Klarinet Archive - Posting 000752.txt from 1997/11

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: professional wind ensembles
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 16:05:06 -0500

On Thu, 20 Nov 1997, BALDY wrote:

> Unfortunately the many of the military bands are being dis-banded (sorry).
> I spoke recently with a former Director of the Army Band (he's now with
> Disney) and while the four services will still maintain a band most of the
> bands that were attached to units will be no more - a part of the base
> closings, and giving composers less reason to write for bands.

We have a ton of college bands that are not
being....um....disbanded....and composers are writing for them all the
time! As far as the professional service bands go, only those with base
closings are being phased out....and they are not the premiere bands that
students aim for - nor are they the specific professional military bands I
was referring too.

Roger Garrett