Klarinet Archive - Posting 001439.txt from 2000/12

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] audition pieces.
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 23:38:03 -0500

At 01:14 PM 12/31/2000 -0500, Danny Ehrhart wrote:
>Tony,
> I have actually considered all the forces, marines (boot camp is too
>hard for me), Navy (musical skill level too high for me, most have a degree
>is something music), Air Force (ok, but not as much money in thier G.I.
>Bill), Army ( I grew up in an army fam. and they give you up to 50,000 after
>5 years in the service, and I want to be a paratrooper also). So the army is
>my best bet right now. and they have bands in Germany, and I want to go
>overseas and travel a lot. But thanks for the input, I am always looking for
>other peoples P.O.V.'s on the Military bands.

I may be mistaken, but when I was in the Air Force, G. I. Bill benefits
were exactly the same for ALL services, and I believe they MUST be by law.
You may be suffering from some hyperbolic selling by your Army
recruiter! Of course, the paratrooper thing is strictly Army.

I once had the pleasure of sitting in with an Army band while I was on a
10-week temporary assignment in Panama. That band had only THREE
clarinetists. I got my chance, sightreading in an outdoor concert, because
one of THEM was in the hospital (I had originally gone just to HEAR the
concert, but volunteered my services when I saw how shorthanded they
were). According to those guys, there is a chronic shortage of reed
players in military bands. I suspect it is in part because in school bands
these days, clarinet is seen as a predominantly FEMALE thing (just
reporting, not agreeing with this idea), and there are relatively fewer
females in the service.

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