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 Re: Pittsburgh Ballet Dumps Live Music
Author: lowclarinetman 
Date:   2005-08-04 00:37

Well i'm going to throw my 2 cents into this over written topic. I am a professional clarinetist of the newer generation, i finished my studies with a master's degree in bass clarinet solo performance in 2002(i know what WAS i thinking) . I took some auditions and decided to take the first thing i got... which was co-principal clarinet in an orchestra in mexico. It doesn't pay much... but with gigs and teaching i pull in around 2k a month plus another 1k from my wife. It is a hard life. I work 9am-2 or 3 am in the mornign most days. my general day is orchestra rehearsal 5 hours of teaching a banda rehearsal or more classes and then some sort of bar playing until god knows when. On the weekends also playing tons of weddings and dinners for weddings.. More or less what I call musical prostitiution. About 20% of the playing I do is what i would call rewarding, mostly because the orchestra I play in right now is not at a wonderful level... better than a part time regional orchestra but not at a level with say Kansas city or better.

It is a hard life....

and yes, my freidns have tons of money to buy houses and toys and expensive cars... but for the moment i am happy. I have a great house that i rent and save a good bit of money, don't have any debt and get to play some of the great pieces in the literature(my orcheatra is nothing but fearless). And i believe playing all of the pieces on the audition list in a live professional setting is helpful to say the least. Luckily the cost of living south of the boarder is significantly different than life above the boarder.

I have to play perfectly all clarinets and saxophones(everythign but bari and lower) and I have to be able to sightread like mad and transpose into bizarre keys fast... reading Bb parts on Eb sax, or flute parts in the 4 octave on clarinet... but, and here is the but... i am doing it.

i make my living only from playing and playing related ventures. In 6 months I will have enough money to buy a very nice middle class home here... and am I trying to move up the orchestra rungs.. you bet. Are the odds hard... sure.

what i tell ALL of my students... do soemthing else for your main source of income. If you truely cannot be happy doing something besides playing practice your heart and go for it, but the life is not an easy one and the odds of success slim.. even partial sucess like i have achieved.

is it worth it.. every second.


bob
co-principal clarinet orchestra UANL monterrey, MX
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