Klarinet Archive - Posting 000150.txt from 2000/04

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Military Positions
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 01:38:08 -0400

At 08:45 AM 4/4/2000 EDT, John Parrette wrote:
>When my band has an opening, I mail copies of everything I want to hear to
>the applicant, along with my home phone number and my e-mail address in case
>there are any questions.
>
>If you have questions about anything on a list, contact the band and get
>their principal player on the phone. If they're less than friendly or
>uncooperative, you don't want the job.
>
>I know many people who have had rotten experiences auditioning for military
>bands, which is a shame because qualified applicants are harder than you'd
>think to find.
>
>John Parrette
>Principal Clarinet
>US Army Band at West Point
>
Apparently this is true. I had the distinct pleasure of sitting in with an
Army band in Panama a few years back during a brief tour of duty there. I
was moved to volunteer my services when I went to an outdoor concert to be
given by this band and noticed, while they were setting up, that they had
only two clarinets in the whole band! (Actually, they had three, but one
was in the hospital.) Since I had my horn with me to practice in the rec
center afterward, I was able to join in, sight-reading second clarinet.
They told me then that it was hard to get clarinetists. Notwithstanding
the instrumentation, it was a fine, professional group. I was even invited
to rehearse and play with them again, but alas, I was shipping out just
before the next concert.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive http://www.concentric.net/~bhausman
Essexville, MI 48732 http://homepages.go.com/~zoot14/zoot14.html
ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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