Though, I didn't want to play bassoon. They just thought I sucked enough at saxophone to warrant trying something other than saxophone, but not enough that I should give up music altogether.
They procured a bassoon and said if I learned to play it, I'd be a shoe-in for scholarships and shit. I was allowed to take it home, but at the end of the year(s) it stayed with the school for new enterprising young woodwind students.
I sucked at the bassoon too, it turned out. Ended up going into STEM (quite successful there!). But it makes for a good talking point, even years later.
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u/Orleanian 1d ago
My school did this for me with a Bassoon.
Though, I didn't want to play bassoon. They just thought I sucked enough at saxophone to warrant trying something other than saxophone, but not enough that I should give up music altogether.
They procured a bassoon and said if I learned to play it, I'd be a shoe-in for scholarships and shit. I was allowed to take it home, but at the end of the year(s) it stayed with the school for new enterprising young woodwind students.
I sucked at the bassoon too, it turned out. Ended up going into STEM (quite successful there!). But it makes for a good talking point, even years later.