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Re: Being around a Top Five

Author: ChrisArcand
Date: 2007-07-25 13:12

Aequore wrote:
"and like me im sure there are many other youngsters out there planning to fill up the chairs of retired musicians."

This is where someone says "Yes, but are there many other youngsters out there planning to fill up the chairs off the stage?" Which brings me to another thought: How often does everyone actually get out to a professional concert? I'm talking from $50+ NY, MN, Philly etc tickets to $10 city symphony tickets (actually, since I'm a student it's around 7$!). I could be horribly wrong, but here it is: There's a good number of musicians all over the country, music majors being made by the hundreds every year, tons and tons of people auditioning for a relative very few number of orchestral musicians - why is concert attendance so much of a problem? Are we as aspiring professional musicians (so I'm speaking for the performance majors out here, I guess) so lost in what we're doing that we ourselves don't support the jobs we would like by attending concerts of our colleagues?

I'm not a stubborn person. If (and when, as some of the people on this board would say :-D ) I really do get tired of what I'm doing in a life of performance, I won't be the guy that's so wrapped up in the idea that he doesn't go find something else to make him happy. But even if I put down my horn, I will always, ALWAYS support our music - That doesn't require me to be a $100,000 "platinum donor" in the concert program - that requires me to do something I love by buying a ticket to listen to some great music, and more than once a year.

Thus ends my concert attendance thought. Really, it wasn't meant to sound overly serious, I'm in a completely curious and light hearted mood about it. :-)
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skygardener wrote:
"Then I realized that geography has no relation to any of it- High School kids sound bad ALL OVER!"

Ain't that the truth.

CA

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