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Author: EbClarinet
Date: 2019-09-06 00:53

When I was in band in public school, my junior high and high school band directors put weak clarinet players on bass. My junior high band director is a flautist and my high school band director is trombone player. I sat at the top of the clarinet section from 6th through 11th. My high school band director wanted to put me on bass my freshman year because he thought I had a poor embouchure (never mind I sat 2nd chair). I didn't let him ruin that for me but I had a poor audition for college band because I wasn't in band my senior year of high school. The college band director automatically put me on bass clarinet for 5 academic years and I sat 1st chair. My question to all of you is why do band directors put weak clarinet players on bass clarinet? The orchestra director at the university wouldn't let me play in orchestra because he thought the same. I expected more from him because he has an Eastmen education. So you see that a LOT of people in music education think that bass clarinet players are weak clarinet players and I was strong on both. I loved playing bass on a collegiate level because the band director forced us to be excellent on our instruments. The level of music we played required that we have control of our instruments. Do any of you music educator feel as though these people I've shared here? Why or why don't you feel this way? I'm expecting to hear from some experienced bass clarinet players.

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