If you are reading this blog, you are probably a musician. And if you are a musician, you probably stay with music (either as a hobby or profession) because you enjoy it, right? It's certainly true for me. I'm mentally composing an article for a later time about enjoying playing AND practicing music. But for today's post I'd like to focus on the fun of writing/arranging music. I've been writing arrangements since I was in college. And sometime several years ...
I have just added a new Category to the Euphonium-Tuba Forum, and the name is "Paying Jobs." The purpose is not to advertise vacancies as they arise, but rather to start creating a list of possible places to look for future employment. So I intend to list information about service band opportunities (full-time positions), bands like River City Brass (which is a pay position, though not a full-time living), etc. I suspect the list will eventually contain many venues that would be, at best, a supplemental ...