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Professional Sacrifices Define the Lives of Orchestra Musicians

Professional Sacrifices Define the Lives of Orchestra Musicians

May 01 2006
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Douglas Fisher

Douglas Fisher joined the Columbus Symphony Orchestra as Second Bassoon in September, 1984 after receiving his Bachelor of Music with Distinction and the Performer's Certificate from the Eastman School of Music. During his final two years at Eastman, he was a per service member of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra under David Zinman and spent summers performing with the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, South Carolina and Italy, the Colorado Philharmonic, and the Heidelberg Castle Festival in Germany. He was also a finalist in the 1985 Gillet Competition of the International Double Reed Society. His principal teacher was K. David Van Hoesen and he also studied with Bernard Garfield and Christopher Weait. In 1992 Doug was one of the first musicians to serve on the Columbus Symphony Orchestra Board of Trustees and since 1996 has served as President of the Central Ohio Federation of Musicians, Local 103, AFM.

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Do I spend the money to fix the roof and pay for my son’s travel soccer league dues, or do I buy the new bow the music director insists I need? Do I spend the next two hours making reeds for next week’s Mahler, or do I help my daughter with her math homework? I just finished Thanksgiving dinner. Do I watch the game with family and friends, or do I practice my solo that I had some trouble with at the last rehearsal for this weekend’s performance?

Columbus Symphony bassoonist Doug Fisher touches on these daily dilemmas and more which invariably end up helping to define what it is to be a professional orchestra musician. Doug draws on his personal experiences to help characterize some of these issues and presents an array of unique solutions.

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