Flute route: Demarre McGill rejoins Seattle
mainThe celebrated principal flute left Dallas Symphony last year to play in the Metropolitan Opera orchestra, which had suffered the departure of both of its principal flutes. This summer, Demarre failed to get selected for either vacancy.
There was no going back to Dallas for Demarre.
But his previous orchestra, Seattle, wanted him back.
Today, Demarre McGill resumes work as Seattle’s principal flute.
Also joining Seattle are John DiCesare from the Louisville Orchestra as Principal Tuba; Emil Khudyev as Associate Principal Clarinet; Andy Liang, Second Violins; Danielle Kuhlmann, Fourth Horn; Christopher Stingle, Second Trumpet; and Michael Myers, Fourth/Utility Trumpet.
It’s a cut throat world out there in classical music land.
Let your dreams die a quiet death: hang on to your tenure and retire with pension.
Christopher Stingle, the new trumpeter mentioned above, is a wonderful musician. I was fortunate to have heard him years ago at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. Congratulations, Chris!
Why was there “no going back to Dallas”?
Because he straight-up resigned instead of taking a year off.
The musicians make the call.
http://www.metorchestramusicians.org/blog/2014/4/16/auditioning-for-the-met-orchestra
What an interesting article! Thanks for sharing
Mr McGill is also teaching at the University of Cincinnati’s College Conservatory of Music this year.
The Seattle Symphony disaffiliated from the American Federation of Musicians and now does film scores on a buy-out basis. No residuals, such as AFM members get. No doubling, etc. That is a stab in the back of all the people who put their careers on the line so musicians could earn a decent living.