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Wow, what a mess! I have a few thoughts about this

1. The rights of every individual need to be balanced. Our legal system provides that every person is "innocent" until proven guilty. I agree that, culturally, sometimes the opposite occurs. However, sexual abuse seems to be rampant to begin with, another big problem.
2. We really need to strive to be "beyond reproach" in our professional lives. I would have a difficult time even flirting with someone I work with (I am single, at the moment). You cannot be too cautious in this world of ours.
3. If I had gotten embroiled in this mess, and knew that I was innocent, I would quit, leave the state, find a farm in the country and want nothing to do with my former employer and life. But that's just me...
4. I am NOT advocating that sexual misconduct of any kind is acceptable, please do not read that.

Scholarships would only reduce the costs, but I doubt it could ever become "affordable" for the average Joe/Jill.
That being said, I had a buddy who got a full-ride to Curtis, and another who got a 3/4 scholarship to Juilliard. Even though they had to pay for housing, that's a pretty cool thing to get into.

Wow, those are some knockout players right there.

Ok, so recently, on TH, there was a thread about a trumpet player in the NYP who was fired two years back for "misconduct", only to be re-instated after an arbitrator cleared him. Here's the thread -- it's now since been locked.

https://www.trumpetherald.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1592590#1592590

Here's what I don't understand:
A) If the orchestra decided he was guilty of some sort of misconduct, why did they not pursue legal charges, or at least litigation?
Is New York not an "at-will" state? Forgive me for misunderstanding, but in my industry and state, you may be fired or quit for any reason without notice. It sounds bad, but it actually makes the environment competitive, with salaries to match.
C) Now that the orchestra is being "required" to reinstate the player, can they continue to pursue the issue? I know the U.S. Constitution protects against double-jeopardy, but this is clearly not a criminal case, so I doubt very much that that clause applies here.

Again, I'm trying to understand, so no hard feelings or angry replies, please. I come from a different background than many of you. My parents are educated, politically conservative and work in non-unionized industries, and I have followed suit in many respects; for better or worse, this is clearly a labor dispute that I do not fully understand.

Edit: if the above page is gone, refer to it here: https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.trumpetherald.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1592590

@SSmith1226 said in A little humour:

@Kehaulani
You aren’t kidding about the Berkley School of Music Tuition!!!

Estimated Budget 2018/2019
Massachusetts Resident and Non-Resident Total Budget $65,144
In-State Tuition $42,880
Other Fees $1,260
Room and Board $18,360
On-Campus Other Budget $2,170
Books and Supplies $474

I'm curious what "room and board" constitutes. If you divide that number by 12 (months in a year) you get $1530. That's more than my mortgage payment, and I have 1/2 acre lot. Are there no 1/2 room dives with 12 roommates in Boston for $600/month?

These costs are absurd. Most students will go into debt...and how will they pay it off?

I feel like this thread has gone off the rails...do I need to lock it again?

@barliman2001 said in Happy Birthday Herbert von Karajan:

Composer? Conductor!

Whoops!

The great German conductor was born today, 112 years ago.

@Voltrane said in Where Are You From?:

Well, as I am from Paris, tons of tunes...Among them, may be this little one, full of hope (“I love Paris in may”) because “April in Paris”is unfortunately not what we are used to...

Je ne pas parle Francais but I do like Maurice Andre oui

I had to find a recent photograph but this looks good enough.

I had to delete the last post. I'm going to lock the thread for a day and hopefully everything can calm down, then I will unlock it.

Wonder if they will start making "tree-felling drones" so lumberjacks will now be manning a computer instead of a chainsaw?

Please read here: https://trumpetguild.org/news/member-announcements/1832-2020-itg-annual-conference

Let's keep it calm here. Half the world's on lockdown, I don't want to place my forum under it either!

Oh my... I guess it has been! I still remember the demise of TrumpetMaster As of today, we have ~252 members. It sure would be great to double that within the next year!

@Dr-GO said in Sean Jones:

I believe Sean and Wynton are at odds though.

I didn't ask him anything about Wynton, but we talked about Phil Smith and Chris Botti. He had some interesting things to say. He said that Phil's sound is the ideal sound he tries to get his students to mimic.

Coincidentally, I also met Phil Smith that same day. He told me that playing under the baton of Georg Solti was the best "graduate program" anybody could have. Also, when I mentioned I was somewhat surprised that Chris Martin left the CSO, he said, "I'm not." I have no idea what that means.

Interesting article. I met him about a month and a half ago.

I have to be honest, the "it's a small world" mentality of the music industry really put me off toward the end of my time in Music School. When I was looking at making a career out of it, I saw that all I had to do was offend the wrong person and my career would be over. I chose, instead, to be a software engineer. Given that there are probably 100M+ computer programmers in the world, I would never have to deal with that problem.

It looks bomb proof.