Klarinet Archive - Posting 000527.txt from 2000/06

From: Jennifer Jones <JJONES@-----.EDU>
Subj: [kl] OOPS! was [kl] Students in general...
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 14:22:26 -0400

I wrote on 13 Jun 2000 23:27:26:

> Patty Smith wrote on 13-JUN-2000 05:45:22.03:
> > That been said, there do seem to be quite a few university bands here in the
> > states. However, I would think that due to need for large numbers, they
> > cannot rely solely on music majors to fill out their ranks, even if they
> > require them all to play for several semesters.

> I don't know what the case is at schools with large music departments, but our
> orchestra, the at University of California Riverside is almost completely
> composed of non-majors. I think we have all of 3 music majors out of 35
> members.

Open mouth... insert foot. When I reread this, I realized my comment was
completely left field of the converstion. FWIW, to make it somewhat relevant,
the same is pretty much true of our band at UCR.

Best,

Jennifer

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