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Re: Some advice for a performance major?

Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2015-08-24 04:36

A performing career requires that you dedicate your entire life to just that.

There's literally zero chance of becoming an orchestral principal -- not when you're competing with monster players like Stanley Drucker, who stay on forever.

You'll need to play jazz and the infinite varieties of old and new pop. You'll need to build a reputation as an utterly reliable colleague and get along with everybody, even (especially) the a--holes.

If you have what it takes, you'll already be playing gigs, putting groups together and chatting up rich ladies, who will remember you and hire you.

Last but not least, you'll need a gigantic ego, able to shrug off rejection and disappointment and bob back up as if nothing had happened.

Check with John Moses, who has worked his tail off for over 50 years http://www.johnmosesclarinet.com/.

Ken Shaw

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