We'll Pay to Play Trumpet but you have to Meditate with Us

ADziuk

I saw this ad today: http://www.shenyunperformingarts.org/shen-yun-openings

Interesting, never heard anything like it before for a musical ensemble. Thoughts?
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Mikeytrpt · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 6:27 am Post subject:

I've seen a lot worse requirements. If I was 30 years younger and fresh out of college, it would be a good way to get some experience, plus learn how to de-stress. Hope they attract some good people.
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Hack001 · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 6:36 am Post subject:

A buddy of mine is in one of the orchestras now, and he's really digging it it seems. A lot of traveling, get to see the world, playing with good players. I don't know what the pay is or if they provide health care, those are the only things that I would wonder about.
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Pete Anderson · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 7:11 am Post subject:

Sounds pretty awesome to me.

JayV · Veteran Member Joined: 01 Jun 2005 Posts: 215 Location: PA

I know a bunch of people who have gotten this gig.

Be warned: you have to convert to their religion. Falun Dafa is illegal in China. The people who run that orchestra are expatriates of China. I don't know about you but to me no job is worth giving up religious freedom and becoming an enemy of the Chinese government.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falun_Gong#Suppression

Mikeytrpt · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 9:41 am Post subject:

I don't disagree with you, but it's a shame when even the act of performing music has to be political.

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Don Lee · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 10:20 am Post subject:

connicalman · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 10:34 am Post subject:

Meditation is not a religion. All the great mystics called for consideration of the very same values supported by this group. The problem, as with the former independent nation of Tibet, is that big daddy China wants everything big daddy's way. No exceptions.

Looking at your query in another way, my tai chi teacher suggested that all of his students learn one particular method, then let their practice lay fallow for a while. Upon return to their 'home' base of study, the student would reconnect in a deeper way to what had seemingly been 'abandoned'.

If that separation and reconnection is with Jesus or Allah or the Native Great Spirit or the Down Jones Industrial Average and in the meanwhile you expand your horizons and get paid to play your horn, GREAT!
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zackh411 · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 11:27 am Post subject:

http://www.falundafa.org/eng/home.html

Their symbol looks a bit... err... anti-Semitic to me...

Anyhow, I would prefer meditation to playing in Churches... I'm a scientist, a skeptic, and an agnostic, so the Christians tend to make me feel a bit unwelcome.
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connicalman · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 11:39 am Post subject:

yeah, misappropriation of ancient symbols is something seen all over that 3rd Reicht jag. On point, my Catholic Church had a pre-WWII, pre Nazi stained glass window with such a 'cross'. You'll find it everywhere all over the earth, in New Zealand, the Arctic, China, everwhere. Not to worry.
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tubbs831 · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 12:14 pm Post subject:

A friend of mine did this and quit. He was told that:

"that mixed race people are hopelessly abandoned by the gods unless "Master" Li personally intervenes for them."

"unless I abandoned my Christian convictions and believed in "The Dafa" that I might as well quit the orchestra"

Be warned

ADziuk · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 12:31 pm Post subject:

Oh I have no intention of auditioning or any personal interest in pursuing employment with them, it was just kind of a unique requirement that perked my interest.
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