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Sticking It Out

Sticking It Out: From Juilliard to the Orchestra Pit a Percussionist’s Memoir

Sticking It OutSet against the backdrop of a rapidly changing New York City in the 1980s, Sticking It Out recounts Local 6 (San Francisco, CA) member Patti Niemi’s years mastering her craft and struggling to make it in a cutthroat race to a coveted job in an orchestra. Along the way, she has to compete with friends, and face her own crippling anxiety and reliance on prescription medication, while confronting the delicate, and sometimes perilous, balance of power between teachers and their students.

Sticking It Out: From Juilliard to the Orchestra Pit a Percussionist’s Memoir, by Patti Niemi, ECW Press, ecwpress.com.