Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2021-08-03 19:51
As I remember reading about it, Drucker was hired as a section player - I think Ass't principal/Eb. Whether Bernstein expected McGinnis, the principal in 1960, to leave (or forced him to resign) and meant Drucker to be his replacement, I don't know. But auditions weren't what they are now, and Bernstein could have engineered that even if there were auditions. If the word was out that auditioning was a waste of time, a player with a steady, decently paid gig might have passed it up.
Orchestral playing was a different world in the late 1950s and very early 1960s. Salaries hadn't started burgeoning and seasons were in the 35-week range. The players all had extra jobs to make ends meet.
Karl
Post Edited (2021-08-03 20:36)
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