Klarinet Archive - Posting 001325.txt from 2000/10

From: rgarrett@-----.edu
Subj: Re: [kl] A curricular issue
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 09:36:27 -0400

Bill,

I think you bring up good points - all of which have merit. I have only a
couple of questions for you below.

I wrote:
> <><> If I am reading you correctly, you are saying that even
>though the walk-on is better and more correctly suited for the ensemble
>by virtue of his work, he should always come in second to the declared
>music major who marginally passes the audition for the ensemble?

Bill responded:
> You've omitted a key detail. Perhaps it's so obvious that it
>doesn't need to be stated explicitly. I believe that the walk-on (if
>we're using this term the same way) comes second ONLY WHEN THERE'S NO
>ROOM FOR BOTH STUDENTS.

What if the student doesn't come in second but comes in 10th? In other
words, what if the student auditions 18th for two ensembles which have a 12
person limit in the flute section (combined)? In fact, what if the student
is NOT qualified by virtue of his or her audition?

I wrote:
> <><> Assume the student is a music education student and will
>eventually have to be certified by the university to teach, and, in
>doing so, the university is vesting it's reputation in that student.
>Does that change the interpretation of "a promise to offer a complete
>education" if the student ends up being deficient?

Bill responded:
> No, certainly not. But I don't understand what this last
>question leads to? In one of my paragraphs above, I've already
>mentioned the endorsement aspect of a diploma.

My last question wasn't meant to be leading. It was differentiating
between a performance major and a music education major.

Sincerely,
Roger Garrett

Roger Garrett
Professor of Clarinet
Director, Symphonic Winds
Advisor, IWU Recording Services
Illinois Wesleyan University
School of Music
Bloomington, IL 61702-2900
(309) 556-3268

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