Klarinet Archive - Posting 000996.txt from 1999/03

From: "Jason L. Cable" <cablej@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] Saxophone quandary
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 23:32:47 -0500

RIGHT!!! This happened to me. I only tried out for college on oboe because
I was told that there were more opportunities for oboists AND because where
I wanted to go to college said I had a hundred percent chance of getting in
on oboe. I didn't get in there. So...now I am an oboe major. I hate it,
so next school year I will be a clarinet major. Clarinetfest really made me
see that I wanted to be a clarinet.

The moral of the story is: Let the kid do what he wants to. Don't worry
about what jobs are available. Remember to make sure he/she has fun making
the music, no matter what instrument he is playing.

Jason

Undergrad. Music Ed. Major (Oboe--soon to be CLARINET)
Mansfield University, Mansfield, PA
cablej@-----.edu
http://users.penn.com/~cabes/

>
> Does the young man *want* to play saxophone?? What the "world
> needs" ought
> to be less important than what *he* needs. What the "world does with" him
> ought to be less important than how he hopes to fit into the world.
>
> We shouldn't forget that playing an instrument ultimately should benefit
> the player. Just because he doesn't land a "job" doesn't mean he won't
> benefit from playing beautifully.
>
>
>
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