Klarinet Archive - Posting 000568.txt from 1998/10

From: pollyg@-----. Gulakowski)
Subj: Re: [kl] The rich get richer
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 21:31:14 -0400

And what about those who do it for free? Taking food right out of your
mouth!

pwg

On Tue, 13 Oct 98 21:16:48 -0400 "Daniel A. Paprocki" <danbascl@-----.net>
writes:
>This is an observation that I've had over a number of years. I
>welcome
>everyone's opinions. I have noticed that professional clarinetists
>(ones
>that have a full time position playing or teaching) don't think twice
>about taking extra jobs (part or full time) in their area or out of
>their
>area that another clarinetist (unemployed or underemployed) could do
>at
>the same level of expertise. Understand, I'm talking about taking
>jobs
>that other professional musicians who DON'T have a full time gig could
>do
>just as well. Is this the right thing to do?
> There are full time professors that take part time playing jobs in
>order to make some extra "fun" money above their main income, a job
>that
>someone else could use to support themselves. There are full time
>performers who also teach at a college (full time) which leaves one
>less
>full time job that someone else could live on. So we have one
>musician
>making two full time incomes - nice, right? The music field is
>overcrowded with competent performers and teachers who have to do
>non-music jobs to just exist. How about a clarinetist who flys
>accross
>the country just to play in a regional orchestra (no full time
>members)
>when there are clarinetists within an hour of this orchestra who could
>do
>an excellent job.
> Is this the right thing to do? What is the feeling out there? We
>all
>talk about how tough auditions are and that there are dozens of fine
>clarinetists (or other instruments) out there. So why do some people
>hog
>the gigs? I've heard from other players in other cities with the same
>
>problems so I think this isn't an isolated problem.
>
>Dan
>
>
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> Clarinet & Bass Clarinet
> Columbus, Ohio
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