Klarinet Archive - Posting 000168.txt from 2000/03

From: "Dodgshun family" <dodgshun@-----.nz>
Subj: [kl] Difficult situation
Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2000 14:22:07 -0500

I've just been made co-principal of the youth orchestra I play in, and with
this has come a rather difficult situation. For three years I've been doing
all the bass clarinet work, and now one of the other players has said that
he wants to do it. I really don't want to give it up, because I enjoy bass
playing such a lot, but can I be both co-principal and bass player? I
should also say that I've played bass professionally, and the guy that wants
to take over from me has never played bass in his life. Also, my
co-principal is the Eb player for the orchestra, and if there's saxophone
work to be done, it'll be one of the two of us who does it, as neither of
the other two are saxophonists. Should I give the bass up, or should I put
my case to the conductor - I don't want to give it up, I am the established
player and, and I realise this may sound slightly pretentious, why take it
away from someone who can play it reasonably well and give it to someone
who's never played it? What do I do?

Thanks
Anna

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