Klarinet Archive - Posting 000239.txt from 1999/02

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Women and orchestras
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 23:38:55 -0500

At 06:51 PM 2/5/99 EST, Paulette W. Gulakowski wrote:
>What blows me away in this discussion is what I read as the assumption
>that "race/gender" is what makes the difference in how someone plays. I
>think that the culture/instructor/exposure to etc would possibly make the
>difference...this is all my opinion. Do you think a child brought up in
>the culture(s) of a race different than the one they inherited would
>still play according to their genes??? Something fishy here.
>So, IMO, the audition judge is hearing the *culture* of the player in the
>double blind test, his/her instructor, his/her playlist of exposures and
>so on - not that individual's DNA.
>
You are right. Ever notice how Black people born and raised in England
don't speak Ebonics. They have British accents! (By the way, what do you
call them, to be politically correct? African-Englishpersons?)

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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