Klarinet Archive - Posting 000016.txt from 2001/01

From: "DAVID S. NADEN" <dnaden@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] audition pieces.
Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 15:52:09 -0500

Bill-

G.I. Bill benefits are the same for all services. However, the Army has
bonuses for persons in selected specialties. Theses
would be similar to the reenlistment bonuses offered by the Air Force, etc.
to retain persons with certain skills.

David S. Naden

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Hausmann [mailto:bhausmann1@-----.com]
Subject: Re: [kl] audition pieces.

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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