Klarinet Archive - Posting 000353.txt from 2003/03

From: "Rebecca Brennan" <rjbrennan1221@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] anger and jealousy
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 18:22:27 -0500

Sean Osbourne said:

There's been a lot of advice given. Most of it is pretty good advice
>for someone about to give up their dream of being a professional musician.
>But I'm not sure you should give it up. However, you do need have a
>certain level of drive (that Kevin Fay mentioned) to succeed as a
>professional, which was your stated goal. And as a professional, I know
>what those things are.

I don't plan to give it up! No way! I am just scared of it. If I ever do
give it up, it will probably be a long time from now and because I lost a
lung or something or my lips fell off.

I do plan to have music education as a fall back. I have good teaching
skills and I like to work with the younger clarinetists around here. I'm
hoping I can help keep people in the band by making them feel like it is
worth something and that you can actually take glory from that just like you
can a sport. I like seeing people I work with succeed and I wouldn't mind
seeing that every day for the rest of my life. I think I will definately be
a music major, just what I am worried about is my performance.

I'm hoping next year I will get to go to the middle school durring school
and work with the intermediate clarinet class. Since the band director will
be retiring at the end of the year I think it could be good for the new
director, the students, and me.

-Rebecca

Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*.
http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail

---------------------------------------------------------------------