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Originally Posted by camelbrass Hi,
Interesting discussion guys. Although I don't have the experience that you guys do I can't help but to bring up the topic I raised a couple of days ago about versatility. I agree, just my listening over the years has told me that players need to be strong regardless of genre and that in the real world there are more similarities between the skills than differences.
It reinforces my concern that the system appears to be breeding specialists..even in high school. Does concentrating on excerpts, C trumpet and winning auditions prepare a trumpeter for Copland and Williams? What happens when a player has to earn a living, put away the Hefti chart and play Telemann? Can they do it?
Regards,
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The answer is an emphatic yes.
Listen to the Woody Herman Band play Stravinsky with Richard Stoltzman. The Philadelphia Orchestra accompanied Nat Cole on record when I was a kid in Philly.
Who do you think were the string players with Motown?
Older members will remember Ray Crisara sitting next to Joe Wilder on the Dick Cavett Show. Jimmy Maxwell was a Herbert Clarke student.
When I was young and really nuts, I did a concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra and then went down Broad Street to Peps Club to sight-read the lead book with Quincy Jones..........on C trumpet
Blame it on my youth.
The day of the unhip symphony cat is loooooooooong gone.
Wilmer