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'No aspiring musician can afford to be without this comprehensive guide to entering the music profession...All those questions that you couldn't find the answers to, all the answers to questions you didn't know you needed to ask ...no candidate should neglect to read the advice given here'

Clarinet and Saxophone Magazine. 

 

It will have balanced suggestions for any query you might have about the music business...[it] should be in every school library and on the bookshelf of every music teacher and professional player.'

Winds Magazine

'Brilliance and honesty on every page' Pan magazine

 'An unbeatable-value master-class.' Classical Music Magazine

'This should be required reading for all music students.' Classic FM, The Magazine
 

  

 

 'Down-to-earth, informative introduction to life as a professional musician.' The Daily Telegraph

'Brutally honest' Library Journal (USA)

 'Richard Davis's pioneering book...[it] fills a gap in the literature with a lightness of touch and humour...yet with a seriousness that is both profound and exactly to the point.' Sir Peter Maxwell Davies

  

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Do you play a musical instrument?

Are you curious about a career in music?

Perhaps performing nerves are a problem.

You need advice but don't know where to turn.

Then this innovative new book is for you!

  • Topics include: Orchestral Auditions, Ensemble Techniques, The Formative Years, Music Colleges, How Orchestras Work and the Standards Required, Intonation, Nerves, Survival Tips, Alternative Careers and much, much more.

The guide that will help all aspiring orchestral musicians achieve their goals.

Containing 13 detailed chapters that probe deep into the orchestral profession, this publication will inspire young players, educate their parents and enrich the experience of the concert-going public.

 

Becoming an Orchestral Musician (ISBN 1-900357-23-2) was published as a
paperback original in November 2004 by DLM Publishers Ltd., (an imprint of Faber)
248 pages  216 x 138 mm  17 black & white illustrations and 11 music examples
RRP £14.99

Available from Waterstones, all music shops and online bookstores

Buy now from: amazon.co.uk (UK), amazon.com ( US ), amazon (Canada),

Australian Bookstore , New Zealand Bookstore,

 

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