Think it's hard to get work as a pop musician? Try classical:
Larsen, Hall and Hooten were among 65 trumpeters offered the chance to audition after being chosen from a pool of 286 applicants from 38 states, Canada, Mexico, Spain and Venezuela. They would step up their practice schedules, pay their own travel expenses and subject themselves to up to four nerve-wracking days of performing, often alone behind a screen — all for a shot at the job.
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