Sunday, November 19, 2006

Professional Sacrifices Define the Lives of Orchestra Musicians

One of Jason Heath's posts points me to an article by Douglas Fisher, titled Professional Sacrifices Define the Lives of Orchestra Musicians.

Here's an excerpt from Douglas Fisher's article:

..life as a professional orchestra musician is filled with unique sacrifices. When I compare notes with close friends in other professions they are amazed that in some cases we must spend as much as a full years’ salary to buy an instrument and sometimes spend thousands more each year to supply and maintain it. The thought of having to buy and maintain their own computers along with the business related software they need to do their jobs horrifies them...


This is a post to read for aspiring and existing orchestra musicians.

2 comments:

mistipurple said...

there's always a price behind the scene.

dreaming-neko said...

you do what you are :)