Re: What is considered experience?


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Posted by dp on January 28, 2004 at 20:29:05:

In Reply to: What is considered experience? posted by Frusterated on January 28, 2004 at 14:57:03:

Experience? In this case, my guess is it would be based upon much more than paper, even though the paper is the most weighted justification for the one-year appointment. Whether or not you "have it" on paper...if the reviewers...(which may well include the incumbent principal who is officially taking a one-year sabbatical)...if the reviewers haven't heard about you, forget about it. If the current incumbent elects not to return after a one-year sabbatical, and depending on the nature of the player's contract, this selection, if well-made, could become the next MSO principal by appointment. That possibility, whether remote or guaranteed, excludes pretty much ANY of the practice-room audition-circuit gang.
For you guys wanting a break, this possibility, again no matter how remote, underlines one of the (several) two-pronged truths about professional orchestral tuba playing:
a) chase any/every gig you can and play to win. b) NO job, no matter how difficult the situation, low-the-pay, strange the surroundings, or terrible the locale', should ever be approached with anything less than an absolute 100% committment to professionalism and living according to the absolute letter of your contract's laws and (just as important) what is expected of you by your colleagues

Go chase hard that job over in singapore, or the small regional ones that show up from time-to-time in the AFM postings. You're young enough that if you truly in your heart of hearts are committed to being a professional orchestral tuba-ist, THATs where you HAVE to start.

Best wishes


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