Last Sunday, at the New England Brass Band concert, I had a gentleman come up to me and our conductor, Terry Everson, and ask how old is "too old" to get back to playing baritone. The gentleman was originally from Slough, UK, and a former SA bandsman of age 77 or so. He had just picked up a baritone and was playing carols at the local grocery store along with the SA bell ringer. He was finding playing the solo book (1st part) was wearing him out pretty quickly. My reply was I had just finished a very difficult 2 hr concert at age 71 and I was pretty worn out too, but I encouraged him to keep working at it and get some more people to join him so that he could play the 3rd part instead of doing the 1st part all by himself!. Playing in an ensemble with people you like playing with always makes it better!
PS. I have been playing non-stop for over 62 years.
Last edited by daruby; 12-07-2022 at 07:22 PM.
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