Klarinet Archive - Posting 001315.txt from 2000/10

From: Anne Bell <bell@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] A curricular issue
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 20:50:36 -0400

I would have to agree with this; though anecdotally rather than with any
hard statistics. When I went to Penn State for my year as an engineering
major I (of course) tried out for both the top Wind Ensemble and the
Marching Band. While I can't remember exactly the make-up of the Wind
Ensemble I do remember that two of the top clarinetists were a Chemistry
and an Engineering major. Of the Freshmen admitted most of us were not
music majors and I remember thinking how foolhardy one of them was for
thinking they should major in Music. I was still of the mind that unless
you were simply _the_ most talented person in the state you wouldn't stand
a chance.
Best Wishes,
Anne

At 07:07 AM 10/27/00 EDT, you wrote:
>Karl Krelove wrote,
>>>These must be very good non-major flute players (or to keep it more
>>>list-specific, let's change it to clarinet players). I can imagine this
>>>happening in the abstract, but I'm having a hard time with the thought that
>>>it happens often in the real world,
and....

>I think it does happen in the real world. People whose talents lead them
>naturally to music have always been subject to pressures to choose something
>different for a career, something more lucrative. I think many parents fear
>that a child who majors in music chooses a lifetime of financial sacrifice
--
>yet the pull toward music doesn't just go away because the student chooses
>another major.

>Lelia
>

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