Klarinet Archive - Posting 000201.txt from 2010/06

From: hns692@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Situation
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 14:48:50 -0400

I like this solution. It leaves the door open -- a matter of diplomacy.
Learning more about sponsorship, etc., and, if you don't already, start
teaching. All groups have strange ways of "welcoming" newcomers and I've
joined groups which welcomed me as if I had the plague. Eventually it goes
away.

Good luck!

Lee Ann Hansen

In a message dated 6/20/2010 10:08:26 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
karlkrelove@-----.net writes:
Lost in all the quite justified outrage has been the possibility that next
time one of the current players needs to miss a job, you'll be first called
to sub, which might reverse the whole situation. Whether or not you would
be
comfortable playing in such circumstances is up to you. But if you have any
wish to be called back to play with this group, another way to handle the
current situation might be to write a short, reasonably cordial note to the
person who is doing the contracting, saying how disappointed you are that
you are not playing with them as a result of the conflict of scheduling,
but
that you enjoyed your time with them and would like to have the opportunity
to play with them again if a need arises anytime in the near future. Their
rules being what they are (despite their non-enforcement when favored
principal players are involved), you can play the same game if you're so
inclined. It's "playing politics," but if your end goal is to get more
playing time (rather than avenging what they've already done), you may have
to hold your nose and re-join the game in whatever way is available.

Good luck,
Karl

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob and Deborah Shaw [mailto:theshaws10@-----.net]
Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2010 11:40 PM
To: klarinet@-----.com
Subject: [kl] Situation

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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