Klarinet Archive - Posting 001097.txt from 1997/10

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: bad tone
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1997 08:53:46 -0500

On Sat, 25 Oct 1997, Craig E. G. Countryman wrote:

> AmyLynnR@-----.com also says:
> "I don't think a music teacher should have to play well on so many
> different instruments. You have to be strong in woodwinds or brass."
>
> You really need someone who was a strong background on all the
> instruments before they can really teach those instruments. For a
> professor of clarinet this may not be as much of a concern

Unless that professor of clarinet still:

a. teaches band at the university level.....and deals with non-majors
b. works with elementary, jr. high, and high school bands regularly
c. clinics the local schools

Roger Garrett :)