Klarinet Archive - Posting 001094.txt from 1998/04

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: National Symphony 2nd Clarinet Job
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 14:11:51 -0400

On Fri, 17 Apr 1998, David B. Niethamer wrote:
[SNIP]
> Which brings me to the topic of ideal vs. real world. Ideally, we should
> be looking for the "best possible player" at any such audition. I leave
> the definition of that to you, good readers. I suspect it's somewhat like
> that famous definition of pornography - all of us know it when we see it!
> But the practical matters of the orchestra business make some of the
> ideal steps impossible to achieve. I don't think that justifies it
> particularly. I think each orchestra has to think long and hard about
> what they want to achieve, and how they're going to get there (in terms
> of hiring practices, anyway). I think it's very likely to involve some
> compromise from the "ideal". Like I said at the beginning, I think the
> system is flawed. But I also haven't seen the practical, fair,
> all-inclusive way to fix it.
>
> I'd sign off with "my $.02", but I seem to have used a couple dollars
> (US) worth!
> David Niethamer
> Principal Clarinet, Richmond Symphony
> dnietham@-----.edu
> http://members.aol.com/dbnclar1/

Your $2 worth was an excellent perspective and well worth posting. Thanks
for doing so!

Roger Garrett
IWU