Author: HautboisJJ
Date: 2011-08-05 17:45
I was told it was impossible to earn a living from music in Malaysia when i was 17. i started the oboe then out of curiosity while i was still very much in love with the clarinet then, all without a teacher of course, coming from a town in the far east island of Borneo (yes, i live only 1 hour away from the original "survivor island"). Upon graduating from high school, i was determined and for a few weeks went for private lessons with a really amazing Dutch oboe player working in this region (capital of malaysia - kuala lumpur, a whopping 2 and a half hours flight from Borneo), and subsequently failed all the auditions that i took for potential music schools. Went into a local college at 19 with a music department and after 2 years won a scholarship to a good conservatory in Singapore. I have since graduated, am 24, and have a full time principal orchestral position in my country. Yes, i am no amateur in oboe playing but an amateur in everything else in life. You, Georg, is an amateur in oboe playing but a professional capable of providing your family and thus bringing endless possibilities to the lives of your loved ones. So, you want to make music on the oboe? Pffpt, piece of cake if you ask me!
Howard
Post Edited (2011-08-05 17:49)
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