How does one convince the money people to aquire one when they're focusing on orchestral ventures?
After a local sax choir in the area disbanded a couple years ago when the leader was spending more time focusing on his kid's sax ventures on the collegiate level (he is the sax instructor at a local university), there was a void left for some in the area.
My teacher (classical sax teacher at a different university) played in that one, and I was talking to her one day about it. We threw around the idea of her starting one, and after about a month I hear from her that she's going to do it, starting next spring semester (music majors, at least wind players, I guess, have to march. Where I went for a couple years, they were required to march 4 years). One problem is that there is no bass sax at the university, and she has been requesting one for a couple years now. She's a die-hard Selmer fan, but it seems those are running around 18k for the S80II bass now. I've shown her the IW bass, and talked to her about vintage ones (would be half the price, but 9k used might be hard to justify for a program, maybe moreso than 18 new).
Any secrets out there to get admin to empty their pockets for instruments? Any saxophone philanthropists out there we could plead our (coffin-shaped) case to?
It'd be nice to have a head start and be well prepared when this choir gets up in about 6 months, just coming at it from another angle... thanks.
***BRENT**
After a local sax choir in the area disbanded a couple years ago when the leader was spending more time focusing on his kid's sax ventures on the collegiate level (he is the sax instructor at a local university), there was a void left for some in the area.
My teacher (classical sax teacher at a different university) played in that one, and I was talking to her one day about it. We threw around the idea of her starting one, and after about a month I hear from her that she's going to do it, starting next spring semester (music majors, at least wind players, I guess, have to march. Where I went for a couple years, they were required to march 4 years). One problem is that there is no bass sax at the university, and she has been requesting one for a couple years now. She's a die-hard Selmer fan, but it seems those are running around 18k for the S80II bass now. I've shown her the IW bass, and talked to her about vintage ones (would be half the price, but 9k used might be hard to justify for a program, maybe moreso than 18 new).
Any secrets out there to get admin to empty their pockets for instruments? Any saxophone philanthropists out there we could plead our (coffin-shaped) case to?
It'd be nice to have a head start and be well prepared when this choir gets up in about 6 months, just coming at it from another angle... thanks.
***BRENT**