First, as an amateur hornplayer let me state my total admiration for people who play horn in top professional organizations. Second, one of the great things about hornplayers worldwide is how they support each other. Third, as I live half a world away from NY there was no way I could hear the concerts in question. However, the postings in this thread deserve some comment. 1) The reviewer has a right to write what he thinks just as posters have a right to voice disagreement. 2) The athletics analogy is not appropriate. The .300 hitter in baseball has a job because that person is the best available for that team today, not the best that was available last season, the season before, or 20 seasons before that. 3) Granted, it is incredibly difficult to win a job in a top US orchestra and then get tenure. But it is also incredibly difficult to win a faculty position at a top US university where tenure often comes only after 6 to 10 years of dedicated service and even then only if t he individual is still the best for the position that the university can get (preety much a re-audition process). And remember that most professions these days do not have anything like the tenure system present in the music world. The best do tend to be the best from the time they get their first major job until they retire, but I sometimes wonder if the classical music audience would not benefit from a little less job security in major orchestras. _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
