| Wednesday, May 24, 2006 |
| It's hard out there for a...Julliard grad? |
| Heh. Go read this. Well, you don't HAVE to read it, as it will bore many of you to tears. But I read this today and had to laugh. Really, it's not that much harder, they just have more on the line and have put a LOT more money into their education. Unfortunately, getting a paying gig (worth your time and effort) in many towns is mostly a matter of outliving someone. Or maybe Pensacola has just jaded me. TX Jen, I knew you'd appreciate this-what do you think? |
posted by Jen @ 5:17 PM  |
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Seeing as how the principle flute of the DSO has been with them for 34 years and the assistant has been with them for 21 years, I'd be inclined to agree with the article.
But the person who's been with them the longest is the tympani player, Kalman Cherry. He's been with them since 1958. Nearly half a century with the same group.
Someone has to RETIRE or DIE for us youngsters (read: anyone under 40) to get a shot, and then we have to compete with a butt-load of other players to even get a call back.
That's why I play any gig that comes my way, no matter what the pay is. If you say "no" to something, people quit asking you to play.
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Also....
My friend is a bassoonist and was asked to sub during a Dallas Wind Symphony rehearsal (not a concert, just a regular rehearsal) and she missed it because her car broke down. That was in 1996 and they have never called her to sub since and probably never will. She missed her shot.
And that's only for a bassoon player and you know how rare THEY are.
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Seeing as how the principle flute of the DSO has been with them for 34 years and the assistant has been with them for 21 years, I'd be inclined to agree with the article.
But the person who's been with them the longest is the tympani player, Kalman Cherry. He's been with them since 1958. Nearly half a century with the same group.
Someone has to RETIRE or DIE for us youngsters (read: anyone under 40) to get a shot, and then we have to compete with a butt-load of other players to even get a call back.
That's why I play any gig that comes my way, no matter what the pay is. If you say "no" to something, people quit asking you to play.