Klarinet Archive - Posting 000496.txt from 2002/10

From: Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Professional Wind Ensembles
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 18:30:13 -0400

I believe that the only full-time professional wind ensembles in the United
States are the military bands.

There are other professional groups such as the Dallas Wind Symphony, but I
think the military bands are the only ones that would qualify as full-time.

Gary
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At 03:09 PM 10/19/02, you wrote:
>Does anyone know of any professional wind ensembles?
>Like you know how there is like the NY Phil.... well
>anything that pays alot (well not like ALOT but like
>an normal pay that a person in an orchestra might get)
>but is in the wind ensemble instrumentation? The
>suggestion can be here (United States) or out of the
>country.
>Thanx Alot,
>Raymond Griffith

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