Klarinet Archive - Posting 000307.txt from 2004/10

From: "musicv" <musicv@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Differing skill levels
Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2004 20:25:47 -0400

Erik Wrote...

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Adam, with all due respect, I don't think tennis is a good analogy. You =
find
someone of a similar skill level and play with them and who else cares. =
You
can backhand or lob or do whatever you want on each shot. No one is =
paying
to watch you.

In an orchestra you have 50-60 players that have to play the same thing =
all
together, with consistency, in front of an audience. I'm not saying =
tennis
requires less skill, but it's more like jazz than classical. :-P

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I personally found the tennis analogy to be excellent. =20

Many community bands in my area are funded by their town, or city, and =
the
reason for the towns and city doing so is that they expect the band to =
play
for the community at no charge. I played in one community band for over =
12
years, and in that time they never put on a concert where the audience =
had
to pay. They did about 20 concerts a year, all of them free. The city
provided the rehearsal space, paid the conductor, and gaves us a small
budget for music. =20

Ginny Scarfino
musiv@-----.net

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