Klarinet Archive - Posting 000447.txt from 2001/08

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] I'm new with questions
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 22:11:40 -0400

At 12:53 PM 8/27/2001 +0000, Kevin Callahan wrote:
I wrote:
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,
>
>He knew, but he didn't want to believe. He's a trombonist, and he
>continually refered to himself. "Oh, I like dabbling in the clarinet too,
>but our primary instrument is trombone, you can't just throw that away."
>Except, I could, it was my choice to make, and he knew I was pursuing
>music in some sort in college. I told him clarinet was what I cared about,
>but he didn't want to believe me. Of course, he also made his daughter
>first chair, when there are better trumpet players...

Oh, one of those people who insists that HIS instrument is the chosen one
of the gods, and you would be a FOOL not to want to play it, too. Good
thing there is nobody like that on THIS list! ;-)

As for showing nepotistic favoritism, well, what can I say? He would not
be the first one to do that, although that certainly does not make it right.

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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