Klarinet Archive - Posting 000959.txt from 2000/04

From: "Paulette W. Gulakowski" <pollyg@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Gender bias - survey?
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 08:04:33 -0400

East Winds Symphonic Band has 10 clarinetists - 7 guys and 3 gals. One
guy (our first chair) doubles on Bari Sax and another one on Eb Clar.
All flutes are female, all trumpets/cornets male, all saxes male, horns
are split, percussion is split, bassoon female, tubas and 'bones male.
Our Director is female. This is a 40-50 member community band that plays
level 4 & 5 music.

Yes, I'm back, finally.
Paulette

On Fri, 21 Apr 2000 11:21:55 +1200 "Dodgshun family" <dodgshun@-----.nz>
writes:
> Local youth orchestra: our original section this year was two guys,
> two
> girls. One of the guys has since dropped out and has been replaced
> by a
> girl. Flute section is four females (although we did have a male
> until last
> year); one female trumpet player. We also had a female trombonist
> last
> year. Haven't had any male oboe players for a while (never in my 5
> years in
> the orchestra, but I do know one male ex-player) and we did have a
> male
> bassoonist last year.
>
> I actually have a major problem with Andrew's (the clarinettist that
> dropped
> out of the orchestra) attitude - every two years, everyone has to
> re-audition. He said before the auditions that if he wasn't
> principal or
> first second, he would leave. Auditions are blind; after my last
> one, when
> I pulled off a shocker and went from stand-in principal (the
> principal took
> off 3/4 of the way through the year) to 4th chair, I figured that my
> best
> course of action was just to sit and do the best I could. I did all
> the
> bass playing and had a lot of fun. Well, this year, I worked pretty
> hard
> and landed co-principal. Andrew obviously didn't work and was
> sitting
> fourth. He came to one rehearsal then quit. In my view, that's not
> a good
> ethic. So you learnt the hard way that practice is a necessity not
> a
> luxury, and you can't take anything for granted. But is quitting
> going to
> solve anything?
>
> Anna
>
>
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