{"id":123,"date":"2015-07-29T11:05:12","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T11:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/musicemployability\/?page_id=123"},"modified":"2015-07-29T11:05:12","modified_gmt":"2015-07-29T11:05:12","slug":"orchestralband-work","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/test-media\/the-2015-event\/dans-faq\/orchestralband-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Orchestral\/band work"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<h2><strong>Is playing in an orchestra\/band a good way to start a solo career?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Yes! Any exposure to professional musical life will always help with contacts. The more open-minded you are about working as a musician, the more likely you\u2019ll have a long and secure career. Consider doing one or two for a small fee (expenses) or even for free \u2013 quite often you will meet dedicated professionals within these groups who have had (or continue to have) excellent contacts within the world of music. You will meet a huge variety of diverse musicians with many different interests whilst playing in ensembles. If you get a chance, try to experience as many different ensemble situations as possible too to broaden your own musicality.<\/p>\n<p>However, never give up on a goal either \u2013 just because you playing fourth Tuba (is there such a thing?!?) in a local brass band, it doesn\u2019t mean you shouldn\u2019t practice and aspire to being a soloist in front of the LSO! Many, many artists start this way and many gradually pick up solo work \u2013 first from amateur organisations progressing gradually to professional well-publicised performances.<\/p>\n<p>That said, don\u2019t be dissatisfied with \u2018only\u2019 playing in an ensemble \u2013 there are many worse careers to be had!<\/p>\n<p>Some local (Hampshire based) groups worth contacting about vacancies (NB: <em>very<\/em> good sight-reading is required for all) \u2013 these are all amateur and unlikely to pay well:<\/p>\n<p>Havant Symphony Orchestra(s) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.havantorchestras.org.uk\">www.havantorchestras.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dave Pearson\u2019s Big Band &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/bborch.org.uk\/about.php\">http:\/\/bborch.org.uk\/about.php<\/a><\/p>\n<p>City of Southampton Orchestra &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csorchestra.org\">http:\/\/www.csorchestra.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hyde Brass Band &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hydeband.co.uk\">http:\/\/www.hydeband.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/dev.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/musicemployability\/the-2015-event\/dans-faq\/practice-vs-publicise\/\">Previous question<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dev.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/musicemployability\/the-2015-event\/dans-faq\/teaching\/\">Next question<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is playing in an orchestra\/band a good way to start a solo career? Yes! Any exposure to professional musical life will always help with contacts. The more open-minded you are about working as a musician, the more likely you\u2019ll have a long and secure career. Consider doing one or two &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"parent":112,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-123","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/test-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/test-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/test-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/test-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/test-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/test-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/123\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/test-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/test-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}