Klarinet Archive - Posting 000917.txt from 2000/01

From: "Gene Nibbelin" <gnibbelin@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Professional Clarinetist Skills
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 23:09:20 -0500

To our senior and experienced professionals:

Since Klarinet seems to be wandering afield a bit, here is a topic that I
haven't seen discussed here in the last several years and it is one that I
have often wondered about.

Granted that many professionals concertize, play in chamber groups and play
in both symphony and opera orchestras, which skills, in the opinions of you
learned clarinetists, are more important or less important for each of
these?

Which is the toughest gig?

There is really no answer to this, but some may have opinions: Which of the
above require the best musicianship and which require the most technical
skills?

In addition to satisfying my curiosity, a discussion of the above questions
may be helpful to our younger students and aspiring professionals.

Gene Nibbelin
Cape Coral, FL

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