Klarinet Archive - Posting 000239.txt from 2006/02

From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?Claudia=20Zornow?=" <claudia@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] The clarinet at Indiana University
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 11:53:00 -0500

Kevin Fay writes:

> I've known too many great musicians who either got burned out from constant
> performance, or burned out by teaching unappreciative children.  Playing at
> a high level every day is taxing - it turns into work.  Worse would be
> having a Gig From Hell but gritting one's teeth because you need the money.

Here's a posting I made to this list a decade ago (!) about the burnout issue...
the included quote makes me smile every time I read it.

http://test.woodwind.org/Databases/Klarinet/1995/12/000147.txt

Claudia

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