bhausman
> Essexville, MI 48732 http://members.wbs.net/homepages/z/o/o/zoot14.html
>
> If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.
>