Klarinet Archive - Posting 000647.txt from 2004/10

From: Tim Roberts <timr@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Is Clarinet for Girly Boys Only?
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 16:54:52 -0400

Shaw, Kenneth R. [mailto:krshaw@-----.com] wrote:

>At least in England, of children taking up clarinet, girls outnumbered
>boys 77% to 23%. The only more lopsided ratio was for flute, 91 to 9.
><http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/3764402.stm>.
>
>Band directors: does this match your experience?
>

I can give you some summary numbers from the 15-year history of our
community band.

Clarinets: 17 males, 27 females. We have been 50/50 for the last year
or so.
Flutes: 2 males, 38 females.
Baritone: 5 males, 1 female.
Oboe: 4 and 4.
Saxes: 20 males, 10 females.
Trombones: 100% male.
Tuibas: 100% male.
Trumpets: 32 male, 4 female.
French horns: 4 male, 11 female.
Percussion: 12 male, 5 female.

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- Tim Roberts, timr@-----.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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