Hear Me Out: Quit Band, need support

aleader
Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:05:20 +0000

I also quit band after my sophomore year. (Also a sax player! Alto mainly, but I dabbled in tenor and bari.) I’m really hoping this won’t get me in admissions or make me look uncommitted. One of the main problems is, I’m from a very small town, and my prior director is involved in ALL of the small and large ensembles around here, usually in a directing capacity. He doesn’t like me much at all (because of the “way in which I went about leaving the organization.” [I was one of his best players, and I walked into his office one day and basically said, “Sorry, but I’m gone.” with no prior warning, -teehee-]) making it impossible to get involved again in ANY musical organization around here. I don’t want the admissions committee to think I just completely quit, but there’s no way to get involved besides private lessons, which I don’t have the money for.
So, will the fact that I basically just quit entirely be an issue…?