Klarinet Archive - Posting 000348.txt from 2003/10

From: "Mitch ..." <fusheyumang@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] band directors
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 23:43:52 -0400

>From reading all the posts over the past year, it seems that band directors
have a lot more say in america than in australia or new zealand. I'm 16 and
i've been to six schools and played clarinet at 5 of them. I have never once
had a band director tell me what reed to use. In Australia, the director
takes the band, your teacher teaches you and that's kept completely
seperate. Band directors are often brass players, but i havn't ever
witnessed them telling brass players to use a certain setup etc. Correct me
if i'm wrong, but band directors sound powerfull in america, when in
australia, all they do is take the band!

Mitch

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