Author: gsurosey
Date: 2015-02-22 06:29
Depends which group I play in. In my main community orchestra, I like playing 2nd because that means I get to play all of the utility parts, too. There are 3 of us and I'm the swingman in the middle. If I'm playing Eb, bass, or sax, I move to the outside so 1st and 2nd can sit together and I have room for my extra stuff. If our principal has to miss a concert for whatever reason, I play 1st and the other girl plays 2nd (if he's out and I'm playing utility, we usually get a sub because the other girl doesn't want to play 1st). In another group, I like playing 1st because I can help out the younger players (it's a college-community orchestra).
In band, I tend to stay out of the seating stuff by playing bass clarinet (anything from people being offended by being asked to play 3rd in order to strengthen the section to people feeling that they've been in the band longer and therefore a new person shouldn't be sitting "above" them regardless of ability; it can be a cliquey group and I just want to play). Besides, when I joined, there were no bass clarinet players, so that made it easy to fill the need, plus the clarinet section is almost too big now. In the groups I sub in, I play whatever music I'm handed and am glad I got called in the first place.
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Rachel
Clarinet Stash:
Bb/A: Buffet R13
Eb: Bundy
Bass: Royal Global Max
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The Clarinet BBoard
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