Klarinet Archive - Posting 000239.txt from 2005/12

From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?Claudia=20Zornow?=" <claudia@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Re: Nutcracker
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 15:10:44 -0500

Kevin Fay writes:

> 1)  What makes you a "professional"?  

I think one essential quality of a professional player is consistency. As an amateur, I can have good moments and bad moments, often in the course of the same piece, but a professional is expected to produce a certain level of quality every time s/he plays.

Claudia

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