Klarinet Archive - Posting 000412.txt from 2001/08

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] I'm new with questions
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 05:47:28 -0400

At 11:56 PM 8/26/2001 -0500, Kevin Callahan wrote:
>Generally, I hate to post "me too!"s but this is one exception I must go
>with. I've just entered college, and I'm probably going to be an Ed major. I
>do NOT want to play trombone, yet it is my primary instrument. I'm quite
>wobbly on clarinet, but it's what I love. I've found, though I have to play
>trombone to a fair degree while I'm here, most of the faculty is far more
>concerned with me getting back into practice on clarinet and going from
>there. The problem was that my HS band director was a real jerk and wouldn't
>let me switch sophomore year, so I played trombone in high school against my
>will, and of course, I got better on it, against my will, and though I
>practiced clarinet every day, and even took lessons, I'm afraid that's no
>match for a willing a faculty and an ensemble. So, I'm horribly defecient in
>my chosen instrument. College, as opposed to High School, seems far more
>"just floooow with it."

Keep in mind that your high school band director was probably trying to
achieve the best balance he could with the resources available. In my
experience as a school services rep for a music store, I hear band
directors constantly complaining about the lack of low brass players (often
accompanied by an overabundance of saxophones). I can understand his
reluctance to release a trombone player, although, if he really understood
that you intended to pursue clarinet on the college level, it would appear
to be rather shortsighted on his part.

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive http://homepages.go.com/~zoot14/zoot14.html
Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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