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Wrong Sex, Wrong Instrument

Maggie Cotton

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Description:Now retired and no longer silenced by a contract, Maggie Cotton presents an honest and long-overdue players perspective of life inside a professional symphony orchestra, describing how she became the first female percussionist in what was initially a staunchly male-dominated world. Now retired after forty years with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Maggie gives a fascinating and humorous insight into every aspect of her working life, including tours, conductors, composers, soloists, colleagues, recording contracts and educational work, as well as her own family life and the social conditions of wartime England and post-war Eastern Europe. Bolstered by her gritty Yorkshire roots, and naively undeterred by overwhelming odds, Maggie overcame many hurdles in pursuit of her ambition to play percussion in a professional symphony orchestra, in so doing transforming the face of women in that field from one of novelty circus performer to respected professional and colleague.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Wrong Sex, Wrong Instrument. To get started finding Wrong Sex, Wrong Instrument, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 477

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Apex Publishing

Release: 2014

ISBN: 1283413221

Description: Now retired and no longer silenced by a contract, Maggie Cotton presents an honest and long-overdue players perspective of life inside a professional symphony orchestra, describing how she became the first female percussionist in what was initially a staunchly male-dominated world. Now retired after forty years with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Maggie gives a fascinating and humorous insight into every aspect of her working life, including tours, conductors, composers, soloists, colleagues, recording contracts and educational work, as well as her own family life and the social conditions of wartime England and post-war Eastern Europe. Bolstered by her gritty Yorkshire roots, and naively undeterred by overwhelming odds, Maggie overcame many hurdles in pursuit of her ambition to play percussion in a professional symphony orchestra, in so doing transforming the face of women in that field from one of novelty circus performer to respected professional and colleague.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Wrong Sex, Wrong Instrument. To get started finding Wrong Sex, Wrong Instrument, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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