Author: zhangray4
Date: 2017-11-06 04:30
I agree with Caroline. Being a student myself, I know what its like. I live near LA, and every year many people from our county, as small as it is, get selected to perform in an All State Ensemble, whether it be the band or orchestra, and a few receive the opportunity to play in ensembles at the national level (NAfME). As for me, I have been blessed to play in an All State ensemble for 4 years in a row now and performed in the All National Honor Band about 2 years ago.
I've talked to many of the students there, especially at the state level. You would be surprised that although most probably do come from schools with superb music programs, their orchestra programs are poor; at least not as good as most programs in Orange County, the place Mr. Wie resides. The majority say that their school's orchestra is either pretty poor (or simply nonexistent such as my case). If there orchestras are poor, there would be no need for A clarinets. If there orchestras are somewhat good, then they would maybe need A clarinets. Maybe because they would probably get a few music that has A clarinet parts, and they would probably transpose it instead of buying an A clarinet. Only if there orchestra programs are great and superb will they need to actually purchase A clarinets. And if there school's orchestra program is really at that level, then the musicians that make up the orchestra should be serious and committed students, unlike most people in my band. And if they are serious and committed, they probably have a pretty decent Bb, and would not fret as much to get a matching A clarinet.
This is sort of how I worked it out logically, do not hesitate to let me know if I made a false assumption somewhere.
-- Ray Zhang
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