Klarinet Archive - Posting 000127.txt from 1999/02

From: Claudia Zornow <claudia@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Re: Women and orchestras
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 20:59:56 -0500

> I never got told girls don't play baritone sax (probably because I was at an
> all-girls school!), but I can certainly sympathise with wanting to make some
> noise! I loved my baritone, and was told on more than one occasion that I
> "played more gruntily than any male school-aged player in town" which was
> great! We still don't have many female brass (I'm throwing horns in with
> woodwind here - they're a different kettle of fish) players here...

For what it's worth, my high school marching band in 1979-80 had
an all-female sousaphone section. I was half of it.

On the other hand, just a few years before that, my local newspaper
still had separate classified ad sections for "Help wanted - male"
and "Help wanted - female." We've come a long way etc. etc. etc.

Claudia

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