Hire more French horn players? Perhaps there is stimulus money for that.

Bob, I've played in many bands where I played whatever instrument they didn't have, and that includes both French horn and tenor sax. There is nothing more boring in most concert band music than the tenor sax part. You count forever, play some off-beats, count forever again, play some whole notes. It's amazing, given how expressive the instrument can be, that this is the case in so much band music. The French horn parts were much more fun.


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