Klarinet Archive - Posting 000186.txt from 2010/06

From: Bob and Deborah Shaw <theshaws10@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Situation
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 23:50:36 -0400

There is no musicians union here.

Mike Vaccaro wrote:
> Call the union.
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> From: "Bob and Deborah Shaw" <theshaws10@-----.net>
> Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2010 8:39 PM
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> Subject: [kl] Situation
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>> I auditioned for an orchestra and made 2nd chair. They only ended up
>> having a couple of concerts during the entire year. The situation is
>> this: The principal chair could not make the first concert, so I played
>> principal. The second concert was scheduled and I committed to that,
>> but, they rescheduled that concert at the last minute for another date,
>> 3 weeks earlier. I already had a previous committment. They used a
>> sub. Now the sub has taken my spot. I asked what was wrong with my
>> playing. They said that my playing was great and in fact, my sound is
>> quite a bit better than the other 2 players. They assured me that they
>> were quite pleased with my playing. The reason that they let me go is
>> because I could not play in the rescheduled concert.
>>
>> The musicians handbook says that you will be dismissed for missing a
>> concert. I had not seen the musicians handbook until today. This seems
>> to be an unfair situation. I am just amazed at the situation. Any
>> advice?
>>
>> Deborah
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