At 10:55 PM 10/6/03 +1000, Michael Edwards wrote:
Do players really up and leave just because they don't like being asked to
do something the composer has written in a piece? You have to treat them
like
delicate china lest they take offence at a reasonable request or suggestion?
Stories follow.
Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote:
[snip]
Even in front of an ensemble that is wrecking our score, we remain
good-natured and helpful. We take sections aside and work with them,
encouraging and suggesting. We ignore wrong notes -- not because 'the
composer can't even hear them', but because there are
At 11:48 AM 10/6/03 -0400, David H. Bailey wrote:
Just a minute, Dennis! You admit to ignoring wrong notes? You came
down on me so hard for even suggesting that in the limited rehearsal
time of my amateur band I had to let some things go.
I was speaking as the composer who's there to consult,
On 6 Oct 2003 at 11:21, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote:
Disaster stories are
fun, at least in retrospect.
And none of the organizations you described deserves the moniker
professional. That kind of behavior is profoundly unprofessional,
and should not be tolerated.
I'm sure there are all kinds
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[Keith:]
Thank you David- my thoughts exactly! If my bass clari player spits the
dummy and says up yours- I'm off!- guess
