Klarinet Archive - Posting 001392.txt from 1998/03

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: 1997 Baltimore S.O. 2nd clar audition
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 10:06:19 -0500

On Thu, 26 Mar 1998, Neil Leupold wrote:

> On Wed, 25 Mar 1998, bkinlein wrote:
>
> > The talk eventually got around to a discussion of the audition/hiring
> > process. As Roger Garrett already pointed out, the 2nd has to be
> > prepared to assume the ist role at nay time. People do take vacations
> > and other situations mayu arise where the principal cannot attend a
> > concert/series.
>
> Do I assume incorrectly that those orchestras with a contract
> associate- or assistant-principal player use him/her to fill in for
> the principal player, as opposed to using the 2nd chair player?
>
> Neil

No.....they often use the Assistant Princiapal as just that....an
assistant to the principal......often sitting there doing nothing unless
the big moments where the volume is needed occur. However, orchestras
that use four clarinetists regularly as contracted players often have the
assistant princ. play principal on concerts for which the principal player
is away.

Roger Garrett