In my orchestra, the musicians have to have access to the parts at least a month ahead of time. Working back from there, the librarian has to have enough time for:
1. The concertmaster to decide on the bowings for Vln 1 2. The other principal strings to bow their parts based on step#1. 3. The librarian to copy the bowings to all the other copies of the parts. Each step depends on the previous. I'd say that Aug 15 was cutting it quite close. Given what I know your work is usually like, they may be wanting to have the part available for the musicians as soon as they come back from break. The means steps 1, 2, & 3 will probably take place during the orchestra's vacation. On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 1:29 PM, 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] > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
