Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Army Band "Pershing's Own" Tuba Vacancy


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Posted by Alex on March 29, 2002 at 10:11:49:

In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Army Band "Pershing's Own" Tuba Vacancy posted by Jay on March 29, 2002 at 00:08:05:

almost all DC (and all non-DC) band gigs involve some marching. The ceremonial band (the first band you'll be in as a member of TUSAB) is primarily a sousaphone gig, as I understand it. We all know plenty of bigger sousaphone section members in college bands, but it only makes sense that a parade through the capital would require some physical stamina.

I'm going out for this audition with both guns blazing, and having been through MEPS (military enlistment personel screening, I think) a couple of years ago before an audition for the same band, I'm getting on my running shoes and dropping the extra few pounds I've gained in grad school. I'm also switching my 2 hours of daily excerpt practice to sightreading anything with a staff and clef indication.



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