Klarinet Archive - Posting 000280.txt from 2001/07

From: rgarrett@-----.edu
Subj: Re: [kl] Laura
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 12:03:28 -0400

At 11:44 AM 07/11/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>For me the most important issue was how the band
>was going to sound, and with this in mind please note that the best
>players were always kept
>playing their instruments! : )

A good point - and one all of us former high school directors remember
well. I always looked for a woodwind player who had very strong leadership
skills - and musical skills. I tried not to use brass and
percussion. Sometimes that didn't work well - but most of the time, a good
jr. or sr. with leadership skills, who was well liked and enthusiastic but
not a great player was chosen.

Best wishes,
Roger Garrett

Roger Garrett
Clarinet Professor
Director, Symphonic Winds
Illinois Wesleyan University
School of Music
Bloomington, IL 61702-2900
Phone: (309) 556-3268
Fax: (309) 556-3121

"A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes
another's."
Jean Paul Richter (1763-1825)

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