Klarinet Archive - Posting 000791.txt from 1998/08

From: Edmund William White <ewwhite@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Bad Audition (on bass clarinet)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 10:09:00 -0400

> I think a better thing to remember is:
> "You're paying them; they ain't paying you!". If you encounter an
> attitude like that with your personal instructor (one that doesn't
> somewhat match your artistic aspirations) - leave, or be content with
> throwing your money away.
>
> ----
> Mark Charette@-----.org
> Webmaster, http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet
> All-around good guy and devil-may-care flying fool.
> "There can be no freedom without discipline." - Nadia Boulanger
>
Naturally, I feel as if I should have been placed in the top
group. Apparently, I did take the orchestra spot (thanks to everyone who
recommended the Drapkin excerpt book), which would place my higher than
the basses who beat me in the band auditions. Backwards, eh? I GUESS I
could tough it out in lower band for a semester......

E. White

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