Hi jef, I will forward this to Greg Hamilton, who know a thing or two about this kind of issue. He is on the list, but I will make sure he sees it. He is in contact with a number of orchestra librarians.
Chuck > On Jun 3, 2015, at 11:29 AM, SN jef chippewa <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > hey some of you work in orchestras, maybe someone knows what is with > this idea of demanding the composer to have the parts ready for a > date which happens to coincide with the start of the orchestra's > vacation time? > > the deadline for delivery of materials for a contract i am going to > be working on in july just had its deadline moved ahead 2 weeks from > what was agreed to and signed in the composer's contract. > > this is not the first time i have seen such deadlines. is it that > the librarians don't go on vacation and prepare the parts for the > musicians who are on vacation? i can't see any justification for > this request, and as we know, few composers have any real power to > stand up to the orchestral monster. > > the original deadline was 15 august for an early october performance. > now they are demanding to have the parts before their vacation period > starts, whcih would mean materials lying on someone's desk as of 31 > july. > > yeah. > > -- > > NEW RELEASE!!! neueweise -- fonts for new music and traditional notation > http://newmusicnotation.com/fonts > > shirling & neueweise | http://newmusicnotation.com > new music notation + translation + arts management > [FB] http://facebook.com/neueweise | [TW] http://twitter.com/neueweise > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > [email protected] Chuck Israels [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> (360) 201-3434 8831 SE 12th Ave. Portland Or 97202 <chuckisraelsjazz.com> _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
