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 Re: Are even clarinet hobbyists a dying breed?
Author: David Peacham 
Date:   2006-01-09 19:08

David S, you wrote: "I see a very definite aging trend among the players (in general -- as always, there are exceptions). I see a greater percentages of older adults in these groups and fewer and fewer young people coming in."

As ever, there may be more than one way to interpret the data:

1) There are no youngsters learning instruments. (Which I think is your interpretation).
2) The band has a full complement of players, who are aging as people tend to do. There are few vacancies to be filled.
3) Youngsters take one look at the band, see that everyone is twice their age, and go look elsewhere.

I'm reminded of a cycling group I occasionally ride with. It is dwindling, and its age profile is increasing. Why? Not because nobody rides bikes any more. Simply because few twenty-year-olds want to ride with a group of fifty-year-olds.

In the band I play in, the strongest players are nearly all younger than I am, and the weakest are nearly all older. Don't know quite what to conclude from that.

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If there are so many people on this board unwilling or unable to have a civil and balanced discussion about important issues, then I shan't bother to post here any more.

To the great relief of many of you, no doubt.
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